We last saw him in 2015 doing ridiculous things on a road bike, and it turns out Italian trials and road rider Vittorio Brumotti has a YouTube channel absolutely packed with similarly amazing feats.
This video from late yesterday offers some mind-bogglingly exposed riding on the edge of the Grand Canyon. He’s quite laconic, offering up simply “Vittorio Brumotti ride on the edge at Grand Canyon. Enjoy”
Now there’s a Facebook header picture.“A bit exposed” kind of understates it.Don’t look down… except at your wheels, so you know exactly where they are.There’s no going back – unless you get to this bit, and you’re as talented as Vittorio.Which direction is the bike going? It’s kind of like a spot The Ball competition.
David started mountain biking in the 90’s, by which he means “Ineptly jumping a Saracen Kili Racer off anything available in a nearby industrial estate”. After growing up and living in some extremely flat places, David moved to Yorkshire specifically for the mountain biking. This felt like a horrible mistake at first, because the hills are so steep, but you get used to them pretty quickly.
Previously, David trifled with road and BMX, but mountain bikes always won. He’s most at peace battering down a rough trail, quietly fixing everything that does to a bike, or trying to figure out if that one click of compression damping has made things marginally better or worse. The inept jumping continues to this day.
That made me feel uncomfortable watching that, nerves of steel that guy.
Fair play…
One occasion where wearing a helmet does seem a bot pointless….
My office chair just dropped down a couple of inches while I was watching that and I just shat myself!
Definitely something hugely awry in this guy’s brain. Looks good on camera though.
madness but makes for great viewing