Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - track bikes on mtv?!

so i dont know if this has been posted. but i did search so eat a dick


on mtvs "parental control" one of the girls(cute as ****) took the dude to a velodrome and did a couple laps

tell me pleeeeease that im not the only one that saw this

I think it's worse that you were watching MTV. At least they were out riding.

Hopefully more people will come out and pay racer fees and race and help preserve a decent sport.

You should do a search to find out if anyone else saw this.

']I think its worse that you were watching MTV. At least they were out riding.

Well bowled, lad.

Probably a little off topic-I read somewhere that from the turn of the last century up untill around WW2 that track bicycle racing was just as popular as baseball and every major city had a velodrome. Wouldn't it be nice if that could happen again.

It has. It's called NASCAR.

It has. It's called NASCAR.
LOL so true

It has. It's called NASCAR.

Yup......exactly the same.

except nascar racers don't have to work to go fast. oooooh, you can point your toe downward on the gas pedal. now THAT **** deserves some respect...

sure, there's maneuvering, but track racing and nascar are about equal in that respect.

except nascar racers don't have to work to go fast. oooooh, you can point your toe downward on the gas pedal. now THAT **** deserves some respect...

sure, there's maneuvering, but track racing and nascar are about equal in that respect.
iawtc

though i hear being at a race is tight, if you like drinking beer and being rowdy

god I love mtv dating shows.... seriously though, Next is their best show.

except nascar racers don't have to work to go fast. oooooh, you can point your toe downward on the gas pedal. now THAT **** deserves some respect...

sure, there's maneuvering, but track racing and nascar are about equal in that respect.

I call BS on this. I'm a car guy, I don't care for NASCAR... Formula One is more my style.

Strap yourself into a car, and run 200mph... 293 feet per second. 1 football field per second. Do this on a track like daytona that is about 45 feet wide in each turn. Banked at 31 degrees, I've tried walking up it, gave up.

Now, 200 mph... throw a car into a turn... where your going to fight 3 g's of force on your arms. Go 2 or 3 cars wide with inches in between them. Follow the same line each lap varying the entry point +/- 6 inches, hit the apex by the same margin and get back out... at 200 miles an hour. I can't hit an apex by 3 feet in a car... at 60!

Do it in 130 degree heat... for 5 hours. Drivers come out of the car dehydrated having sweated off ten pounds.

Care to have your ego stroked? A lot of formula one, Nascar, and Super Moto drivers and riders train on bicycles in order to think quick with a high heart rate.

You can think that all it takes is putting a right foot down, but I'd have to agree to disagree.

MTV ???.....smmfh

Drivers come out of the car dehydrated having sweated off ten pounds.

too bad their fast-food-addicted, sugar-swilling, beer-guzzling, crap-watching, couch-sitting, morbidly obese fans can't get a piece of that action.

I call BS on this. I'm a car guy, I don't care for NASCAR... Formula One is more my style.

Strap yourself into a car, and run 200mph... 293 feet per second. 1 football field per second. Do this on a track like daytona that is about 45 feet wide in each turn. Banked at 31 degrees, I've tried walking up it, gave up.

Now, 200 mph... throw a car into a turn... where your going to fight 3 g's of force on your arms. Go 2 or 3 cars wide with inches in between them. Follow the same line each lap varying the entry point +/- 6 inches, hit the apex by the same margin and get back out... at 200 miles an hour. I can't hit an apex by 3 feet in a car... at 60!

Do it in 130 degree heat... for 5 hours. Drivers come out of the car dehydrated having sweated off ten pounds.

Care to have your ego stroked? A lot of formula one, Nascar, and Super Moto drivers and riders train on bicycles in order to think quick with a high heart rate.

You can think that all it takes is putting a right foot down, but I'd have to agree to disagree.


well, you seem to know more than i, so i defer to your knowledge.

I just appreciate both the spandex wearing leg shaving races where "Fast" is 35, and the machines involved... as well as the race cars.

Heck, anything that gets my adrenaline pumping does the trick. :D

dont be a ****** they werent "out riding" they did like 4 laps. and mtv dating shows are the ****.

