BostonFixed
01-08-05, 10:00 AM
http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/varsmp/0836.mpg
cool stuff....
cool stuff....
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Fixie Bike Tricks... 100 years ago! (video)
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PhattTyre
01-08-05, 10:08 AM
that's awesome
iamjberube
01-08-05, 10:14 AM
i just watched rumble through the bronx cuz it's raining and i don't have money to finish my wheelset...this was a nice epilogue.
BostonFixed
01-08-05, 10:18 AM
It looks like he has short bullhorn bars turned towards him, and almost a 1:1 gear ratio!
trials 1899 style!
look at those bar spins- he does 'em like its no one's business.
trials 1899 style!
look at those bar spins- he does 'em like its no one's business.
manboy
01-08-05, 11:02 AM
The BMX guys and gals should see this.
bostontrevor
01-08-05, 11:23 AM
Funny, that's exactly what I thought. Flatlanding is as old as the hills.
57Facets
01-08-05, 11:28 AM
Um... mebbe it's a doctored video?
BostonFixed
01-08-05, 11:39 AM
Um... mebbe it's a doctored video?
I doubt it.... What makes you think its doctored?
I doubt it.... What makes you think its doctored?
57Facets
01-08-05, 11:51 AM
I'm skeptical of any video. Just because it says copyright 1899 doesn't mean it's so. Suppose I wore a "Bill Clinton" nametag... does that make me Bill Clinton?
BostonFixed
01-08-05, 11:56 AM
I'm skeptical of any video. Just because it says copyright 1899 doesn't mean it's so. Suppose I wore a "Bill Clinton" nametag... does that make me Bill Clinton?
This video comes from the American Memory of the Library of Congress. I'd think that they would check the authenticity of it.....
This video comes from the American Memory of the Library of Congress. I'd think that they would check the authenticity of it.....
charliebee
01-08-05, 12:06 PM
yeah heres the page that has all the info about the video.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/varstg:@field(NUMBER(0836))
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/varstg:@field(NUMBER(0836))
Maelstrom
01-08-05, 12:29 PM
Thats pretty cool.
OneTinSloth
01-08-05, 12:52 PM
does the library of congress also have the video of thomas edison electrocuting an elephant for the sake of science?
(cool bike video, by the way)
(cool bike video, by the way)
Cornish_Rdr_UK
01-08-05, 02:58 PM
Cool vid :)
icithecat
01-08-05, 05:00 PM
Very nice.
scottogo
01-08-05, 05:00 PM
Is that guy in the 50+ forum?
wasted weasel
01-08-05, 05:40 PM
that is pretty amazing (i was skeptical at first too... but it's entierly plausable after searching around the web)
I love his little backwards 'swosh' he does with the bike to get the pedals horizontal again about 3/4 into the clip
I love his little backwards 'swosh' he does with the bike to get the pedals horizontal again about 3/4 into the clip
MadMan2k
01-08-05, 11:25 PM
It's in the BMX forum also :P
labratmatt
01-09-05, 12:07 AM
I got worms.
Smorgasbord
01-09-05, 01:45 AM
http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=shaping_sf&collectionid=ssfCYCL1915
I had to save this to disk first. A fun tandem is a little bit into the clip, I'd love a close up of it.
I had to save this to disk first. A fun tandem is a little bit into the clip, I'd love a close up of it.
polytoxic
01-09-05, 01:59 AM
That was probably filmed nearby me at his lab in Orange, Nj like most of his other work.
The original Hollywood.
The original Hollywood.