High Speed Streamlined Bicycle Crash!

[donziiwww]

I thought that was an UFO. o.o

[RevolvoDoOr]

what the fuck is that it does not look like a damn bike looks like a toucan

[96justinpark]

now that i watch closely, that thing isn't a bike!!!! it's a giant wheel!!!

[HomeWreckerA1]

was that a kayake sliding across the road??

[torentmonkey]

Thumbs up if you are watching this after a bikcycle crash, like me :)) my fking arm is gone, rotula, 3 fingers, etc ...

[ucandoit245]

i was expecting an oncoming car...

[losttreasurehunt]

You know their heart broken ,great slide .

[TheBaconCooking]

HAHA fucking gold

[ChevyTahoe1337]

hahahahahaahaahaha did anyone else find this hilarious when he slid like 200 feet? (probably speed wobbles)

[abmaximus]

@ChevyTahoe1337 honestly, not disturbing at all, but hardly funny as well.

[2ftpmarco]

is the bike Oke ?

[blakeyon2asd]

look at the canoe sliding down the road

[inagod]

Thats why I believe in enclosed motorcycles as a second choice,hitting the pavement at any speed with your body is scary and painful.I'd much rather do some body work,then end up in the hospital for a week or years[for me]Enclosed bike cycles can do 80 plus,enclosed motorcycles can pull down incredible miles per gallon,with room for groceries.

[cdltpx]

Rosewell NM has been solved  !

[vexviper]

SAFE!!!!

[CellCoachCom]

@DaveyGT: Uh, no. Recumbent bicycles are the fastest bicycles in the world. An upright bicycle has been proven to be inferior for flat racing speed since 1934.

[fallenhw]

lollololololololololololo ''he got happy he was close and fucking eate shit hahaah

[SR71ABCD]

A Canoe with wheels....

[xSamoeschx]

It looks like a flying saucer

[coltonjj]

He'll be paying more taxes on paint than on gasoline.

[enyceckk1o11]

Its like a UFO

[JOHNEY311]

What the fuck is that thing sliding down the road

[bigbossyousef]

shellhuman

[Prezooo]

co to kurwa jest?!

[tron72mon]

that would suck so bad

[stevenfirst]

Bricks would be shat....

[damedosmates]

Parked cars and vans are a hazard to all. They're always in the way!

[damedosmates]

parked cars and vans are a hazard to all

[deezynar]

You get big points for controlling your human instinct to ask the rider if he was all right. I hate sympathetic jerks who would care about someone like that.

[Bhousm76]

...this was kind of awesome to watch. i wish i coulda been in that thing.

[firestone003]

lmao all there is to it

[mrclmt]

the poor van he hit that thing must be in pain

[AdySnake08]

What? No one is like OMG WTF HOLY SHIT or something else?

[clickclocks]

Was this on purpose, as a test?

[polishranger]

he skided for like quarter of a mile. it the bike wasn't this nicely streamlined he wouldn't have been skiding that long. and ofcourse the van was the only vehicle around and it had to be in the path....

[ResearchTechnology]

that's like the funniest crap ever

[TheILLTechnics]

Did he died?

[dacasman]

xD xD xD xD xD xD

[Cableguy008]

He's pedaling inside a giant turd...

[chardude11]

I shit myself laughing

[iwuvpanda]

dude needs his training wheels.

[davidhall8621]

lmao I love the people running out of the way thinking a torpedo was comming at them, lmao, and cant help but laugh at the "thud" when he hits the car, lol its funny cause im sure he wasnt hurt, maybe a bruise

[NinjaDeliliaha]

LMAO!! IT LOOKED LIKE A UFO! BUT ON THE GROUND! So its like a UGO?

XD ahhh haha.

[jonnyasprin]

he couldnt put his feet down so he had to crash,lol

[14Utub]

70mph? i want one :D

[12centuries]

Why WHY *WHY* do they always give the camera to the guy who can't keep his wits about him and keep his camera on the action?!

Seriously, WHY?

[fredomeireles]

@12centuries good point.

[miloadv149]

yeah the rolling resistance of the tyres is much lower when you use them.

