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September 2, 2015 7:40 AM Subscribe
I didn't know there were that many ways to ride a bicycle.
She seems... kind of depressed at the end. Anybody know why?
posted by clawsoon at 7:58 AM on September 2, 2015
She seems... kind of depressed at the end. Anybody know why?
posted by clawsoon at 7:58 AM on September 2, 2015
Yeah, it's not just that she's good at this odd skill, it's that this odd skill is actually the basis for an entire sporting competition that I've never heard of.
posted by smackfu at 7:59 AM on September 2, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by smackfu at 7:59 AM on September 2, 2015 [6 favorites]
I wonder how confused Google's self-driving cars would be coming across her...
posted by evilangela at 8:00 AM on September 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by evilangela at 8:00 AM on September 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
Awww, hipster chick she's riding a fixie.
Backwards wheelie, woo!
Circus trick standing on the seat.
What? A jump to the handle bars?
Wait, the bike's upside down.
Oh that's gotta hurt.
Did pirouettes right on the center dot!
Amazing but she does need an amazing dismount.
posted by sammyo at 8:02 AM on September 2, 2015
Backwards wheelie, woo!
Circus trick standing on the seat.
What? A jump to the handle bars?
Wait, the bike's upside down.
Oh that's gotta hurt.
Did pirouettes right on the center dot!
Amazing but she does need an amazing dismount.
posted by sammyo at 8:02 AM on September 2, 2015
Y'all need to brush up on your classics.
posted by Think_Long at 8:08 AM on September 2, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Think_Long at 8:08 AM on September 2, 2015 [4 favorites]
I wouldn't call it an "odd skill". There are whole industries built on "people doing amazing things on bicycles". The only thing that's odd about it is that those industries and competitions are usually overwhelmingly male. There's probably a really interesting story to be told here about gendered expectations and opportunities. From what I can see at first glance, this competition arose from gymnastics, which is of course heavily gendered female both in terms of expectations and participation.
posted by clawsoon at 8:10 AM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by clawsoon at 8:10 AM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
Good point clawsoon. It seems like there is "artistic cyling" (this video) vs "flatland BMX" and they are essentially two takes on the same sport.
posted by smackfu at 8:28 AM on September 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by smackfu at 8:28 AM on September 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
i will never be that good at anything in my life. But now I have a new goal for my offsprings.
posted by numaner at 8:39 AM on September 2, 2015
posted by numaner at 8:39 AM on September 2, 2015
It could never happen here. She wasn't wearing a helmet.
posted by Nevin at 8:44 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Nevin at 8:44 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
That's amazing. It's one of those things that I just can't understand how it's possible. Not from a physics standpoint but just how and why someone gets into that and then gets that good at it.
Also nice post title but now that's in my head for a week.
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 8:51 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
Also nice post title but now that's in my head for a week.
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 8:51 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm not sure where you all live, but once she stood the bike up on the back wheel and pedaled it backwards that looks like the way everybody rides their bike around here. It helps us be able to reach things on the top shelf.
posted by Nanukthedog at 8:57 AM on September 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Nanukthedog at 8:57 AM on September 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
Somewhere there is a man in a room with a button. Every day he has to decide whether to push that button, or not. If he does, the universe will wink out of existence and he will try to create a new and better one. Sometimes, he surfs the internet, and to be frank it's been a near thing for a couple of decades now whether he would push it based on the nonsense that the internet spews out. Usually it's better if he stays offline, chances-of-continued-existence-wise, but it was cloudy today.
Sp at least for today, this link is the reason the emperor of all things has decided not to destroy the world.
posted by anotherpanacea at 9:03 AM on September 2, 2015 [5 favorites]
Sp at least for today, this link is the reason the emperor of all things has decided not to destroy the world.
posted by anotherpanacea at 9:03 AM on September 2, 2015 [5 favorites]
That's amazing. It's one of those things that I just can't understand how it's possible. Not from a physics standpoint but just how and why someone gets into that and then gets that good at it.
Well, it's an established sport, so that probably helps.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:04 AM on September 2, 2015
Well, it's an established sport, so that probably helps.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:04 AM on September 2, 2015
I wonder if the bike has special design features that make it easier or safer to do certain stunts.
posted by a lungful of dragon at 9:16 AM on September 2, 2015
posted by a lungful of dragon at 9:16 AM on September 2, 2015
1/1 gear ratio with a fixed gear, and a very stiff and sturdy headset for starters
posted by idiopath at 9:17 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by idiopath at 9:17 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
Lilly Yokoi, ballerina on bicycle, 1965
posted by migurski at 9:19 AM on September 2, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by migurski at 9:19 AM on September 2, 2015 [6 favorites]
Well, it's an established sport, so that probably helps.
Oh I get that, but I think the same of a lot of established sports. Especially when something seems so unnatural or dangerous to me I have to stop and think "there had to be a first time that person tried that." The ski jump is another example. Also, someone did this before it was an established sport so how? why? That's what I am wondering. That's what I like about this kind of thing. Someone else thought "Why? Why not? How? I don't know but I'll figure it out."
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 9:25 AM on September 2, 2015
Oh I get that, but I think the same of a lot of established sports. Especially when something seems so unnatural or dangerous to me I have to stop and think "there had to be a first time that person tried that." The ski jump is another example. Also, someone did this before it was an established sport so how? why? That's what I am wondering. That's what I like about this kind of thing. Someone else thought "Why? Why not? How? I don't know but I'll figure it out."
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 9:25 AM on September 2, 2015
With ski jumping you can gradually increase the size of the ramp. Similarly, you can start with a tiny bicycle.
posted by LarsC at 9:50 AM on September 2, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by LarsC at 9:50 AM on September 2, 2015 [7 favorites]
Also, someone did this before it was an established sport so how? why? That's what I am wondering.
Circuses, probably.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:51 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
Circuses, probably.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:51 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
Lilly Yokoi, ballerina on bicycle, 1965
In case anyone missed it, the ballerina in the above video is executing bicycle riding tricks very similar to those performed by the woman in the FPP video, but she does them while wearing high heels.
FML, I will never have this much balance or skill.
posted by mosk at 10:16 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
In case anyone missed it, the ballerina in the above video is executing bicycle riding tricks very similar to those performed by the woman in the FPP video, but she does them while wearing high heels.
FML, I will never have this much balance or skill.
posted by mosk at 10:16 AM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
If you are a ballerina, are high heels like training wheels to you?
posted by smackfu at 11:03 AM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by smackfu at 11:03 AM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
What??!??!? No counter-steering? Impossible!
posted by Mental Wimp at 1:24 PM on September 2, 2015
posted by Mental Wimp at 1:24 PM on September 2, 2015
There is a lovely FP POV vid of a young girl taking the 60' ski jump for the first time. Talks herself into it, despite blind fear. Aces it. P'raps someone has a link…
posted by five fresh fish at 3:29 PM on September 2, 2015
posted by five fresh fish at 3:29 PM on September 2, 2015
Here's the video of the girl taking the 60' ski jump for the first time.
posted by Kattullus at 4:05 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Kattullus at 4:05 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
The one with the trampoline and unicycle.
posted by asok at 4:32 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by asok at 4:32 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
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