Up and down the Passo dello Stelvio on fixed gear

Will there be spoke cards?

Of course. It's a fixie radical ride not a Lea Valley cycling meeting of pensioners.

Agree the video is a bit wanky. Would love to be able to do this though. hippy would disagree but that's a tragic waste of a GP4000.

Sure. Even with all the suffering, it's still worth to try and fail. Better than Old Street.

As far as I know Patrick Seabase was a sponsored track rider once and also did "gorilla" bicycles.
He has a shop and also climbed some other mountains, rode across australia fixed and does a lot for the fixed gear culture in switzerland.. So in my books it's all good.
Also I liked the aesthetic of the video. there's another motorpace video that a lot of you guys on here will hate on.

I don't think anyone hates it.
It's just that these aesthetics saturated the cycling culture recently to the point it's become ironic.

You see, most regular forum members are very aware, that they're not real couriers (apart from Max).
They are the 2nd degree hipsters - ironically dressed as hipsters.

there's another motorpace video that a lot of you guys on here will hate on.

I don't think anyone hates it.

Kris, William said 'hate on'. That's different from just hating something. Right?

suddenly feels that little barely perceptible bit older again

But hating on implies jealousy which is well deserved, where the subject of hate is... well, a bit of a prick.

I don't think anyone hates it.
It's just that these aesthetics saturated the cycling culture recently to the point it's become ironic.

Most of these videos and photos are made by people that study photodesign or film, artsy stuff. And this is the style they apply...
I guess if it was just plain and simple filmed (like the videos of the guy riding parts of the tour de france fixed)they would be too boring for the masses.

For me this video motivates me to ride my bike and climb a hill.

+1. It's nicely shot and aesthetically pleasing. I don't see what's wrong with that.

I wish they'd used a tripod for some of the shots though.

Most of these videos and photos are made by people that study photodesign or film, artsy stuff. And this is the style they apply...
I guess if it was just plain and simple filmed (like the videos of the guy riding parts of the tour de france fixed)they would be too boring for the masses.

You misunderstood me. That video feels like a caricature of that "style".

I like this video.

You misunderstood me. That video feels like a caricature of that "style".

Why?

I like this video.

Why?

Sorry, late to this thread... All I saw was a dude strugglin' to get up a mountain on an ugly bike with bullhorns then Wiganbilious complaining about it in an unsurprisingly sanctimonious fashion...

Sorry if I missed something...

Why?

I like the part about the man on the bicycle riding in the pretty mountains.

I like the shades of grey in that video. Very inspiring.

Fuck it, I might pin it.

I do not like his shorts.

I don't like his pins.

I think he has fairly nice pins? Whats wrong with them?

I like the shades of grey in that video. Very inspiring.

Fuck it, I might pun it.

I'm not going to watch it.

I think he has fairly nice pins? Whats wrong with them?

What's OK about his shorts?

I dont like the shorts. His legs are ok though.

Isnt that what you meant by pins?