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Want to see a guy backflip a carbon road racing bike?

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yojimbo
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then watch this shit. INCREDIBLE!

Oct 9 2012 2:11PM
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Forcillo
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3:09

wat
Oct 9 2012 7:30PM
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Cotter
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This, Some of us who don't bike don't understand how much that bike is worth and how it'd be a dream to own it, while if you saw thall get really high and trash a bunch of Brand new pow skis you'd be pissed. It's the same thing.
Oct 9 2012 7:33PM
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p-fo
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It might actually be easier in some ways because that bike is so stupidly light.
Oct 9 2012 7:34PM
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Tinga
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thats what I was thinking
Oct 9 2012 7:37PM
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NinetyFour
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Basically Martyn is just claiming his stake in the yolo movement, and were just going to have to deal with it.
Oct 9 2012 7:43PM
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rzarector
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it would be much easier use pow skis in a park/urban setting than to use a road bike for trial biking.

also I feel like pow skis in the park wouldn't hold up as well durability wise as the road bike did. but we didn't see him fall, which he probably did, dozens of times.
Oct 9 2012 7:52PM
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k-rob
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eh, i dunno, i ride a bike like this and the stance these bikes force you to ride in makes shit like this extremely difficult, sure it weighs next to nothing but the angle of the handlebars and your center of gravity is very different from other bikes. on my hardtail mtb i can pull all kinds of fancy shit but just lifting the front end on my race bike can be difficult at times. the way this guy pulls this stuff while hardly leaning back at all is blowing my mind.
Oct 9 2012 7:55PM
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Bill.Nye
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I love how someone makes a sick video and so many people can't get over how he must have hurt the bike. Were the same people complaining when JP Auclair did his segment for All.I.Can? What about when Ken Block makes a gymkhana video? Just get stoked, the people who made the video can afford another bike.
Oct 9 2012 7:58PM
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RickAstley
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That was fucking cool. But... why a road bike? Just why?
Oct 9 2012 7:59PM
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Lucas
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Oct 9 2012 8:01PM
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freeskibum82
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they don't show you how many bikes he used
Oct 9 2012 8:05PM
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Dustin.
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Sure, but that bike only exist because they wanted to give him one to make it rain on. It's like the nice cars in action movies that were destined to be blown the fuck up since day one. They weren't making it to my driveway ever, so I'll just enjoy the show.
Oct 9 2012 8:07PM
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Dragonite.
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Fucking gnarly
Oct 9 2012 8:08PM
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eheath
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I wonder how many bike parts he fucked up making this video haha
Oct 9 2012 8:09PM
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Montana_Hoodrat
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true. Didn't B dog and Henrik do some wallrides with JJs in EOS?

trials biking with that terrible crouched over posture and those thin wheels would be more like trying to use Super G skis for urban. Or ice skates.
Oct 9 2012 8:38PM
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Pikachu.
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some stuff was fake i think. Like the metal pole hops, if you look closley you can tell that the physics just dont look right
Oct 9 2012 8:44PM
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asfdfads
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bill nye, the science guy and master of gif's.
Oct 9 2012 9:04PM
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james6345789
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This,I would hate to be the guy that pays for his bikes.
Oct 9 2012 9:14PM
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Broook
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Such a sick video. Made me miss living in England a little.
Oct 9 2012 9:22PM
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Poop_nugget
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wow
Oct 9 2012 9:35PM
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Tree60
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you mean him? its his stuff, he can do what he wants with it, yes hes thrashing it, but its still really cool.
Oct 9 2012 9:38PM
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COCAINEandCAVIAR
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mike montgomery did this a while ago
Oct 9 2012 10:34PM
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james6345789
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I kind of doubt that he pays for his own bikes, he most likely has sponsors.
Oct 9 2012 10:34PM
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E__
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But it wouldn't have the same uniqueness to it. It would just be another trials edit which would be super sick anyway but this is something way out of the ordinary. If a guy can trash a bike like that he is probably loaded anyway.
Oct 9 2012 11:03PM
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CheddarJack
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that's all I could think of while watching it. Well, that and, holy shitttt
Oct 9 2012 11:14PM
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Bill.Nye
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That was fucking sick too
Oct 9 2012 11:39PM
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ninthwardCAD
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That was sick but it wasnt a full carbon race bike lol nicer bag of tricks though.

Oct 10 2012 11:25AM
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Amadeus.
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Fucking sick video.

Did anyone notice how beautiful some of the locations were? Makes me want to go to the UK.

Oct 10 2012 11:53AM
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yojimbo
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that was real sick! not quite the same thing (dirt course with build jumps, knobbed up tires, different type of road bike with MUCH different geometry) still really cool though.
Oct 11 2012 12:25PM
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SkiJay.
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Threads for when not on mobile
Oct 24 2012 7:05PM
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Shireshredder
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Was about to Re Post this video but I searched and found this thread so I thought I would bump it, sickest video I have seen in forever.

Also, its filmed in an Area of the Uk where I spend my summers, I recognise a lot of the sports (North Devon/lyton and Lynmouth, Westward Ho! area if anyone wants to know)
Jan 11 2013 9:16AM
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Boggs
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Gunna get hated on this but i know a lot of the mtb/bmx community feels this way. it combines two of my least favourite things in biking, trials and roadies.
Jan 11 2013 11:19AM
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aaronec
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Seeing him abuse that Pinarello makes me want to cringe. Sweet vid though.
Jan 11 2013 11:50AM
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KrazyistKarl
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can someone post the YouTube link, won't work on mobile

Jan 11 2013 1:00PM
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Ryan.Street
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@3:50 is just plain ridiculous
Jan 11 2013 1:13PM
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