TurnAround: Don't try this at home folks

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Don't try this at home folks

We seem to have been deluged with cycling videos recently, all of which strain our credulity if not our knees.

Firstly, this one seems to be doing the rounds (so our apologies if you've already been hit by it);

VCA 2010 RACE RUN from changoman on Vimeo.

Yup, urban downhilling. The kind of things our mothers warned us about. Actually, ours didn't, but one suspects mothers in most well-adjusted households tend to warn their offspring about this sort of thing. Oh, and Parisien girls/boys (depending on ones preference).

It was closely followed by this one;

A Hill in Spain from chris akrigg on Vimeo.

It reminded us of this one

Some guy totally invalidating the bike's warranty. I guess it didn't have one of those warning stickers between the gear-bosses! Now we think about it, if a crabon fribé Raleigh can stand up to that pounding, it will certainly stand up to our fat ass!

Then there's this one; some dude climbing then bombing the Stelvio on what appears to be ca, 70" fixed. Well, at least he didn't have to worry about his brake-blocks overheating

SEABASE vs STELVIO from YUHZIMI Ltd. on Vimeo.

If you don't know what the Stelvio is, ask your mother (the same lady who warned you abut urban downhilling). Speaking of things your mother should have warned you about, these guys also brought us this;