New Lucas Brunelle video

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we saw him chasing the racers around town.....

I enjoyed that.I was trying to lose Jos all the way through.

Those cycle lanes look well handy

haha loved the moped part!

So how does it work--presumably, the locals don't compete but only organise? And isn't it quite difficult for riders from elsewhere to get their bearings in a place they don't know well?

That picture of the woman at Kingspin actually made me say 'strewth'

Is that anyone here?

That picture of the woman at Kingspin actually made me say 'strewth'

Is that anyone here?

roger that!

Re: Eindhoven, local riders were forbidden from taking part in the main race, but were allowed to compete in the Rollapaluza and from what I can see the alley-cat too...

Re: Eindhoven, local riders were forbidden from taking part in the main race, but were allowed to compete in the Rollapaluza and from what I can see the alley-cat too...

But how is their local advantage offset? Do they have to put 20kg dumb-bells into their bags or something?

But how is their local advantage offset? Do they have to put 20kg dumb-bells into their bags or something?

Having the locals race the alley-cat was an advantage to the out-of-towners who could keep up with them.(not me)

In alleycats you will always have the local vs. out of towner aspect. Like Overdrive says, you gotta keep up with them if you wanna win.

Most of the time there will be a prize for best out of towner, aka best of the rest...

I can tell you though that it's not impossible to win if your from out of town.

Having the locals race the alley-cat was an advantage to the out-of-towners who could keep up with them.(not me)

In alleycats you will always have the local vs. out of towner aspect. Like Overdrive says, you gotta keep up with them if you wanna win.

Most of the time there will be a prize for best out of towner, aka best of the rest...

I can tell you though that it's not impossible to win if your from out of town.

Ah, so basically the compensation for out-of-towners is that you can sit on their wheel and have them show you the way.

Ah, so basically the compensation for out-of-towners is that you can sit on their wheel and have them show you the way.

That's right Oliver.They were bloody quick though!

That's right Oliver.They were bloody quick though!

Quite apart from not being able to keep up with them in the first place, I'd also have had major problems with this silly additional, indirect, curvy, grade-separated infrastructure.

LInk does not work for me ??????????

Ah, so basically the compensation for out-of-towners is that you can sit on their wheel and have them show you the way.

Yeah sort of. I have done many alleycats in towns I have never been to before but the first out of towner usually finishes in the top5 and is as much a winner as the guy finishing first and being a local.

All these things are meant to bring messengers from different cities together and just the fact that you show up in a town that is not your own to race makes you a winner (ahum cheesy!)

It nice to see cycle lanes that are actually quite wide, and on both side of the road, as oppose to having a small cycle lane that's as wide as a mountain bike handlebar in Bloomsbury.

It nice to see cycle lanes that are actually quite wide, and on both side of the road, as oppose to having a small cycle lane that's as wide as a mountain bike handlebar in Bloomsbury.

To be fair to London, most of the streets were laid out before cars or bicycles were thought of. Most of Eindhoven appears to consist of nice wide modern roads and bike lanes.

And although the video is well shot and marvellously edited (as always) it does not have quite the thrill of his London Calling alleycat to the Heed the Call soundtrack.

I'm always shocked at how little this guy looks over his shoulder.

I'm always shocked at how little this guy looks over his shoulder.

I think he has a little eye screen with which he can see the live footage of what's going on behind him. Talking about eyes in the back of your head....

I'm always shocked at how little this guy looks over his shoulder.

Don't forget that it's heavily edited. It's not like those early videos from Boston or NYC in which you get long, continuous sequences unedited. The London video is incredibly chopped up, and in the Eindhoven one you see some passages first from the front camera perspective, and then from the back. All in all, it only makes for very brief extracts from what must be far longer footage. (NB I do like his videos, by the way, this isn't meant as a criticism. To me, he looks like an excellent rider who I'm sure looks around when he needs to. That footage just doesn't make it into the final cut.)

Another cool video, Eindhoven looks like a really nice place. Makes me want to come along to the next one...

does anyone know which multi storey car park it was in the start of London's Calling by Lucas,,,is it the one near new oxford street ...Thought it looked good anyway....mimicking some old school skate vid style..

Line Of Sight - Lucas Brunelle - YouTube

^Wow, amazing skills!

...by the drivers not driving over those idiots.