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Old 04-22-15, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
Can you do any stunts or bike tricks or other amazing feats?


I can't, but check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQBbHzypBro
That was way cool.
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I can bring a free range chicken home from the farmer's market without dripping chicken-goo in my 1970's Schwinn Approved English seatbag.
It's two big plastic freezer bags, not mind control but I don't tell the "organic plants talk to us" lady that I get my excellent veg that.



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Originally Posted by Bandera
I can bring a free range chicken home from the farmer's market without dripping chicken-goo in my 1970's Schwinn Approved English seatbag.
It's two big plastic freezer bags, not mind control but I don't tell the "organic plants talk to us" lady that I get my excellent veg that.



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At first I thought you were catching the free-range chicken on your bike. Now that would be a stunt!
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I can track-stand fairly well. I also used to do some pretty intense mountain biking on a ten speed with skinny tires.
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I can track-stand fairly well. I also used to do some pretty intense mountain biking on a ten speed with skinny tires.
I can't track stand... not riding a fixie, but I am getting better at timing red lights. Nothing better than getting a green before the foot goes down!
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I can't track stand... not riding a fixie, but I am getting better at timing red lights. Nothing better than getting a green before the foot goes down!
That's a very useful stunt.

I'm getting pretty good at selecting routes that don't have many red lights. Now I'm working at finding round-trip routes that are downhill both ways.
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Can you do any stunts or bike tricks or other amazing feats?

For the file; see this video, Bicycle Tricks--This Girl is KILLING IT on Her Bike | TMZ.com
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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
Can you do any stunts or bike tricks or other amazing feats?

For the file; see this video, Bicycle Tricks--This Girl is KILLING IT on Her Bike | TMZ.com
That's pretty impressive, although I have seen similar videos before. However there were two moves that really wowed me. One was at 2:00 where she does a no-hands one-leg back-pedalling wheelie. How you stabilize the the bike I don't know. I thought maybe she was gripping the seat with her thighs, but her free leg seems pretty relaxed so that can't be it. The other awesome moments are a couple of occasions around 2:54 and 3:10 where she lets the bike fall forward from a wheelie with her torso and pelvis in front of the handlebars and her feet way back on the pedals, and somehow manages to avoid splitting her crotch on the front wheel.
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I've seen many drivers get confused when I track stand at a 4way stop.
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I've seen many drivers get confused when I track stand at a 4way stop.
That should wake 'em up.
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I ride up and down the bluffs on my fixed gear. It's actually not very impressive - just something I worked up to, in the same way that riders with normal road bikes work up to it. The locals seem to think it's some kind of feat of strength.

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I've seen many drivers get confused when I track stand at a 4way stop.
Yep: same problem, different town. Don't they know that I really don't want my feet on the ground?
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