The 3 min crash is amusing
The guy that ends up in the water is my HERO!
They should do triathlon transitions like that, mad skills on display!
Rim brakes FTW!
Good vid. Fair play to them...conditions looked grim
proof that, if it were ever needed.. that you don't need all the advanced gubbins that we have to today to be awesome on 2 wheels.
It's when the guy start doing breast stroke that really makes me chuckle 😆
Lycra ..check
Not much in the way of armour ....check
Rim brakes ..check
Shite tyres ....check
Good old tioga disc wheels ..check
Bar ends .....check
Ah The memories 😆
This one is pretty good too:
Some of us still do that.
Rigid and rim brakes makes things a touch lively, but fun. Freaks out the big bike riders.
I doubt it would sit well with the BDS types so maybe don't attempt a national 🙂 but there is no reason why you can't race a local level event as long as you meet armour/helmet requirements, and your bike meets BC requirements of being fit to race, so no bar ends these days, but bar end plugs are a must, working brakes and bike in full working order, and you can relive your youth.
And I'll bet that there wasn't a stem [i]under [/i]120mm!
This is brilliant , just shows how over biked as mere mortals are.
J McRoy at the end of the first vid?
I know there was some pedalling to do but it seems amazing that everyone ride with their saddles at full XC height. That high centre of gravity really shows in the riding.
I wonder if today's riding and kit will look similarly quaint in another 20 years.
That looks mega techy compared to the early UK downhill races.
The breaststroke bit is awsumz though.