You can hear a lot of the kinetic energy is being turned into sound and heat which will most definitely reduce the speed !!!

[thasiet]

This isn't broadcast tv; if I want three goddammed instant replays I am perfectly empowered to do that on my own. WHERE'S THE FOOTAGE OF DUDE GETTING OUT OF THE CASKET???

[mondaypivot]

its kinda funny in a way

[legonds]

that must be fun

[johndeeremudder]

why did that look so funny

[3991nalyd]

LOL!!!

[calponn]

wau ufo

[MarocGTO]

I don't know why, but I just laughed so hard...

[cc72666]

YAWNNNN

[DaveyGT]

wouldn't he have been better to attempt the record with the bike in an upright position on its wheels? rather than sliding along on its side which you would presume creates a lot more friction with the road surface.

[schl0tte]

@DaveyGT

lol

[happykillmore88]

yes that makes sense, these silly engineers have completely lost touch with reality.

[eagleeye929]

@DaveyGT

hes clearly attempting a stylish entry for the spectators

[fmita]

@DaveyGT I don't think so .. he was using Clark Griswald's (Chevy Chase in Christmas Vacation) lubricant that is "500 times more slippery than cooking oil" ... :))

[damedosmates]

@DaveyGT you try and stay upright in a bike like that...

[inagod]

carbon fiber saved his skin

[recon455]

He only fell over like 2 feet, CF didn't do anything for him.

[AnimusMachine]

@recon455:

not the falling over dumbass... the sliding at 70mph

[recon455]

So what makes CF have such special sliding properties.

[AnimusMachine]

Nobody said that it did, but having a fairing vs. none kept him from getting badly hurt.

[Dingleberry66]

that looks fun

[TheProjectcar]

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha didnt have ti be played in slow motion. that was one of the funniest things i have seed

[123dsf324dsf]

wow - this could become a new kind of extreme curling event

[EtzEchad]

@123dsf324dsf ROTFLOL!

[Raver92ss]

oooo,is he fine?? :D

OmG

[res1qlbh]

Im laughing soo hard...iono just looks funny..I'm glad he's safe tho. I wish those are affordable.

[givemetoast]

You're laughing???? Strange sence of humor.

[suharinos]

That was Rob English's Mango- streamliner. Very unstable due to it's short wheelbase.

[jempefr]

Impressive, good he is not hurt.

[RedElfNeedsFoodBadly]

cool story, bro.

[moleman1961]

Thats what happens when you use a giant pea pod!

[xilo144]

OMG!!! D:

[EvilPrince69]

That thing musta been filled up with recycled breakfast

[chairmanlikestosit77]

lolz at the sound it makes when he hit the vehicle

[bananasketch]

Looked like he switched in midstream from a bicycle to a hovercraft!

[CrashImpact]

That was cool because he did not get hurt!

[00sven00sven00]

they should do that next to a lake and see if they can skip their bike across it!!!

[Stealthsoldier20]

Too much weave to his bob.

[hinesdeal82291]

Thats a pissed off suicidal bicyclist's best weapon right there, hes riding and someone pisses him off,...just flip it on the side and chop their legs off.

[b1tbomb]

The sliding probably didn't hurt, but getting wedged under that minivan might have been uncomfortable. That's quite a "CHOOK"

[mikkoyay]

good thing he wore a body helmet

[vindex101]

@mikkoyay lol

[lJohnnyTheFoxl]

that's got to be scary as hell... he probably wasn't hurt though.

[bable666]

Ahh the dreaded two wheeler speed wobble !

Still somewhat of a mystery and can strike any bike - generally a motorbike.

Normally caused by a combination of the inherent self centering steering geometry and overcompensating rider input .

This phenomenon can be just initiated by a bit of side wind, hitting a bump or sometimes just from nowhere on an unstable bike.

Can be eased by fitting an hydraulic or friction steering damper.

[fidgetingfinch]

I hate when that happens on my bicycle. I have several scars from hitting small bumps and then loosing total control from the bike wobbling like a motherfucker.

[anubis520]

what's worse is once it starts its very hard to control or reverse.

