Videos « bicycles can save the world

Berkeley Bike Hit and Run

A buddy from the Bay Area sent me this vid this AM (fast forward to ~2:30 to avoid boring roadie vid). Not only do they both get plowed down by the Integra, but the guy guns it and gets the fuck outta dodge. WTF?!?! I’m trying to figure out how someone goes that far off the road and is so oblivious that they don’t swerve back into the road instinctively after feeling the first thump (look at his front tire, it doesn’t swerve back towards the road til after going waaaay into the lane to get rider #2). It almost seems as if were done on purpose, which wouldn’t surprise me given the blasé attitude given to anyone but yourself in the Bay Area.

I don’t think the perps have been caught yet, but I’d imagine with the HD vid they could get the plates off this one, and I hope there’s a special lube free moment waiting for these guys in jail.

Stop motion bike build

This was far better than I was expecting. I also feel that every bike should be offered in that purple, so sick.

VIDEO: How Bikes Make Cities Cool – Portland

Very, very soon Portland is going to become the South Park ‘smug’ episode. You can only have so much free range, organic, hand _______ (insert word of choice: made, created, harvested, bottled, jarred, rubbed, dug, job…they all work in Portland!), etc. etc. in one small place. Want to sell your shit in Portland? Add the word hand* to it. Until then we’ll continue to love it the way we do, but watch yourself Portland, it’s coming.

Note: This blog post was created on a computer made by 3rd world hands and lovingly typed by hand via a blog account that was registered by hand in Portland, OR and can be purchased in my etsy shop.

*Note that if you can’t weave hand into your marketing verbage artisinal has been shown to offer similar cred in Portland

Sped Up or Not?

Hmm….dude seems like he’s flying at first glance, but on 2nd view it looks like gravity maybe grabs him faster than at 9.8 m/sec^2 when his wheels leave the ground…

What thinketh you?

Ultramontane No. 5

I’ve been as busy as a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest this week, mostly because I only have one leg and was in an ass kicking tournament. Finally getting around to throwing some fresh and clean content up. Ultramontane No. 5. You’ve probably already seen it, but if not these guys have got serious A-game video swag.

Ultramontane & Co. – Nick Dent

BONUS QUIZ:
Because this is vid #5 I instantly thought of the below

Robot...or Cannondale Jekyll shock and linkage?

Robot....or new Scott Gambler linkage?

Bike Alpinism

Ok, this is a cool twist on mountain biking. Yeah, it’s not your usual high-speed/flow type vid, instead blurring the lines between trials and AM. Between the melding of two of my favorite pastimes, the ‘Bambi on ice’ line around 1:06, and the consequences of a fall this vid delivers.

Motherf… Bike

Saw the title, thought this was going to be a T.Pain ‘On a boat’ type remix. I was gladly mistaken.

P.S. I’m going for a maillot jaune repeat on the Tour de Fuck You so check your 6

Danny MacAskill – Lezyne vid

This guy just makes trials look sooooooo easy!

Ultramontane No. 3

Yup, these guys again, still putting out the dark (in a good way), vibey, feel good vibes.

Red Bull Crashed Ice – BIKE Version

Usually this is an ice skate only event, but in a flash of brilliance (no doubt driven by ingesting their half acid/half piss + some secret alpine herbs) Red Bull decided to incorporate bikes into the mix. Sadly the video is 2/3 intro 1/3 action so you don’t get much but a teaser.

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