Because if you’re the only person doing something you’re automatically the record holder, this is a video of Japanese trials rider Tomomi Nishikubo setting the world records for ‘Steepest Bicycle Fakie Nose Manual’ (37.5°) and ‘Longest Distance Traveled by Bicycle Fakie Nose Manual on a Ski Jumping Hill’ (136.6m). You
Because who likes changing gears to make climbing hills easier anyways, this is a video of Sergii Gordieiev of Youtube channel The Q replacing a bicycle chain with a series of 3D printed gears, effectively making it a single speed. So is that an upgrade or a downgrade? I suppose
Because everybody dreams of setting a different record (I dream of setting the human hibernation record), this is a video of French cyclist Aurelien Fontenoy hopping his bike up all 686 stairs to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. I can’t even imagine if it took 686 stairs to
This is a video of a 33-year old spin class instructor in Guangdong, China demonstrating his insane skills on a stationary bike, hopping around and clapping like the bike is some sort of circus apparatus. Admittedly, the man is talented. Although, based on the number of people I can see
Because bigger is (sometimes but not always) better, this is a video of Youtuber Seth of Berm Peak test riding the largest mountain bike made by DirtySixer, an oversized unit with 36″ wheels ($2,999, also available as an electric version for $8,999). DirtySixer makes extra large bikes for extra large
Because dream it and you can achieve it (possibly realizing later it wasn’t the stroke of genius you originally thought it was), Italian biomedical technician and artist Alessandro Tappo spends his free time building unusual bicycles (I nap and play video games). This is an example of one such bike,
25’5″ to be exact. Built by Nicolas Barrioz and David Peyrou, the Starbike requires a crane and crew to stand upright, and a scissor lift for a rider to mount. Just to be clear, that is entirely too tall. It doesn’t even have Spokey Dokeys! Also, why is the Guinness
This is a video of a cyclist swerving to avoid a car that blatantly turns right in front of him (I suspect that car does NOT have a ‘Share The Road’ bumper sticker attached) and crashing into the balloon display a worker is setting up. Did those balloons actually help