']I think it's worse that you were watching MTV. At least they were out riding.



mc paul barman: "mtv get off the air pt. 2" (or dead kennedys if you want to stay old school)

"there's something i don't like about a band that always smiles"...so true.

i wanna go on a date with her i hope she schools me it would be hot!:)

the producers at MTV are just like me & you. As a matter of fact, I know for sure that at least 1 bikeforums member has worked there recently, and I'd almost be willing to put money on the fact that there are probably a few that work for viacom right now. (occasionally, I freelance for them). If ONE kid watching MTV wants to go race or spectate out at the velodrome because he saw this show, I think that's ******** awesome.

i heard about this, i'm jealous

the producers at MTV are just like me & you. As a matter of fact, I know for sure that at least 1 bikeforums member has worked there recently, and I'd almost be willing to put money on the fact that there are probably a few that work for viacom right now. (occasionally, I freelance for them). If ONE kid watching MTV wants to go race or spectate out at the velodrome because he saw this show, I think that's ******** awesome.

i've made a show for MTV before--all by mah lil ol' self.

So the girl that was on the date, who probialy never rode a fixie before, probialy not a even bike in a while, rode a brakeless fixie in a velodome? Your kidding me right? Btw ive never seen it, hence the questions.

i have a few friends who have worked for mtv, vh1, and the fuse. good folks who are all active in the DIY hardcore scene. i've been asked to be on mtv shows a few time, as well as that channel the fuse. i passed.

Probably a little off topic-I read somewhere that from the turn of the last century up untill around WW2 that track bicycle racing was just as popular as baseball and every major city had a velodrome. Wouldn't it be nice if that could happen again.

it would be nice. but would it be worth enduring the amount of *****ing about its growing popularity from people who would eventually abandon the sport once it became mainstream? i'm sure it would be.

i've been asked to be on mtv shows a few time, as well as that channel the fuse. i passed.


+2 indie cool points!!1!11!!!shift+1!!!!!

It has. It's called NASCAR.

i blame pixar animation...;)

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/cars.html

...A celebration of the fanatical roar and whirr of NASCAR racing, the film opens in a packed speedway, where an upstart car named Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) is winning the race for the prestigious Piston Cup. The animation is, of course, astounding. The electrifying cinematography and meticulous detail will make you forget that you’re watching a cartoon; even the most standoffish viewers will find themselves inching to the edge of their seats. A model of arrogant youth, Lightning refuses to have his tires changed. Sure enough, in the final lap, one tire, then another, blows out, allowing Lightning’s closest rivals, Chick Hicks (Michael Keaton) and The King (former real-life racer Richard Petty), to catch up. The cars end up in a three-way tie. Due to the inconclusive result, Lightning, Chick and the King must compete in a run-off race in California one week later to determine the Piston Cup champ...

...Every kids’ film requires some sort of message, and the premise here is that Radiator Springs is the town that time forgot. Located along Route 66, it was a once-thriving burgh, but since the paving of a multi-lane superhighway several miles to the south, most travellers just pass it by. Listening to a bunch of cars gripe about the evils of commuting feels a little disingenuous to me; if they weren’t immersed in child-like logic, the screenwriters might have realized that it was our car culture that facilitated freeways in the first place. But hey, that’s just the rational adult in me.

The fact is, Cars is more kid-oriented than most Pixar films. Directed by John Lasseter, who helmed A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2, Cars was obviously conceived to appeal to gaffers who worship Bob the Builder, an animated series that also anthropomorphizes machines. Imbuing animals, robots, even toys with human feelings can be done in a reasonably credible fashion. Anthropomorphizing an automobile might seem like a clever conceit, but a 90-minute movie requires more than a visual ruse — you should feel compelled to care about the characters from beginning to end. Lightning learns timeless lessons about empty materialism, friendship and loyalty, but even the most credulous youngster will have trouble reconciling the growing tenderness between Lightning and a metallic-blue Porsche named Sally Carrera (Bonnie Hunt). I think I speak for my inner child when I say that seeing two cars get cozy is just plain wack...

