Who are these guys?
And how much time / money did they put into this video?
Yeesh.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Category: cycling
Andes to jungle bike ride
I’ve done several, including the standard World’s Most Dangerous Road in Bolivia. I did that with Gravity Bolivia.
Here’s their NEW single track adventure.
… Imagine this: a 78 km downhill with a vertical drop of 3500 meters. You start at 4800 meters altitude and end up at 1300m. The most amazing thing is that you ride on an old and lonesome Inca trail, starting from high altitude landscapes and finishing in the jungle, not far from coca fields.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo. (includes 1.5km zip line at the end)
It looks mellow, but it’s not. Rough terrain, even if it’s a road.
One of the best bike rides in the world. No doubt.
Thanks Alistair Matthew from Gravity Bolivia for sending me the link.
(via Pink Bike)
sunbeam photos – cycling Fisherman’s
I snapped a lot of pics today on Rockin Ronnie’s favourite Fisherman’s Trail ride in North Vancouver. I got some unexpected interesting effects from motion blur and sunbeams.
Expedition Idaho Race VIDEO
Here’s a terrific short video showing what a week long Adventure Race is like. Top teams sleep only 2-4hrs a day on average.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
All 13 teams made it to the finish. They bike a “victory lap” (3-5hrs) up a mountain to finish at the Booze and Blues fest (PDF) in Kellogg Idaho.
shift bike gears with your brain
The most comical thing we do day-to-day as a species is thumb typing on a tiny phone keyboard.
Obviously voice control would be faster and easier. But what I really want is brain control. I would text somebody simply by thinking of the message, and thinking SEND.
But that’s impossible … Right ??
… Right. But not for long … For $100 you can already control iPhone graphics with your brain.
And at some fuzzy time in the near future you’ll be able to shift gears on a bike merely by thinking UP or DOWN in your bike helmet.
Click PLAY or watch the (painfully) Toyota sponsored video on YouTube.
(via Mashable – Bicycle Of The Future Shifts Gears Via Brain Waves)
Ironman – Coeur d’ Alene or Nice, France?
I arrived the night before Ironman France – Nice to surprise Dave Adlard. I’d join his support team.
Much to my surprise, Dave’s not registered!
Turned out he’d registered in another Ironman, … for SOME reason …
Dave Adlard is a tad worried about the start of his first Ironman.
… If he survives the 2.4 mile open water swim, the 112 Mile Bike and 26.2 Mile Run should be a breeze.
GOOD LUCK DAVE.
There are only 2,399 opponents to best. (approximately) How hard could that be?
Stay close to two-time world champion Craig Alexander, Dave, and things will turn out well.
Adventure Will Change Your Life
Here’s another shout out for Alastair Humphreys’ Adventure blog:
The world sounded a scary place until I stepped out into it. Sure, it sounded exciting. Exotic places like Pakistan or Guatemala or Syria: I knew they had fascinating cultures and people that I’d love to get to know. I’d seen beautiful photography of extraordinary places and read exotic stories of crazy, bold adventures.
But I always assumed that countries like that were for real travelers; dusty, crazy guys with more nerve and experience than I would ever have. The world’s wild places were for me to enjoy from the comfort of my own home, nothing more. I enjoyed vacations. But adventures? I didn’t think they were for me.
But all that changed.
I set out one summer morning to seek adventure. I don’t know how I summoned up the nerve to begin, but begin I did. I climbed onto my bicycle, pedaled away from my front door, and didn’t stop riding for four years until I arrived back home. I cycled right the way round the world. I wasn’t rich (the whole trip cost approximately $10,000), I wasn’t brave. I wasn’t very fit. I just did it. I pedaled away from all that I was familiar with in England. …
read more and be inspired – Adventure Will Change Your Life
biking movie – Life Cycles
For months I’ve been looking forward to the Banff Mountain Festival World Tour.
Of the 7 excellent films we saw last night, one stood out for originality and attention to detail.
Life Cycles tells a spectacular story of the bike, from its creation to its eventual demise. A visually stunning journey, with thought provoking narration, Life Cycles uses Ultra HD to document the many stories surrounding the mountain bike and its culture. …
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.
Life and death are much on my mind right now.
winter cycling Saskatoon
Today I rode in to the University with Warren Long, a surprisingly challenging 30min trip.
In fact, one of my sudden stops resulted in Warren crashing into me. (I came out the better on the collision.)
I had his winter bike with a studded front tire. He rode his summer bike with regular tires. The studs really help on mixed snow and black ice.
Rick McCharles 