Velo freestyle on a fixed gear filmed by Thomas Edison

[xxJratxx]

Wack

[soad14057]

haha the worlds first barspin

[SKYsTHeLiMiTuKNo]

this dude should be in Macaframa or somethin xD

[iLiKESHiMMYiNG]

Swag

[Microglia1]

I love the old school cycling clothes...so warm. i was riding in thes now and I'm keep wandering why such a thin layer of clothes used by most road cyclists.

[IEATU95]

How the hell did these guys get it on youtube haha

[SuperJak225]

honestly,i think this tops all of the fixie vids i have seen,hands down

[xOCPx]

so fake

[mtb416]

Some of the sweetest biking footage I have ever seen.

[klausisense]

haha barspins and oldschool flatland

[carpediemkiddo]

AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEE

[iAaronEFG]

I cant belive people still have footage when fixies or fixed gears were made aloongggggggggggggggggggggg time ago

[queentonks]

HAH!! hipsters came before bmxers. Who knew??

[dennis96325]

Why Fixed gear riders are hipsters?

They are just riding the earliest bike!

You monomania

[Junr34]

some history right there!!!

[mybikeisnamedtrogdor]

worlds first hipster;)

[Bmxicznmzn169]

Ya you can shure get places quick on long board have u even rode a fixie

[fordieform]

lol i used t skate n shit owned and made a few longboards but mostly street skating. sold all that shit for a good fix a year ago; best decision ever.

-hero

[plugsrfhb]

Edison even had riser bars, so sick

[jakesever]

They look more like flats to me.

[jaimedelgado]

T. Edison was a douche bag

[bmxtnies1]

hahah he shits on most kids nowadays... barspins on lock. not even busdrivers haha

[acidhouseitalia]

wow really oldschool!

[lowtherapy]

OH SHIT HE JUST DID A BARSPIN

[shredbeat]

indeed, this is fucking dope

[stankwho]

I love showing this video to anyone who thinks fixed gear is a fad hipster thing. They were riding these bikes before my great grandma was born!!

[akanathan]

Yeah its not like a fixed gear is anything clever either hah.....its probably the most basic way to make a bike.

They are fun to ride tho....thats why it is the cool "new" thing. Easy maintenance and fun riding.

[MASTERCON12]

Yeah, I think that if you have a bianchi pista, more power to you. Fixed gears are a fucking riot, and I don't need some 10 inch travel douche to tell me different.

[tommyogtigern]

@stankwho and my great grandpa was riding her before your grandma was born, cuzin

[Brandonspeck]

where's his chrome bag?

[Djfresher123]

wtf?:-o

[claudearchibald]

This is better than all the other fixie trick videos in existence!

[monstajopps]

If this was 'fake' then it is very well done and that should be applauded alone...but it's not so here we are navel gazing at some hippie doing wheelies.

:)

[WiiGeee]

what a hipster!

ps Tesla forever!!!!

[aldude91]

this is fucking dope

[billtei]

Shocks ... pegs ... luckEEEE!!

[Jumpstartmyh3art]

bar spinin likeits no big deal...

[katic83]

it was back then :)

[Jumpstartmyh3art]

it's like a sarcastic figure of speech... sorry its hard to hear that when you read it.

[rondz05]

thomas edison is an g, triple o g!

[lolahavasuaz]

Very intresting vid/clip........wow

thanks for posting it.......Ms Lola...out.

[slcoldstone]

it doesnt even look fake - so many retards in the world today, probably look at the finger pointing rather than where its pointing. everything you see happening in life has been "cycling" on a loop with only aesthetic changes that make it seem different and new. Many things that are "cool" now weren't even noticed when they were first conceived, blah blah blah i could go on for ever - whats the point!

[icarus555]

there are plenty of old fixed gear videos, and this one is great thanks. Those who think it is fake are simply uninformed.

Additionally, Edison wasn't filming it because there was some fixed gear craze in 1899, the point is that he was capturing moving images. Motion pictures were still in their infancy at the time.

[TeamHellion]

The fact that so many of you think or believe this is a fake shows just how unimaginative some of you are. Like noone ever thought of doing tricks on a bike? You think a trackstand is new?!?!?!?! HA!!!! man, you fools need to learn some history of the bicycle. Especially from the european side of the pond. People have been doing fixie tricks for over a hundred years now. Go get a late pass.

[tiosipper]

@TeamHellion common sense applies, those were some of the first tipe of bikes made, and of course the freewheel was really hi tech at that time.

thanks for posting this video, so young ignorants don't think that hey are pioneers in fixed gear.

[grupolavolta]

Not fake--I saw this years ago, long before YouTube, complete with Edison company info. It's impressive for both the riding and the early cinematography. And hey, it's public domain!

[v4mpir33d]

There was something before youtube? Like, other than dinosaurs? Hard to belive...

[grupolavolta]

In fact, where I saw it even gave the rider's name. He was a circus performer of the day.

[proxx1988]

yeah youtube fake generation

[ichewtoast111]

sweet

[sewincicle]

incredible

back to origin

[bryander]

my first thought is that this is a fake. that someone did this after the Edison era, more like in the youtube era. TeamHellion, nice job making it look ancient. Or should I ask where you found the footage? I saw some Edison exhibits in years past but never seen this before. I wouldn't be surprised if he did film some fixies, but that wheel grab seems pretty unlikely.

[almac4]

makes sense since the original bikes were all fixed gear. You know someone had to come up with that back then. Great footage.

[DavidCross]

Boy, that guy was really ahead of his time! Real neat!

[BlazerBud]

How did Edison post something on here? I didn't think they had internet until the 20's

[serialkiller3001]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAA WOW, dude go back to school or something. You made my day tho'

[influ3nz]

original gangsta

[eXCeSSx]

prove it

[gbrhythm]

Proving once again that it's ALL been done before. Awesome clip! Um...where DID you get that from?

[americanethics]

amazing

[dob90210]

That is an amazing piece of footage. Who knew they were playing like that way back over far oul' hill yonder?

[magdalenus]

Thanks for putting that up!  What a great clip!