[not4resale]

or setting the bike down after a high speed wheelie with the bars twisted.

[AnimusMachine]

actually caused when the bike hits the right speed to cause the frame to resonate at its natural frequency. Something as simple as slightly changing your speed or changing how tightly you're gripping the handlebars can affect it.

[alix4d]

greatest video ever

[driftx2]

it proly doesnt even hurt

[panda532]

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that was one of the funniest things i have ever seen

[AnimusMachine]

I'm not seeing the humor in it... he could have been seriously hurt or even killed. I'm amazed nowdays at how inhuman and disconnected people can be. Hope you get in a vehicle accident and someone records it so people can laugh at you.

[tanvalencia77]

OH GOD A UFO!!

[mondaypivot]

looks like one when its sliding on its side

[SorenSL]

Thanks for repeating the fall sequence 4 times.

The first 3 times I wasnt quite sure about that he was actually falling, - maybe showing it 42-43 times more would improve the possibility of understanding the video.

[xox945]

OH MAH GAWD!! ITS UH UFO!!!!!! GET THA PO-LEASE ON THA PHONE!!!!11 lol

[tomcatfranks]

Thank god for the fiberglas body! Saved him alot of skin!!!

[admilu]

I don't think that's what they're made out of o.O

[jordantiste]

Whatever what they are made of, it saved him alot of skin ^^

[martin04409]

could be. either fiberglass or carbon fiber. doubt it'd be any kind of alloy cause theres no sparks.

[admilu]

I'm pretty sure it's carbon fiber... and there's something else but I don't know how to spell it XD

[destroythecircle]

Carbon Fiber + Kevlar (bullet proof vests)

c.f. for strength kevlar for absorbing impact when crashing

[AnimusMachine]

the kevlar is actually more for protecting the driver from carbon fiber splinters if it shatters.

[Single0Speed]

needs a door

[random123outburst]

they get taped in to reduce drag

[itym]

isso é um disco vuador?

[dODdyboY93]

Hahah ahah ahah ahah aha ha

FUCKING HILARIOUS

who needs a fully streamlined bike

anyway! lol haha favoutite this,

what I want to know is how is he goin to stop properly, cuz he cudnt xactly put his feet down lol

[AnimusMachine]

wow you're an idiot.. its for speed records... the shell makes them more streamlined and efficient and therefore, able to go faster with less effort. For stopping, most of them have a retractable third wheel kinda like landing gear on a plane. So keep laughing moron, you're only showing your ignorance.

[dODdyboY93]

its not ignorance actually, i simply didnt know it had a 'third retractable wheel like the one on a plane' did i now. so you shut the fuck up calling me a moron, when youre the real moron trying to bring people having a laugh down. prick.

[AnimusMachine]

yeah, you're so awesome having a laugh at someone else's expense. Hope you get in a horrible car accident and it gets put on youtube so people can laugh at your misfortune too. BTW, ignorance means not knowing, so by saying "its not ignorance, I simply didn't know" you really do look like an idiot.... congrats dumbass. go ahead and reply again so everyone can keep seeing how stupid you are.

[Nonpoint93]

if ignorance means not knowing, youve just called every kid who doesnt know something ignorant.

[AnimusMachine]

They are... ignorant of what they don't know?

Need a dictionary?

[batlin]

@Nonpoint93 Yes, how dare he call people who are ignorant of things ignorant. Way to define the word.

[Wizard298]

Awesome wipeout!

Sorry about the bike and hope the rider didn't get hurt but that was a wicked fast slide. He must have gone 150 feet...

[BURMESESK8ER]

"Attention all units, theres a blue-finned mackerel on route 23" .

[bassplayapdx]

super-LOL!

[Sidowse]

It might have been aerodynamically unstable at high-speed giving it the "wobbles".

[Shadowboost]

possible affected as well by recumbent pedalling stroke at extremely high wattage

[pacovl46]

there wasn't an object in the way. he started skidding because he made a steering mistake. at least that's what it looks like. u can see him wobbling and then skidding and then falling ;-)

[1laikgoldfisch]

hahahaahahah

i luv how it looks like a dead fish or somethin skidding on the highway

[nick87c]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

THATS ABSALOUTLEY IT!

