Fakie wheelie anyone?

hippy

that is incredible

But the little wiggle is also part of doing a normal wheelie when finish/land, so if reversed....

Not for most people that I have seen, I don't see many people wiggle when finishing a wheelie, I usually just put the wheel straight down and keep going smooth/straight?

Why would they put out a 'fake' video to promote one of their riders?
That would upset the people that care about these things.

this is the internet

people make fake stuff to sell other stuff

Obviously fake.

Just check out the wind direction on his top.
By how the front of the top is sticking to his belly, I can easily suggest that he was going forward. Unless the wind was extremely strong going in his direction.

Weird as it sounds, its much easier to do it round into a circle, i've seen 2-3 guys that can do that, but to do it backwards in a straight line and maintain it, is ridiculously hard, however no doubt the amazing cycling ballet girls could probably do that to!

And I am not knocking the fact that they have some amazing skills, probably piss all over any of your usal fixie flatlanders out there at the moment ;)

I think its real, the car moving the right way suggests so. And all you saying the tee shirt proves it are being a bit silly, if the video was reversed the fabric on the back of his shirt would be flapping about, not on his front.

Obviously fake.

Just check out the wind direction on his top.
By how the front of the top is sticking to his belly, I can easily suggest that he was going forward. Unless the wind was extremely strong going in his direction.

Thats why I tried to disregard the wind in this instance, as it could be going either way, so doesn't really have a bearing on figuring out whether its fake or not.
To be honest I don't think Macaframa are the type of people to put out a spoof/fake vid either, and he wouldn't be the first person to do a fakie wheelie on fixed, just the first person to do it at that speed/distance...as far as I know.

this is the internet

people make fake stuff to sell other stuff

Maybe, but check the source.

Cunning stunt.

Dirty tricks and Cunning stunts....those were the days :)

The Crane got it-slack chain on bottom run-irrefutable evidence of fake(in my opinion too)

Can't believe I give a flying fuck enough to exert the effort needed to copy and paste, but:

http://vimeo.com/7691948

Just sayin'.

I'm gonna learn me this shit just as soon as I've busted flipping beer mats and eating all the chocolate off a Crunchie.

Bah, I dont even know what I think anymore.

I'm in two minds about this now. I just downloaded the Quicktime MOV file and used QuickTime Player to watch it backwards (open it, click play, pause by clicking once, hold shift and double click the video image). The T-shirt flapping actually looks more real in reverse, but the video playback was a bit jumpy.

Edit: Damit. Should refresh first.

I think it's legit, people do it on bmx's and they don't even have fixed hubs.

Head *implodes*

i think it's real. this is lame post.

i think it's real. this is lame post.

Yup it's real.. Wait and see

some fuel for the fire

joel weston practicing said wheelie.
http://vimeo.com/7693398

I'm in the real camp. Not worth the risk faking it for starters. Macaframa wants love, and dvd sales. Secondly, fixed gear tricks are sick yeah.

that is amazing, never knew it was taken to that extent, especially the sync girls.

Fake (on the backwards Macaframa . . . )

The way the front wheel leaves the ground, that fact that he never looks backwards at where he is going.

His front wheel spins forward...

His front wheel spins forward...

I am not sure you can really extract that kind of information from an NTSC (30fps) signal (did you download the HD original from Vimeo ?).

Regardless, whichever way the bike is going the wheel (top) will spin in the direction of motion - so even if played backwards (or really going backwards) will still be spinning in the right direction (ie: it is not an indication of visual trickery).

Just look at the chain tension. It will tell you all you need to know.