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John_Rambo · 23-10-2016 10:29pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

heh. i have a 53/39 on the front, and a 13-26 on the back, hence the 'i don't do nearly enough climbing'.

I had to google that. I'm a commuter, not a serious cyclist! Some of the videos are cool though!

I lived in the city centre years ago when the tour de France visited Dublin and a cyclist in a yellow jersey stopped to rub my dog, chatted to him for ages until a few fans arrived and he headed off. Turns out he was a famous competitor. Haven't a clue who he was, but he was tanned, not Irish and his bike was very very expensive looking!

Daroxtar · 24-10-2016 9:28pm

rizzodun wrote: »

As someone who tolerates road cycling more than enjoys it, that looks like serious fun, so it's obvious when I do get out on the road bike I don't descend half enough.

It was fun, but the first bit of that was hairy enough. It was too steep to really let go as I'd have been off the edge in a flash. It's also edited to leave out the really hairy bits so my Next of Kin didn't have a conniption- the directors cut features overtaking traffic, swerving around cows in the fog and a serious speed wobble at about 50kmh . "Oh it looks much faster than it really was, it's just the shaking camera makes it look faster"

I enjoy climbing and descending equally but differently. I get a great sense of achievement from the climb but the descent is pure reward.

The tax man · 04-01-2017 12:23am

Always love a great trail dog video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2us5_CSM0

nilhg · 06-01-2017 12:22am

Nice video following some of the riders and one especially on the 2016 Transcontinental race

https://vimeo.com/197782959

TheBlaaMan · 06-01-2017 9:07pm

nilhg wrote: »

Nice video following some of the riders and one especially on the 2016 Transcontinental race

https://vimeo.com/197782959

I really enjoyed that, as I do all videos of the transcontinental!
Thanks

magicbastarder · 06-01-2017 10:25pm

good god. 'i took a wrong turn on the stelvio so had to climb it again'.

robyntmorton · 13-01-2017 5:33pm

Three guys, a fatbike... And an electric fence!

How hard can it be to get the bike over?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUL56vrK75I

CramCycle · 13-01-2017 5:59pm

robyntmorton wrote: »

Three guys, a fatbike... And an electric fence!

How hard can it be to get the bike over?

I seen that the other day and wondered would the handlebar grips not be insulated?

robyntmorton · 13-01-2017 6:03pm

A lot of it would depend on the moisture in the tape and their gloves, which would change the insulating properties.

That said, why didn't they pass it over the wooden section, where it would be easier to avoid the wires?

(Though, if they are full rubber grips, it should make it much easier to do. Maybe they are just idiots)

Paul_Mc1988 · 14-01-2017 1:28pm

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=17b_1484341930

When cycling is your only mode of transport:)

f1000 · 24-10-2017 5:34pm

2017 UCI Cycling Gala – Guilin, CHN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB-M0N3LnBs

Katie-George Dunlevy @ 16min

rizzodun · 24-10-2017 10:09pm

Martyn Ashton, world famous mountain biker and trials biker, paralysed from the waist down following an accident in 2013, rides Whistler Bike Park, the mecca of mountain biking, on a specially adapted e-bike.

darconio · 15-03-2018 8:57pm

Ouch!

dastardly00 · 21-03-2018 3:08pm

darconio wrote: »

Ouch!

Jesus that's some lump on his head! :eek:

f1000 · 18-07-2018 7:49pm

Short Film - Graeme Obree, Athlete or Genius?

Leroy42 · 18-07-2018 8:10pm

Simple, he was a genius.

And badly treated if I recall correctly.

magicbastarder · 18-07-2018 9:01pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ8bioVdod8

GCN presenters take on l'angliru.
i tried kilmashogue last week, 2.5km @10%;. there's a section on l'angliru which is longer than kilmashogue, and is steeper than the steepest part of kilmashogue. that's just sadistic.

magicbastarder · 21-07-2018 9:08pm

the link to cycling is a little tenuous, but it comes right at the end.

https://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7478137/1e57193b/wacht_tot_het_rode_licht_gedoofd_is.html

marvin80 · 21-07-2018 9:13pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ8bioVdod8

GCN presenters take on l'angliru.
i tried kilmashogue last week, 2.5km @10%. there's a section on l'angliru which is longer than kilmashogue, and is steeper than the steepest part of kilmashogue. that's just sadistic.

Truskmore, 4km @10% - got up about half-way a few years ago (feed of pints the night before didn't help) - I'll give it another shot before the summer is out:

https://www.strava.com/segments/1735489

magicbastarder · 08-09-2018 9:58pm

maybe not the sort of video that was envisioned when this thread was started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBc827pwKf0

magicbastarder · 15-09-2018 9:51pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZhrqKrljig

15-09-2018 11:32pm

That take drafting to a whole other level.

magicbastarder · 18-09-2018 10:34pm

and she's done it too. broken the record.

18-09-2018 10:38pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

and she's done it too. broken the record.

184mph or 296kmph :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CFTqHbgsKs

ted1 · 19-09-2018 12:39pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

184mph or 296kmph :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CFTqHbgsKs

I can’t help to feel that the word pedalled is bring used a bit loosely

eeeee · 19-09-2018 1:06pm

ted1 wrote: »

I can’t help to feel that the word pedalled is bring used a bit loosely

Really? She did actually pedal the bike. She was pulled up to speed but still had to pedal. I don't know too many people who could pedal at that speed as she did, pull up and all.

What's your position on keirin racing, stayer racing, derney racing? All pedalling, all motor-assisted. And no less challenging for it. I'd give them a try and then see loose the pedalling part of it is!

Huge achievement in fairness.

Mc Love · 19-09-2018 1:11pm

Do you pedal cycling down a hill, you're going fast, and you can pedal but you're pedalling does help you go faster, but it doesnt mean you're pedalling speed is the speed you're going or your legs would fall off

19-09-2018 1:22pm

The previous video MB posted had a good explanation of the bike whats going on. Basically it's near impossible to turn the cranks from a standing start, think she said it was close to 50 before she was able to start her effort.

magicbastarder · 19-09-2018 3:10pm

She was pulled up to 100mph i think. Which means she accelerated from 100 to 184 under pedal power (with assistance from the air cushion). And of course she made it as easy as possible (which still lies in the realm of stupidly difficult) to do it - the record is simply about going as fast as is possible pedaling a bike.

Eamonnator · 19-09-2018 6:17pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

She was pulled up to 100mph i think. Which means she accelerated from 100 to 184 under pedal power (with assistance from the air cushion). And of course she made it as easy as possible (which still lies in the realm of stupidly difficult) to do it - the record is simply about going as fast as is possible pedaling a bike.

All of the distances in the video seem to me, to be in miles.
When the commentator says 157, she is still tethered.
The tether is released at 163.
I reckon she was pulled until 160 miles per hour.

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