U R SSOOO RIGHT

I AGREE 200% with u LOL

[bigguns1997]

yes awesome totally looked like a dead fish.

[1laikgoldfisch]

hahahaha !!

i duno why this makes me laugh so much

[twentyoutoftwenty2]

humpty dumpty had a great fall

[tubtom1]

imagine being inside it just going round and round lol

[dagger197]

looks like he hit a mini van

[graciousSenor]

that was hilarious!

i am a cyclist.

[thibaulthalpern]

What did the he hit?

[meteodub]

looks funny in that cloth! :)

[deyvi93]

looks like alot of fuuuun :)

[allwestcoastauto]

i hope he was ok

[daave38]

Looks like fun!

[salimnag]

48 the greatest

[animal100000]

seems to go faster on its side...lol

[wot0wo0t]

maybe it was intentional :)

[MuhsinTheMomin]

WTF... thats not a bike its a sideways ufo

[alxgunshot]

if i was there i would have jumped over this alien bike =D

[AnimusMachine]

just like you'd jump over a 70mph car, right genius? You wouldn't even have time to react.

[sylgr84]

loll c'est quand meme "vedge" comme bèche :P

[UprightMike]

Much better footage of this crash...including seeing the rider bleeding afterwards...

is available within another YouTube video

Search for "POVme: Part 3 of 3", then scroll to about the 4:15 mark . The guys who took these videos were filming a science special that aired as POV. I've been to these racers and met the guy who crashed. He really was going about 70 mph when he crashed.

[miChAAeLLToY]

haha lol

[worldhookah]

Oh for the record Rob went though the gats at 70+ MPH. Yea I don`t think anyone here reading this is going faster. Well unless Sam whittingham is reading this.

[walas333]

ITS A PAY OF MGDONALS

[BuzzKill1]

Man i feel bad... because if i was that last guy video taping, as soon as we got that person out of it... i would tell him or her that they would have to pay for any damages to my car...

[allenda77]

hahaha, *wobble* *wobble* *flop* "sccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

[Abdelhak92izi]

lol its funny

[alecd86]

its a guy on a bike with a cover over it for more aerodynamicy

[alecdddd]

i was trying to figure out what the hell that fricking thing was

[ratchettie]

? what is that thing?

[Isreal4realz]

the fuck is that

[XR200R45]

thank the lord for this video thats the hardest ive laughed in a while he nailed the car!!!!!! lol

[iliv4daweekend]

Fuck... I'm sorry I had to lol. That guy looked like an idoit riding that thing. The way his wobbled was just so funny

[AnimusMachine]

you look like an idiot with your post....

[iliv4daweekend]

Aw cry me a river you internet hero

Stop arguing with people, go save an orphan from a fire or some shit

[123c56n89]

lol

[blessedRthemeek]

I like how nobody helps him, the camera just pauses looking at the giant egg that has just slammed into that ford minivan, ha ha ha crazy!

[dannyrorr]

that would bee soooo fun hahaha

[deadtofall666]

weird

[LRGHMN]

Roadrash free crashing- sweet.

[iRnoCracker]

is that a skipping rock?

[n4schristian]

so is this a test for better highway mpg??? lol thats a crazy bike... i never seen that...

[silentsniper441]

i want that thing to ride to school with!!

[funkytaco]

0:48 makes me think this would make a great kamikaze vehicle in a sci-fi movie like minority report

[sparta9000]

funniest thing i have seen al day!

[GenXer16]

UFO!!!!!!!!!!!!lol

[massoonmann]

got speed wobble... ha ha ha

sunflower seed

[cencen123yo]

Lol it looked like a giant sunflower seed...

[TheRedDragon2007]

Lol it looked like a giant sunflower seed...

[xXxmidgexXx]

skidding all ova the place then hiiting a car bumber

[PeterKnevil]

hahahaha thats hilarious man . GOOD CALL

[housechores]

It appears the enclosure prevents the driver from correcting an imbalance. Give the guy a few more inches in the shell and he'll be fine.