Up and down the Passo dello Stelvio on fixed gear

They're pretty long. Are you sure this isn't what you meant by shorts?

Im lost, Oli.

Why?

Because it feels like a caricature of that style.

I like this caricature.

Certainly less depressing/pathetic.

Try this one then...

Oh, adorable!

*pinned

Anyone seen Nailin Palin?

...I didn't think the black dude looked like Obama though*

*It was hard to focus on his face

I preferred Buggering Bush.

That sounds slightly confused, dude.

Yes, in retrospect it does sound a little bit ambiguous and sexy.

Saw this on bike snob quite a while ago:

http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2010/09/bombs-away-sweet-surrender.html

All props to the physical effort of getting up and down the thing, but why not just mount a brake, actually enjoy the downhill and save your knees for the time after your mid 30s?

All props to the physical effort of getting up and down the thing, but why not just mount a brake, actually enjoy the downhill and save your knees for the time after your mid 30s?

Challenge, I might think.

I'm wondering why nobody noticed the prototype carbon frame. Too focused on what kind of shorts he wears?

However I agree that there are a lot of boring and maybe even embarassing videos of people doing longer rides/hills. Not everything should be put up on the internet.

I do like how the Bikesnob puts a funny spin on things:

"Fixed-gear hill bombing" refers to the act of riding a brakeless fixed-gear bicycle down a hill at roughly the same speed as an overly cautious cyclotourist, recording it on video, and then making it seem culturally significant by means of judicious editing and soundtrack application

yeah i saw this a month or two ago.. it's too short, not enough of the actual riding for my money.

anyway it still doesn't beat this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV4MJok1_2o

no fancy lenses, no galvanising soundtrack.. just daftness and radness.