Fixed gear downhill solution?

[Dekonick]

Check out this video. Its a LARGE download (50+ mb) so use the T1 at work...

I know that this is UNSAFE riding, but what bike handling skills! Check out the fixxie going downhill at the end... NUTS!

Enjoy!

http://www.digave.com/videos/red-web.mpg

Did anyone see Sandy in the dress? :p

[Ti Designs]

Not time to download that. But what is it about fixed gears going downhill that scares people so much? There's a simple solution - pedal!!! That's what the discussion about pedal stroke is all about, you got pedal stroke you can relax and spin at 180 RPMs for a while...

[Roy E. Munson]

That's what the discussion about pedal stroke is all about, you got pedal stroke you can relax and spin at 180 RPMs for a while

Define "a while", please.

[Dekonick]

Its worth the download!

going downhill on a fixxie isn't a problem unless there are turns... and/or the hill is REALLY steep! Check out the video! Its worth it.

[TimB]

Don't try this at home.

I mean, sure, I've bent a traffic law now and then, maybe rolled a stop sign here and there. But these guys are insane.

[dirtdigger88]

Im sorry but that looks like a bunch of fun-

Jason

[Ti Designs]

Define "a while", please.

In roller races I can hold 200 RPMs for 40 seconds, but that's driving the gear. In the Boston area I haven't found anything so long and steep that I couldn't handle it in the 42x20 fixed. I'm even dumb enought to think I can go after the guys on road bikes. At 180 RPMs with a hill to keep the speed I can hang for at least 5 minutes.

[SGP]

that video is better than a cup of coffee at getting rid of the post lunch sleepies

[davids]

??? I got a NYC bike messenger melee at that link. There's a whole bunch more at http://www.digave.com/videos/ - Which one are you guys talking about?

..."Boston's Deadliest Messenger" rides past my office at 1:20...

[coylifut]

...been floating around for a couple of years. It's amazing what people can/wll do when they've got a camera pointing at em.

[Dekonick]

I was dumbfounded when I saw what these guys were doing. Great skills but I think they are missing a few brain cells...

I had never seen this clip before - for those who downloaded it and saw a repeat...Oops! Sorry!

Crazy eh?

[TimB]

I think what struck me most was the trust these guys had in:
1) their skill on the bike in traffic
2) believing the drivers of the cars would make accomodations for their reckless actions.

Mostly #2.