Well, he’s using a track bike to get around and a BMX bike for tricks. Not too bad.
that was pretty sweet, the bmx section looked fun as fuck.
why couldn’t it stay like this?!
im pretty sure it’s cuz kids wanted “fixxies” to be a legit “sport”
WAH WAH WAHHHHH someone made a video about going on a sort of long ride on a fixed gear and didnt use an indie soundtrack. I mean, I’m not certain what the people pissing and moaning’s experience with extended touring is or long riding but credit card touring is pretty common these days, we probably saw as many people credit carding on the coast as carrying shit with them. some of these folks literally mail CLEAN CLOTHES ahead to their destinations and carry a small saddle bag with a flat kit, a pair of pants and a sweatshirt in it.
As for spending 8 hours on the bike, i doubt they meant 8 hours of saddle time, but you figure stopping for lunch, dinner and a couple rests and thats easily 3 hours of the 8.
Now, I’m not idolizing those guys, I just wondering why its so hard to be interested by someone else’s documented trip. The shit that is cool about tours, road trips, whatever kind of traveling isnt how impressive the ride you took was, but the stories that come up. You meet a ton of people, see a lot of weird shit, and a lot of really cool shit as well. I would wager if you talked to most people who involve themselves in bicycle tours you would quickly find a mentality something like “if I wanted to be competitive and go super fast, I’d race”
[quote=frankstoneline]WAH WAH WAHHHHH someone made a video about going on a sort of long ride on a fixed gear and didnt use an indie soundtrack. I mean, I’m not certain what the people pissing and moaning’s experience with extended touring is or long riding but credit card touring is pretty common these days, we probably saw as many people credit carding on the coast as carrying shit with them. some of these folks literally mail CLEAN CLOTHES ahead to their destinations and carry a small saddle bag with a flat kit, a pair of pants and a sweatshirt in it.
As for spending 8 hours on the bike, i doubt they meant 8 hours of saddle time, but you figure stopping for lunch, dinner and a couple rests and thats easily 3 hours of the 8.
Now, I’m not idolizing those guys, I just wondering why its so hard to be interested by someone else’s documented trip. The shit that is cool about tours, road trips, whatever kind of traveling isnt how impressive the ride you took was, but the stories that come up. You meet a ton of people, see a lot of weird shit, and a lot of really cool shit as well. I would wager if you talked to most people who involve themselves in bicycle tours you would quickly find a mentality something like “if I wanted to be competitive and go super fast, I’d race”[/quote]
I agree with this completely, but riding a tour in pseudo Keirin gear is ridiculous.
[quote=deadforkinglast][quote=frankstoneline]WAH WAH WAHHHHH someone made a video about going on a sort of long ride on a fixed gear and didnt use an indie soundtrack. I mean, I’m not certain what the people pissing and moaning’s experience with extended touring is or long riding but credit card touring is pretty common these days, we probably saw as many people credit carding on the coast as carrying shit with them. some of these folks literally mail CLEAN CLOTHES ahead to their destinations and carry a small saddle bag with a flat kit, a pair of pants and a sweatshirt in it.
As for spending 8 hours on the bike, i doubt they meant 8 hours of saddle time, but you figure stopping for lunch, dinner and a couple rests and thats easily 3 hours of the 8.
Now, I’m not idolizing those guys, I just wondering why its so hard to be interested by someone else’s documented trip. The shit that is cool about tours, road trips, whatever kind of traveling isnt how impressive the ride you took was, but the stories that come up. You meet a ton of people, see a lot of weird shit, and a lot of really cool shit as well. I would wager if you talked to most people who involve themselves in bicycle tours you would quickly find a mentality something like “if I wanted to be competitive and go super fast, I’d race”[/quote]
I agree with this completely, but riding a tour in pseudo Keirin gear is ridiculous.[/quote]
I agree that it is ridiculous, I just wish people could look beyond this “I refuse to support this because these people are unimpressive” mindset. Whats impressive, and should be to anyone, is that these guys got out and DID it, and most likely had some sweet experiences. I dont care if you are on a mountain bike or a long haul trucker or a fixed gear, learn to appreciate other people’s experiences rather than trying to make it into some sort of OG competition or some shit.
I think the hate comes from having something on “that level” supported and sponsored.
Maybe if it was a video slapped together about a couple of guys just doing it for the hell of it, then I think the haters might not hate so much.
11 before almost 24"hours" from joshua boothby on Vimeo.
fixed gear bmx. 24 hours on a fixed drivetrain
[quote=kaido_k]I think the hate comes from having something on “that level” supported and sponsored.
Maybe if it was a video slapped together about a couple of guys just doing it for the hell of it, then I think the haters might not hate so much.[/quote]
My question is, would these people be doing this if they weren’t being followed by a documentary crew with HD cameras? I imagine that the primary point of a lot of these “epic” rides is the video, not the riding.
Paris-Roubaix Le Film
These kids are given free Vigorelli’s, Vans, and Rapha clothes so they can ride the Paris-Roubaix route on track bikes with clip/strap pedals. Would they have done it without the film crew there? Doubtful.
I didn’t know where else to put this or if anyones already seen it and its not fixie but its bad ass and here it is:
http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Video/Big-city-ride-021242817777952?p=1242745960051
That doesn’t really make any sense honestly…
[quote=tzusing]
11 before almost 24"hours" from joshua boothby on Vimeo.
fixed gear bmx. 24 hours on a fixed drivetrain[/quote]
that’s actually impressive atmo
People who have real talent can usually do rad shit on fixed gears with very little practice. It also highlights how basic all this shit is.
I like how he practice this shit for 24 hours on a bike that looks like it was borrowed and is totally killing it. This is his proper bmx vid
their and here from joshua boothby on Vimeo.
He is pretty damn good
This
HFY. frankstoneline gets it atmo.
The only place I take issue is when the production effect attempts to transform what is surely a cool experience into an “epic experience”… think of Rapha’s stuff. Yeah, go out, ride hard, be stoked you accomplished what you accomplished, whatever that is. But don’t think that this is somehow transcendentally important, because it’s not. You want to do something important, go to Haiti and volunteer. If you just want to go for a bike ride, then do it, but don’t think you’re contributing anything truly important to the world, because you’re not. You’re finding your pleasure, and hopefully bringing some joy to people along the way, but that’s pretty superficial in the proverbial grand scheme of things.
[quote=tzusing]I like how he practice this shit for 24 hours on a bike that looks like it was borrowed and is totally killing it. This is his proper bmx vid
their and here from joshua boothby on Vimeo.
[/quote]That’s a great video. HFY!
I think we’re on the same page frank. I totally get touring. Doing amazing things that resonate on a personal level. And I totally get making movies about it and being stoked if other people enjoy them. To (hypocritical) whit I made this (completely uneventful) video about last summer’s trip.
Like Kaido and Timarchy pointed out, I don’t like the hype/sponsorship aspect.
Regarding the soundtrack, though, I was mostly griping that getting original music to work is hard. And largely less rewarding than slapping on the latest hipster hit.