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May 12th, 2007 | Category: bad youtube stuff, bikes/bits, shit that rights up johnsons alley | Author: JINX

I’ve had this for years now… if you haven’t seen this already, it’s inspirational to see a guy 100 years ago riding a brakeless fixed gear 29er and doing things that are still relevent today.
” what comes around goes around kid…”

Fixed gear freestyler circa 1900

I would bet money that this is somehow a relative of Corys family….or mine.

11 Comments so far

  1. JINX May 12th, 2007 10:41 pm

    So he does a couple of rollbacks pedaling backwards until he falls off…then he remounts and comes to a stop to ready himself for a double bar spin…the vid is sketchy, but that’s what he does…then he turns the bars around to basically climb around them until he falls, then pulls a dope track stand wheel grab. I would wager he’s wearing wool too!

  2. johnson May 13th, 2007 6:19 pm

    rob, that is super rad, and of course its totally possible that that vid is legit, but, it might not be. i mean, video filters are pretty easy to use. do you know the original source?

  3. voice of reason May 14th, 2007 8:49 am

    it looks pretty rad to me.
    I’m totally going to work on the track-stand hand-grab thing (in my spare time.)

  4. voice of reason May 14th, 2007 8:50 am

    btw, casey, not even a retro-grouch like you has a bike like that to screw around on, anymore.

  5. johnson May 14th, 2007 9:01 am

    i’m not saying its fake, i’m just saying it could be. anyway, the video is so grainy that it could be any british bike from 1900-1945. or alot of current danish commuter bikes. when we start taking theyoutube at face value, the commies win, cory!

  6. johnson May 14th, 2007 9:04 am

    anyway, i didnt know parts from the 80s were retro. i thought they just werent contemporary. aka old. i mean, 80s music isnt retro is it? 1986 ford escorts arnt retro…

    let it be known that i dont have any really retro stuff, but let it also be known that this is primarly because i cant afford it.

  7. starmer May 14th, 2007 9:49 am

    It’s in the library of congress. I’m thinking it’s probably legit.

    and while were at it check this out:

  8. John G May 14th, 2007 9:58 am

    The vid is legit. Libraty of Congress Collection.
    http://www.open-video.org/details.php?videoid=4750

    http://www.bikeaddict.com/whatsup/thomas-edison-bike-tricks.html

  9. John G May 14th, 2007 9:59 am

    heh, slower than Starmer. Just like on the bike.

  10. John G May 14th, 2007 12:30 pm

    Here’s a movie for Casey

    Part 1
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw

    Part 2
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGYngjxJP1I

  11. starmer May 14th, 2007 12:51 pm

    favorite quote from that:
    “A cycle tour without a map is like new potatoes without the smell of mint”

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