How fast could you go on a fixed-gear, 104-tooth chain ring bike? That’s what frame builder Tom Donhou and his friends sought to answer. Inspired by the men of the salt flats in the 60s who pushed the land speed record from the 300s up towards the 600 mph mark in jet-propelled cars built…
In the city of Trondheim, Norway lies a hill that’s big and steep enough to deter casual cyclists. To help promote cycling in the city and give the environmentally friendly activity a ‘lift’, a bicycle escalator called the CycloCable was installed. The 130 meter-long (427 ft) bike escalator has a maximum capacity…
So intense! Unreal footage takes you inside the middle of a peloton during the sprint finish on stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse. For those unfamiliar, a peloton (from French, meaning little ball or platoon) is the main group of riders in a road bicycle race. Riders in a group save energy by…
Watch professional mountain biker Matt Hunter go completely horizontal as he rounds this corner on his bicycle. The Canadian athlete gets so low to the ground his hand even scrapes the dirt! Great footage and fantastic sound editing in this exhilarating spot for Specialized.
Mountain biker Bryan Gregory of Foxwood Films took his border collie Kaia with him for a ride through a local trail in Port Moody, BC, Canada. Kaia initially let Bryan lead the way but she eventually turned things up a notch, leaving her owner in the dust. Some sites (here, here and here) have…
The Dutch didn’t always have the cycling infrastructure that is so heralded today. It took a fascinating series events to transform the Netherlands into not only the country with the most cyclists, but also the safest place for cycling in the world. The author of the video also wrote a blog post that expands…
Hovenring is the world’s first suspended bicycle path roundabout. Located in the Netherlands (where else?), Hovenring can be found between the localities of Eindhoven, Veldhoven and Meerhoven which accounts for its name, Dutch for “Ring of the Hovens“. Designed by Ipv Delft, Hovenring comprises of a 70-metre (230 ft) tall central pylon, 24 steel…
Artwork by AI WEIWEI Photograph via Scotiabank Nuit Blanche on Facebook On display from October 6 – 27 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada, is renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei’s Forever Bicycles installation. The 3,144 interconnected bicycles served as the centerpiece for last weekend’s Scotiabank Nuit Blanche art festival, a dusk…
Photograph by Danny Choo @ culturejapan.jp The Problem Bicycles are a popular form of transportation in Japan. However, when parked they can take up a lot of public space that could otherwise be used by pedestrian foot traffic, small storefronts, etc. The Solution Rather than take up valuable real estate above ground, store them…
RIDE THE EARTH Photograph by Luis Vidales/Red Bull Content Pool Professional BMX rider Martin Postigo performs at Red Bull Ramparanoia at Campo de Piedra Pomez in Catamarca, Argentina on December 11th, 2012. The competition is set against a breathtaking backdrop of pumice rock formations moulded by volcanic lava flow known as “Campo…
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