MASH - Tour Of California

I found the shorter mash vids more interesting than their main video. The day out with Lance being the best of the bunch IMO.

There is only so many time seeing guys ride fast through traffic can maintain interesting. Due to me being a bit of some weird Roadie/Mountain biker I don't really get it.

I ride in the city and out of town BUT if I was touring for days/a week or more I would personally prefer to do it on gears, just seems odd to wanna have massive open roads and you get to the spinning point and know that you can't go any quicker, "Shit, wish I'd used gears now!", I've even done it myself...
Wasn't meaning to have a pop at you/them, just don't see the point. Bit like driving a Ferrari in 2nd gear

There probably is no point to it but its still a hell of an achievement although after watching the trailer I now want a MASH Jersey and bibs!

huh? why? the climbing in the vid is arduos (as is climbing with a geared bike). The flats and downhills are fast and intense. I love riding fixed 'with miles and miles of open road at your disposal'. so all you guys just ride in the city? never really though of the distinction... I ride my bike....

if you like doing that, that's fine, but frankly, it's easier and more comfortable on a geared bike, a handful of forumenger did a long ride (180 miles I think) from London to Dalwood on fixed wheel bicycle with moustache bar (some at least).

they love the ride and enjoy it, but they said they'd enjoy it even more if they have more than 1 speed, especially on the treacherous hill.

yes... all these guys ride road bikes.... and would rather do it geared... but the video is about doing it fixed....thats the point of it.

well i was responding to your comment about rather doing a long ride in fixed than geared, but yes, that was the point of it, no matter how mundane their 'tour' is.

okay how that is an argument? we're talking about cycling, not motorised transport.

Just highlights that people don't always necessarily do the thing that's easiest, just the thing they want to do.

doing the tour of california on a fixed gear bike. respect!

I just don't see what's so revolutionary about some hipsters doing a few thousand miles fixed? The TdF used to be competed on fixed geared bicycles FFS.

stop talking shit and watch the flick!

I just don't see what's so revolutionary about some hipsters doing a few thousand miles fixed? The TdF used to be competed on fixed geared bicycles FFS.

I dont think its seen as revolutionary, just something very hard that isnt done very often. The tour de france was riden on fixed but by professional cyclist. From what I can tell the Mash guys are not (although i remember them saying there was one guy who came along with them that was.) Just because these guys are young and love riding fixed they get labeled hipsters, whatever that means. People should appreciate what they do. I can't help but think some peoples attitude is a bit ignorant and maybe a bit jealous when it comes to this kind of thing

I just don't see what's so revolutionary about some hipsters doing a few thousand miles fixed? The TdF used to be competed on fixed geared bicycles FFS.

And they used to do it off road (well, clobber stone) too, in fact, path racer were the norms at the turn of the century (bike designed for on and off the track).

I think in the vid it says its only 750 miles... Anyways,

This sucks for the following reasons:
(i) Doesn't appeal to the hipster crowd - lycra and hills
(ii) Doesn't appeal to real roadies - Hipsters in lycra on relatively cheap equipment

This is "faudaxing" (stolen from some other thread) in the extreme!

I dont think its seen as revolutionary, just something very hard that isnt done very often. The tour de france was riden on fixed but by professional cyclist. From what I can tell the Mash guys are not (although i remember them saying there was one guy who came along with them that was.) Just because these guys are young and love riding fixed they get labeled hipsters, whatever that means. People should appreciate what they do. I can't help but think some peoples attitude is a bit ignorant and maybe a bit jealous when it comes to this kind of thing

It may have been fairly hard to do ... but we don't think it is worth making an film out of.

its rubbish watching them spin out on those long roads! fair enough, they wanted to do it either as a challenge or because fixies are dope-cool, but it makes for a rubbish film.

6 riders, 9 days, 750 miles.

Joke, right? My RAAM team- 2 riders, 8 days, 3015 miles.
Ok, so that was on a geared bike, but the Race Across the West has a FG division, and they had soloists in it that did 1000 in 4 days and that went over the rockies.

but did they look cool doing it?
distance is irrelevant if you don't look good. if the cameras weren't there the ego is not satisfied and the ride would have been canceled.

its rubbish watching them spin out on those long roads! fair enough, they wanted to do it either as a challenge or because fixies are dope-cool, but it makes for a rubbish film.

all they simply need is good old fashion fixed sturmey archer 3 speed hubs.

that video was well gash.

don't agree...each to their own.

the whole idea of the tour was to do something in a fixed video that hasn't been done before and to tackle something really difficult...step things up a notch... whatever..

It looks like it was a nice trip, good fun, no reason not to do it fixed if that is how you wish to do it. and a challenge for them but it's certainly not stepping things up a notch, or next level.

They rode 80 miles a day fully supported for 9 days. It's along way off next level.

6 riders, 9 days, 750 miles.

Joke, right? My RAAM team- 2 riders, 8 days, 3015 miles.
Ok, so that was on a geared bike, but the Race Across the West has a FG division, and they had soloists in it that did 1000 in 4 days and that went over the rockies.

Point proven.

I think in the vid it says its only 750 miles... Anyways,

This sucks for the following reasons:
(i) Doesn't appeal to the hipster crowd - lycra and hills
(ii) Doesn't appeal to real roadies - Hipsters in lycra on relatively cheap equipment

This is "faudaxing" (stolen from some other thread) in the extreme!

I wouldn't even say it "faudaxing", the support car and lack of sleeping in ditches sees to that...