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GrandMaster posted:He's also doing it on a brakeless track bike, which makes it even more badass. I was wondering why he used his feet to slow the rear tire before he puts his feet back on the pedals
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I feel like Richard D James is losing his touch
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GrandMaster posted:He's also doing it on a brakeless track bike, which makes it even more badass. Yeah that's a brakeless fixie, you can tell not only by the lack of brake levers but also because the crankset continues to rotate as he coasts. He only has one gear ratio through the whole race which should put him at a serious disadvantage making him even more badass. This does however mean that his rotating assembly has a lot less frictional resistance due to the lack of a derailer setup if you're crazy enough to take your feet off the pedals. I ride the same kind of setup around the hills of San Francisco and it takes a hell of a lot of strength and training to do that style of riding for leisure much less in a competitive setting. If I ever accidentally get my feet out of the straps on a downhill and am going too fast to do the shoe on the tire trick like he did I usually just aim for a bush or soft looking pedestrian.
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Jul 13, 2017 02:08
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That's how you're supposed to rollerblade on hills too, huh?
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Comptroll The Forums posted:Bicycling with an erection decreases wind resistance by ~.04-.08% depending on the exact length, yaw and girth of your boner Lol if your cockmeat isn't so big it decreases wind resistance by at least a full percentage point.
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Think this has been in the "Bad rear end" picture thread, but since we're on the subject here: Rollie Free breaking the 1948 Land Speed Record for motorcycles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Free edit: Oh, by the way, he's going ~150mph in that photo. Solice Kirsk has a new favorite as of 02:59 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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James Woods posted:Yeah that's a brakeless fixie, you can tell not only by the lack of brake levers but also because the crankset continues to rotate as he coasts. He only has one gear ratio through the whole race which should put him at a serious disadvantage making him even more badass. This does however mean that his rotating assembly has a lot less frictional resistance due to the lack of a derailer setup if you're crazy enough to take your feet off the pedals. I ride the same kind of setup around the hills of San Francisco and it takes a hell of a lot of strength and training to do that style of riding for leisure much less in a competitive setting. If I ever accidentally get my feet out of the straps on a downhill and am going too fast to do the shoe on the tire trick like he did I usually just aim for a bush or soft looking pedestrian. Maybe you should buy brakes for your bike.
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Randaconda posted:Lol if your cockmeat isn't so big it decreases wind resistance by at least a full percentage point. I was of course citing the meat of the bell curve. Some Olympic level cyclists can achieve a full 2% reduction. This requires a circumcised microcephaletic glans with a deeply flaring shaft to achieve the perfect "cock cone". The testes are stored in the abdomen ("landing gear up, " as they say) during the race.
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It is strange and alien to me that bikes without gears even exist. No breaks is just silly. I don't even think I've ever seen such a bike. Except in Denmark but their country is entirely flat and Danes don't give a gently caress about anything so it works out for them.
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Solice Kirsk posted:Think this has been in the "Bad rear end" picture thread, but since we're on the subject here: Total-body road rash on salt would be like a living death sentence.
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He was probably shitfaced and/or high like everyone back then so I doubt he'd notice.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Total-body road rash on salt would be like a living death sentence.
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Randaconda posted:I can't go a single day without hearing about bondage chairs. Which part of Germany are you from?
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The Tiny Legs You've Been Hearing About
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Chard posted:Maybe you should buy brakes for your bike. It's actually never really a problem since I can slow myself down any hill I can confidently ride down and lock my rear wheel or even power slide to a stop in an emergency. Some bikes of this type don't even have the ability to mount brake hardware to the frame and fork. It's just a different style of riding and part of the fun is the challenge. The only time I actually had to put myself into a bush was when I was riding in a Critical Mass going down the windy part of Lombard and had a strap break so I took a dive to avoid hitting anyone else. FreudianSlippers posted:I don't even think I've ever seen such a bike. Here have a look at Hipster Bike 9000 in all it's glory. 
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James Woods posted:It's actually never really a problem since I can slow myself down any hill I can confidently ride down and lock my rear wheel or even power slide to a stop in an emergency. Some bikes of this type don't even have the ability to mount brake hardware to the frame and fork. It's just a different style of riding and part of the fun is the challenge. The only time I actually had to put myself into a bush was when I was riding in a Critical Mass going down the windy part of Lombard and had a strap break so I took a dive to avoid hitting anyone else. Yeah that's cool I bike commute and you're the kind of people that make drivers swerve at me. Get some loving brakes.
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Back in grad school a bunch of bike hipsters would ride brakeless fixies for the hell of it. I remember one guys pants got caught in the gear and since he couldn't break or free wheel he broke his leg in several places. In a cast for months and out of thousands in medical bills. It's hard for me to see the point
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Goodpancakes posted:hipsters That's why. Doesn't matter how unsafe it is for them, or more importantly the other people they put in danger.
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Randaconda posted:That's why. Doesn't matter how unsafe it is for them, or more importantly the other people they put in danger. hiptsers live their lives on the edge, and they don't care how many people die in their quest for the ultimate high
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I disconnected the brakes from my car because I like a challenge
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Goodpancakes posted:It's hard for me to see the point The "tragically hip" have been a thing forever and the name is well earned. (and googling it now just brings up the Canadian band)
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cohsae posted:I disconnected the brakes from my car because I like a challenge I carry a broom handle to jam into the spokes of my alloys when I go too fast
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cohsae posted:I disconnected the brakes from my car because I like a challenge There was a time when braking in a vehicle was a luxury only afforded by the aristocracy. In celebration of those who preceded me (the blue collar, down to earth working folk who earned every inch of progress through blood and grit and determination) I choose to drive as they did - without the upper-class frills that modern society blithely takes for advantage - during my sojourns to purchase beard wax and indigestible organic goods.
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Myth of the Scofflaw biker
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Every time you pull up to a stop sign it's like that scene from Indiana Jones
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Where the guy his heart torn out and dunked in lava?
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No, it's "keep your eyes shut, don't look at it!"
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The German fighter plane passing in the tunnel?
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Shia LeBeouf swinging from vine to vine with bad cgi monkeys faster than a speeding car?
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Wilford Cutlery posted:No, it's "keep your eyes shut, don't look at it!" don't sign your posts
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Gorilla Salad posted:Where the guy his heart torn out and dunked in lava? This is pretty common.
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