Velodrome Bike Messengers 2

[deanbot03]

this is so funny. this sucks

[orengard2]

damn so steep -_-

[stoddcrew]

you need minimum 18mph to stay on it on a racing bike

[202popofman]

i do velodrome riding and its easier than it looks. i have stacked befor and it KILLS!! but its still fun.

p.s what velodrome was this at ????!!!!

[malec111]

@202popofman london, on , canada

[heartquaked]

lol oh my god

[AJ94Acura]

That track is Short !

[chrisbear08]

low gear faster acceleration all i can say

[ryanhayn]

proof that bike messengers are posers

[pacauchon]

its like nascar for hipsters!

[thedude928]

@pacauchon lol, holy crap, man, that is my stumbled upon youtube quote of the week.

no disrespect to the riders of course. i ride BMX (street), and have respect for anything pedal powered.

[beezified]

damn thats a steep track, id love to skateboard on it after the bikes all leave haha

[akritz]

fail so hard. go faster

[kotapaka]

You must be really stupid to fall in the first few milliseconds when all you do is ride all day.

[kylemothafuckinjoy]

fail haha

[instanium]

Damn that velodrome is small! =O

[piptaylor99]

whoever started them on the fence from the finish line on a 6 day sized track was irresponsible!

[justmedogg]

DO A SKID STOOOOPPP!

[specificxboat]

shit thats steep

[freeworldofskiing]

51 or 52 degrees in the banking

[specificxboat]

it looks steep

[pancakebot]

yea, theyve never ridden in a velodrome before

who cares?

theyre bike messengers, not professional racers.

if i had never ridden in a velodrome before and was used to riding around on flat pavement all the time, im sure id make a few mistakes too.

and dont even try to pretend that you wouldnt.

[mambonumber9]

o_O :D

[hoostine36]

That was funny in the beginning.

[ridebikesfast]

HAHAHAHA, thats what happens when you get a bunch of hipsters on crappy bikes with no skills......

and no......skidding is not a skill

[pbtomass]

kinda weak

[Soymilllk]

This is what happens when you let city fixed gear riders come into the velodrome...

[KapitolTube]

HURF DURF THEM CITY FOLKS.

Are you aware that track bikes used in the drome are fixed gear too?

[Soymilllk]

o rly??

[conorUKtraining]

yes

[isven9000]

lemondtourmalet, you can ride on the Cote d'Azur during races, it's not out-of-bounds. However, you cannot pass on the inside if a rider is in the 'sprinter lane', which is between the black and red lines. Normally in pursuit event, there will be barriers in the ribbon so you can't easily ride on it.

[ChristopherDowning]

MMnn! Well I can tell you for a fact that if you raced up the blue to pass a rider you'd be called off the track by officials. Basically if you ride down the inside like that you'll run out of anywhere to go when you get to the end of the straight. Watch one of the six-day videos from Europe and then watch these guys - no comparison.

[ChristopherDowning]

Ha! you're right - these guys don't know much about track riding - slow pedaling rate, coming inside the line and just can't follow a wheel at all. I'm surprised they didn't really get hurt.

[danrock101]

get really hurt going that speed?

[ChristopherDowning]

Well I see what you mean about the fall off at the start. Don't much understand what's going on inthe race - looks like a load of guys who've never raced getting together to just have some fun. Nobody follows a wheel, nobody works with anyone else, nobody much rides straight, and everybody wants to go up the banking - but for what?

[lemondtourmalet]

how many times did the leader ride on the apron?

you're not supposed to dip below the black line.

Move all you want in the sprinters lane which is between the black and red lines, but never go below the black line. I know its steep, but try not to dip below.

[cmacblue42]

that track looks crazy steep!!

[ChristopherDowning]

I've been on a track where you could put your toes on the bottom of the bank and actually touch the riding surface out in front of you - 57 degrees of bank I think someone said. You could only just clear the pedal from touching the track when moving slowly. Bit like riding round the end of the bath (only bigger!)

[animation508]

@cmacblue42 well yeah, actual track riders get to a very high speed and lean into the turn in order to pull around. They get up to 40 and sometimes 50 mph, the steep curve is necessary

[lecapopral]

Who is the dumass who decided to start the race at that point? That is ridiculous; look at the banking - the start line is supposed to be after the far end of the curve, not right ahead of it at the 'spectator rail'. That is where Madison partners wait...wtf?! Look up Alpenrose Velodrome. We do it outdoors. In Portland. Oregon. On a 43 deg piste. You don't know what slippery is if you haven't been on wet concrete.

[assuck]

You're right, messengers don't know anything about riding in slippery conditions.

[boro92]

holy cow, these guys are complete molasses.

looks like they average a whole 85rpm. learn to ride a bike please

[kernalpanx]

Nice bark Stephano.

[iempoor]

Stephano got nuthin on my chicken cluck!

[chipmessiah]

ha ha stephano you rule

[topicalinjection]

nooooooooooobs