the movie by lucas brunelle.
just got it today. it's freaking awesome.

even if a lot of it is put together from all the videos online over the years, it's still pretty damn awesome.

I actually do want to see that one.

I watched the trailer yesterday I think. Convinced me to never race an Alleycat, and why I hate most fixed gear riders.

Although...
Oof.

Ted Shred,

really?

That guy is only the best at sucking and being an idiot.

How are you the "best urban rider" if the only reason you don't get hit MORE is that every single driver on the road is swerving, slamming on their brakes, dodging you, slowing etc?
I see few of those close calls being attributed to the 'swait fixay riderz' but to the reflexes of many drivers slowing or anticipating them.

I say all cars should keep going, no slowing stopping or swerving and then let them play some real Frogger.

I will only bring myself to watch this video if i can watch it for free somewhere. no way am i gonna hash out 20 bucks to watch this

Am I the only one who feels that movies like this make kids feel the need to ride like dip****s?

nope, +1

I agree biking like that is totally out of line and gives cyclists a bad name and pisses off motorists and makes them hate us even more and more hostile towards us...

But I will say, and not to sound like some kind of hard ass, but part of why I enjoy riding my bicycle is the thrill factor. When you're hauling ass down the bike lane, next to a fully loaded 18-wheeler or beer truck, and knowing that at any moment one of the cars on your right may open their door and whale on you, possibly sending you under the wheels of that big rig on your left... and maybe you don't have a helmet on and maybe you don't have brakes... and maybe your testicles are in your throat as you decide to take the center line instead of the bike lane because of some double parked cars or delivery trucks... and you're giddy with the freedom and risk and speed involved...

I get it. And I love those feelings, that rush you get from cycling in the city that you just don't get from a country road. But yeah you still can't be screwing around like that where you are relying on cars not to hit you as you purposely ride in their way, etc etc. Whole lotta disrespect there. For them, for yourself, for the cycling community. Just very uncool. And the fact that they get to make movies about it is infuriating. They should just get the names of those dip****s and write them all a buttload of citations. They shouldn't be allowed to profit from that, and as Scrod said, it very likely convinces kids that they should be out learning to bike that way if they want to be "cool". And many will surely die in the process. And many motorists will have to live with the fact that they injured/killed a kid on a bike, even though it may have been the biker's fault. So much wrong with that situation.

Yes it does.

I teach high school kids.

*sigh*

Do war movies make kids kill each other?

That comparison doesn't apply here.

Fixed gear "culture" is largely about acceptance for younger kids, which is why it's all too common to see a kid who can barely control his bike pushing 52/14 gearing brakeless.

No. Wars make kids kill each other. Duh.

Yeah seriously, don't come with the guns don't kill people, people kill people bull****. War movies and bike videos are very different. Killing people has obvious and immediate consequences. Riding your bike like a dip**** might not land you in a meat locker same day, but if those are your riding habits it's only a matter of time.

Yep, I get plenty of thrills riding in traffic on a fixed-gear without being an inconsiderate jackass.

But do you win alleycats?

I do. I still race from time to time to. When I race. I win. it is a nice feeling. doesnt take me risking my life too much

I got door years back by a cop, sent to the hospital over it. toned down my riding style a lot.

Are there a lot of races in Birmingham? We only have 1-2 a year here in Atlanta.

To be fair, there are skilled urban cyclists in these videos. But these guys are not them:

you probably aren't the only one, but i don't agree as much. the kids who are gonna ride their bikes like idiots are going to whether they see a movie about it or not. people have been riding like that waaaay before someone made a movie about it. i rode like that in japan (well, not as crazy, i didn't ride against traffic or run lights and such. but i did ride in and around and through traffic, lane splitting and the like, and i liked it a lot. and japan is pretty orderly, nothing like new york).

i think most of the riders in the movie are over 21. i'm probably older than you are, and i can appreciate it. sorry they are not riding like you want them to ride and setting a good example and being a good fixed gear cycle ambassadors to the world. whether the are filmed like that, whether you like it or not, they are still gonna ride that way.

still a pretty kick ass movie in my opinion.

oh, and i bet a movie like premium rush is going to make kids buy fixed gears and ride like idiots waaaay more than this movie ever will. but that is a whole other topic.

The second guy actually stops on time, the car just thought he was going to kill someone and he's no different than every other alley cat racer I've ever seen.

I do want to see this, and Fixation though. Interested in all these films, though I'm sure some will end up as bad as "to live and ride in LA"

Upload it then give the link