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Timpo 12-09-2013 06:25 PM
riding bicycle backwards at 80km/h in the rain
 

Alatar 12-09-2013 07:52 PM
Stupid? Cool? But not 80km/hr. Even on straightaways, he's definitely not going that fast.

nah 12-09-2013 08:27 PM
That's pretty nutty, one wrong move and it's game over. Your equilibrium is so off when you're looking backwards.

AzNightmare 12-09-2013 08:50 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alatar (Post 8379028)
Stupid? Cool? But not 80km/hr. Even on straightaways, he's definitely not going that fast.
From the YouTube post:
Quote:
Eskil Ronningsbakken3 days ago

I am happy to see that only 5-6 people out of 230 thousand are stupid enough to doubt the speed.
Probably just the usual ones without balls enough to do anything out of their life.
Let me explain
1) The speed was max 80 km/h at the fastest lines, not all the time. Anyone with a bit of brain capacity understand that you got to use brakes through the curves.
2) The parts that look very speedy are filmed with another head camera by a guy who rode besides and behind me.
That makes the camera shaking by every little stone or bump, since those cameras do not come with stabilisator.
3) I am ready to ride again anytime.
Seems like the guy isn't happy people are doubting the speed. lol

falcon 12-09-2013 09:04 PM
I don't know what the reason would be to even bother trying to do that. What's he trying to prove? Un necessary and extremely unsafe.

Manic! 12-09-2013 11:16 PM
#Thingsonlywhitepeopledo

BrRsn 12-09-2013 11:36 PM
80km backwards?
pff ... gtr would beat that.

white rocket 12-10-2013 10:33 AM
Pfsh......I used to ride like this when I was a kid albeit not at 80kph. I remain unimpressed.

Anjew 12-10-2013 10:43 AM
80kph claim is sensationalized anyways. For all we know he could have hit the 80kph speed for only 1 second.

This is just plain stupid.

Eastwood 12-10-2013 10:43 AM
How did he know it was 80?

Dragon-88 12-10-2013 03:08 PM
Id like to see him ride like this going uphill.

lowside67 12-10-2013 03:12 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by AzNightmare (Post 8379086)
Seems like the guy isn't happy people are doubting the speed. lol
He does absolutely nothing to PROVE anything. I've done 60km/h on my road bike going forwards and it's an absolutely insane, I just simply don't buy for a second that he was doing 80 going backwards, and nothing short of a radar gun, GPS verification, or something with a speedo pacing him is going to change that!

falcon 12-10-2013 03:17 PM
Yeah this is true Markymark. On my roadbike on the flats going 40-45kph is pretty damn quick. And that guy is on a mountain bike. Not skinny road tires...


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