Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Man, this guy get smashed by a cab!!!

Chech this trailer out. This guy gets banged out by this taxi!!!
Example: Don't try and grab that flyer before riding straight into an intersection.
http://www.petersutherland.net/Pedal.mov

wow

thats what its all about

It looks like he was duped on purpose. . .

thats what its all about

I hope you're being sarcastic.. . .

i could be wrong, but that's a female... and yeah, looks painful as ****. how bout the two who collide earlier in the trailer!

What about that dudes quads? Some serious muscle there.

huzzah for legs.
http://kinofist.com/images/legs.jpg

watching the video again, i really dont see what that rider was trying to do. there's no gap there. was s/he just so distracted by the manifest or whatnot that s/he didn't even realize what they were doing?

i think it was a female,
ouch

moral to the story: look both ways before trying to cross a street.

Whomever he/she was they are an idiot!!!

Whomever he/she was they are an idiot!!!

Red light go, really means go when you LOOK.

the rider in the clip before was smooth as hell!

moral to the story: look both ways before trying to cross a street.
And do not reach with your left hand for something on your right hand side. It turns your head and shoulders and you can not see where you are going.

anyone know when this book/dvd are gonna be available to purchase?

I'm not watching the clip but I assume it's of the female rider who grabs the manifest then eats it in that intersectiob but gets up and the bike it totalled. It's during an alleycat -- I've seen Pedal a few times now.

the noise of the cab's tires is gnarly

It's a she. KT.

what happens with said mishaps. Do you have to pay for cab damage paint et all . hmmmm

Wasn't there a link somewhere to where you could get the DVD and a book together or something?

Wasn't there a link somewhere to where you could get the DVD and a book together or something?

May 1st, 2006 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1576873145/ref=sr_11_1/104-9570519-9935915?%5Fencoding=UTF8)

Yup, that was Katie. I was at that checkpoint when it happened. Not exactly sure what she was thinking, but she blasted right through the light into second ave traffic at full speed. And honestly, she got really lucky. Aside from a couple bruises she wasn't hurt, the bike took the impact. The frame was pretty trashed, though I think she might have got it straightened out later. She was riding a loaner later that day, one tough little girl...

can someone re-post the video in avi or mpg format so I can play it in winslows mediaprayer ?

straight gored.

glad to hear she was ok, that looked brutal.

"But most people should be riding a bike with brakes and a freewheel."
-Sky Yaeger

i said goddamn ... glad she's alright, but damn that was reckless as hell.

yep, kt got really fkn lucky
http://amybolger.com/messengers/kt_adrian.jpg

Between the quads and crashes it looks like a good film. Too bad we have to wait til May

too many ****ing movies about bike messengers

too many ****ing movies about bike messengers

I think you'll be glad to hear that I'm going to making an 8 hour documentary about fair weather bike commuters and the exciting lives they live on the greenways and bike paths of the world. **** alleycats, its all about slow rolling on folding bikes!

not enough good ones though

too many ****ing movies about bike messengers

uh ... That movie was made back in 2001.

i just dont get this deification of UPS guys on bikes. they're like the patron saints of fixed gear riding or something.

and this was more a response to seeing this film side by side with this one: http://www.bicyclemessengersmovie.com/

just look at those films and how the particular messengers filmed there ride...of course it's fun to watch. that's why people make those movies. it's fun to watch. not all messengers do that, i drop messengers all the damn time here (and feel bad--they're pros, after all), but those who do are fun to watch, hence movies being made.

too many ****ing movies about bike messengers
Point one: Don't watch them.

Point two: Being a bicycle messenger, particularly in NYC, is one of the hardest jobs in USA. Not everyone who does it is an athlete of any appreciable calibre, but the people who do it deserve some sort of recognition. You don't have to give them any props if you don't want to, but I don't think they deserve your ire either.

Point three: Filmmakers tend to gravitate towards interesting subjects. Messenger culture is definitely interesting. While most of the films focusing on them leave a bit to be desired, they've been improving and I see it as an ongoing evolution of film.

Point four: Wrecks are fun to watch.

it's not the glorification of the people so much as it is the job. i'm aware that the courier lifestyle is over-romanticized by many, but you have to admit, in the most simplist sense, you're getting paid to ride a bike every day. and that's pretty damn cool.

i just dont get this deification of UPS guys on bikes. they're like the patron saints of fixed gear riding or something.

and this was more a response to seeing this film side by side with this one: http://www.bicyclemessengersmovie.com/


I know know if i'd call it deification, but this whole "riding fixed gear bikes on urban streets" culture came from messengers, NY messengers in particular.

The two biker collision looked worse then the taxi hitting the girl...actually they both looked real bad.

i just dont get this deification of UPS guys on bikes. they're like the patron saints of fixed gear riding or something.

and this was more a response to seeing this film side by side with this one: http://www.bicyclemessengersmovie.com/
Holy ****ing ****. They used that ****ing waking life gimmick. worst movie ever.

That poor girl looks like she got distracted by the dude handing her an advertisement before she went through that intersection.

i'm a little curious about the person with the backpack running away.

...i drop messengers all the damn time here (and feel bad--they're pros, after all)...

yeah, but you also don't ride all day long, 5 days a week... gotta pace yourself and prioritize according to how much work is available / rushes and deadlines

i'm a little curious about the person with the backpack running away.

Thats what im saying. . .she was set up for the reasons we are watching this clip. She doesn't pay any attention to the intersection at all. I hope her habits of riding aren't indicitive of most NYC riders, otherwise I'll say they're overrated just like them Yankees.

http://amybolger.com/messengers/kt_adrian.jpg[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry but I can't get over how moronic this broad is. . . .

i think what happened imo is that she was showing off for the camera and decided to speed up
to look cool, and then perhaps a bit distracted by the desire to look cool on camera
made a stupid judgement. but i wasnt there it could have been anything, elicited the holy sh**
from me.

yeah, but you also don't ride all day long, 5 days a week... gotta pace yourself and prioritize according to how much work is available / rushes and deadlines

yeah, sure. i only feel a little bad most of the time. but the other day, when i dropped a girl riding a 30 year old cruiser with a wicker basket just cruising along, i felt weird. like "why am i not doing this?" i spent almost 2 months looking for work 8 hours a day, the whole day on a bike...and i don't know how to ride other than "fast as i ****ing can", and after 8 hours, i felt fine, no matter how i pushed myself.

I'm sorry but I can't get over how moronic this broad is. . . .

Hey that's twice now. In post #12 you called KT an idiot. Now she's a 'moronic broad'. You were'nt there you don't know the details yet you just keep on dissing. Are you the kind of person that only talks sh** on the internet? Do you have the same mouth when someone is in your face?

yeah, sure. i only feel a little bad most of the time. but the other day, when i dropped a girl riding a 30 year old cruiser with a wicker basket just cruising along, i felt weird. like "why am i not doing this?" i spent almost 2 months looking for work 8 hours a day, the whole day on a bike...and i don't know how to ride other than "fast as i ****ing can", and after 8 hours, i felt fine, no matter how i pushed myself.

Yeah, but you just started riding fixed and are what...18 years old?