Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Council of Doom

Any thoughts on it? I've been pretty amped on the trailer for quite some time, anyone have any idea when it comes out or have any feelings regarding it?

Nice seeing some people having fun.

except that dude that does all the leg over skid. his posture is funny along with his beer gut.



BEER GUTS UNITE!!!!!

Mash suburb style.

Mash suburb style.

I think it looks better than mash, though the trailer could be decieving me.

Mash suburb style.

is beverly hills considered a suburb?

is beverly hills considered a suburb?

not really, but they are from the OC.

is beverly hills considered a suburb?

Yes

I think it looks better than mash, though the trailer could be decieving me.

yea, they atleast have some decent bikes.

The riding isn't very impressive.

The riding isn't very impressive.

I thought a good portion of it was pretty sweet. The no handed bar spin that dude pulls off is pretty cool, a couple of the guys mob like nobodys business. What's impressive to you?

Going fast. Watching the barspin stuff is like watching '80s freestyle skateboarding.

doom is such a giant meh, the only really exiting stuff coming out right now in my opinion
http://www.macaframaproductions.com/movies.html

Going fast. Watching the barspin stuff is like watching '80s freestyle skateboarding.

haha, fair enough.

How come southern california suburban kids are using "sf" as a keyword for their little barspin movie?

How come southern california suburban kids are using "sf" as a keyword for their little barspin movie?

cuz errone n33dz 2 sea it111
street cred.

Looks like pretty standard youtube fare.

I like the part in the macaframa trailer where the lady with her dog goes running out of the way. It's comedic.

yawn. good for them though.

macaframa is the best out there imo.

macaframa is the best out there imo.

I hadnt seen the trailer in a while and re watched it a bit ago, I would agree I think. It appears to have a nice mix of dudes hauling ass and cool tricks and such. Though, I might be counting the chickens before they hatch.

macaframa could be good

i thikn its better than MASH...but to each is own...anyone got an ETA on a vid?

I can't decide if all these fixed gear tricks are cool, or just stupid. I mean, I guess it is a 'sport' in its infancy, so maybe it's not fair to compare it to other sports, such as...skateboarding, mountain biking, bmx, snowboarding etc, since when you do so, I think it makes it look pretty lame. I mean, bar spins...?

i heard from a cadence dude that the macaframa guys ride fast as sh1t

...Though, I might be counting the chickens before they hatch.

very true. the tricks all look very clean so far, but i'm waiting for the full length to come out before any judgment is actually passed.

i heard from a cadence dude that the macaframa guys ride fast as sh1t


I'm tried of these, "I heard he was fast" comments. What about the hardcore riders that don't ride ultra fast? I'm waiting for a, "I heard from some guy in Minneapolis that that dude rode a century while carrying a full size ghetto blaster."

might be in the minority, but i thought mash was cooler than the council of doom

I'm tried of these, "I heard he was fast" comments. What about the hardcore riders that don't ride ultra fast? I'm waiting for a, "I heard from some guy in Minneapolis that that dude rode a century while carrying a full size ghetto blaster."

fair enough

try as i might, i just can't get into watching people ride bikes. unless it's some rueben alcantra type nutso ****, it just bores me.

macaframa at least looks good. but i just can't get into watching dudes ride down hills in california. i ride up and down hills all day long. and it bores me.

sorry. as you were.

So that dude in the trailer with the blue bike that doesn't have the disk wheel but has bullhorns - anyone have an id on those?

council of kids riding untaped bars and ungripped risers to pitchfork bands and 650 aerowheels. yawwwwwn.

So that dude in the trailer with the blue bike that doesn't have the disk wheel but has bullhorns - anyone have an id on those?

nitto rb-021's. excellent bars.

macaframa looks like its going to be really ****ing good

council of doom looks like its going to be pretty good with really good music

nitto rb-021's. excellent bars.

Thanks. And nice name.

Thanks. And nice name.

it's a variation on my old name

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rad bmx steev

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Less Rad, more
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it doesn't even look half as good as MASH, imo. I don't want to bang on these dudes or anything, cause I'm sure they rip and are totally decent dudes, but comparing an amateurish video like this to MASH or Macaframa is ******** - the cameras they use aren't up to the same standards, and the editing was sort of half-ass. plus, biking around in SF inherently looks cooler on film than biking around in the burbs, I think.

as for tricks, I'm not going to get into that one, cause that's sort of a personal thing (I think fixed gear as a whole has a long way to go in this department, but I'd rather not get into it for fear of offending people).

That being said, I'm stoked to see Council of Doom, being that there are so few fixed gear vids, and it's always good to see what's going on. And if it's really sick, I'll be surprised and delighted. I just hope it's not akin to Osiris' "The Storm".

well mash had a weird aspect ratio so there

and the storm had a few good parts

yah but it also had josh kasper and tyrone olson

but you're probably right about the aspect ratio

it wasn't 4:3 and it wasn't 16:9. i duno wtf

might be in the minority, but i thought mash was cooler than the council of doom

You're definitely not, regardless of haters it can't be denied that mash set a standard for all other track bike videos.

i guess i just dont get it...there are only so many tricks you can do with a track bike and ive got all the music i want at my fingertips and if i want something cool to look at ill watch koyaanisqatsi or something...these videos just get stale and derivative after a while no? maybe im wrong? maybe i just dont see the appeal of watching people do the same stuff over and over and over...?

Lucas Brunelle was it. Fast, in your face traffic moves, and he did it all over the country.

Tricks; well, it's talent, but a wheelie bar spin doesn't get me through traffic fast. A one foot over the bar skid doesn't avoid a right hook by some errant driver. Some stuff is useful, and a lot of it is grace of motion.

But I say Lucas speaks to those of us who sail through steel and asphault as a part of daily life. Not to take away from a hobby, nor fun, but for a method of transportion, nothing speaks to it like Lucas.

try as i might, i just can't get into watching people ride bikes. unless it's some rueben alcantra type nutso ****, it just bores me.

macaframa at least looks good. but i just can't get into watching dudes ride down hills in california. i ride up and down hills all day long. and it bores me.

sorry. as you were.

I have to agree with metaljim....the only bike videos I like to watch are the monster track videos and videos of people biting it while biking. Both are amusing when I'm wasting time on the internet. I just can't get into watching all the baby bmx tricks kids do on their tarkck bikes. If I wanted to do sick tricks all day, I'd skateboard or bmx.

you guys realize they're all reading this and laughing at you, right?