So the girl that was on the date, who probialy never rode a fixie before, probialy not a even bike in a while, rode a brakeless fixie in a velodome? Your kidding me right? Btw ive never seen it, hence the questions.

lame.

I didnt see the show either but I guaran-****ing-tee than if some dude on a dating show had taken a girl to a velodrome you wouldnt assume he was clueless/completely inexperienced, in fact, you'd probably assume just the opposite.

A former bandmate of mine works for MTV now. Weird

it would be nice. but would it be worth enduring the amount of *****ing about its growing popularity from people who would eventually abandon the sport once it became mainstream? i'm sure it would be.

We are still talkin' NASCAR, right?:D Cuz mainstream or not, that ***** aint goin' NOWHERE after Will N' tha boyz Git'R'Dun!!!:D :beer:
http://sorenz.dk/talladega%20nights%20pic2.jpg

Yup. THE SAME *****.
http://homepage.mac.com/brucesherman/bigride/itinerary/bigdaypics/day10jersey.jpg
One day, alien anthropologists will study this phenomena, for now the truth eludes us, even before our very eyes.

Hipsters > OCP > Rednecks = 1

^^^Git'er'Done, hoss.

who cares?

Ugh. Where's my rivendell reader?

I didnt see the show either but I guaran-****ing-tee than if some dude on a dating show had taken a girl to a velodrome you wouldnt assume he was clueless/completely inexperienced, in fact, you'd probably assume just the opposite. Oh, I know. The guy was probialy a racer indeed. I was asking about the girl he brought on the date. Did she acually ride the velodome?

worst thraed evar!

too bad their fast-food-addicted, sugar-swilling, beer-guzzling, crap-watching, couch-sitting, morbidly obese fans can't get a piece of that action.
this is not completely true...

worst thraed evar!
you have no clue what you are doin...get back!

who cares?

The aliens, my friend. This ***** is fascinating when you've been holed up ten deep in a spacecraft for light years playing yahtzee with the same muthf#$%kers over and over and over again.;)

It not all about you, and your organic smoothie. Space is big as #$%K.:)

i was going to make thread on this like 2 weeks ago, oh well

huffy bmx

i saw it on my flight to new york.

she brought the guy to the encino track and they raced. and yes, she was cute. if i remember correctly, she didn't seem like it was her firs time on the track either. his old girlfriend was some pyschotic girl. so naturally, he made the right choice to pick ms. trackie.

I really liked Talladega Nights, but I thought Woody Harrelson should've been in it some capacity...

I call BS on this. I'm a car guy, I don't care for NASCAR... Formula One is more my style.


Oh, you mean that modern Formula One with the launch control, traction control, stability control, anti-lock braking, gear shifting, and a supercomputer more powerfult han my Sun workstation that does everything short of changing the car's tires automatically?

Yup. THE SAME *****.
http://homepage.mac.com/brucesherman/bigride/itinerary/bigdaypics/day10jersey.jpg
One day, alien anthropologists will study this phenomena, for now the truth eludes us, even before our very eyes.

Hipsters > OCP > Rednecks = 1


my hair looks like that after a hard ride

f'cking giro eclipse!!!!!!!

I saw that and I have no idea why that girl took him there. It looked like she could barely ride a bike.

so i dont know if this has been posted. but i did search so eat a dick


on mtvs "parental control" one of the girls(cute as ****) took the dude to a velodrome and did a couple laps

tell me pleeeeease that im not the only one that saw this


Dont know whats sadder, that MTV is showing fixies or that you actually made a search for that. MTV sucks ****, get out and ride instead of watching that crap.

']I think it's worse that you were watching MTV. At least they were out riding.




nice one

I deliver to them and Viacom, the place is full of deuchbags. How many seasons of the Real World can you freakin air and still believe it?? MTV blows

Oh, you mean that modern Formula One with the launch control, traction control, stability control, anti-lock braking, gear shifting, and a supercomputer more powerfult han my Sun workstation that does everything short of changing the car's tires automatically?
Sort of. Except they can't use launch control, stability control, anti-lock braking, and the computer is about as complex as a new honda civic. I think he was referring to the Formula One that is the pinnacle of automotive engineering, with cars that have to slow down and turn both ways.