Velo freestyle on a fixed gear filmed by Thomas Edison

A short black and white film produced by Thomas Edison of a fixed gear freestyle rider demonstrating some bar spins and track stands on a stage. I got this film directly from the Library of Congress. I DID NOT reproduce this or alter the footage in any way. Here's the link if you still have doubts.
"http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edac.html#V"
scroll down to miscellaneous and it's named bicycle trick riding No. 2.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• fixed
• gear
• fixie
• freestyle
• track
• stand
• trackstand
• tricks
• bike

[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.

[mybikeisnamedtrogdor]

worlds first hipster;)

[Brandonspeck]

where's his chrome bag?

[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

[tommyogtigern]

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

[SuperJak225]

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

[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.

[xOCPx]

so fake