Awesome video. Really good to see two totally different areas of the sport mix into one film (and good advertising for the Glasgow games!). Just a shame we didn't get to see Hoy attempting a little trials!
maybe i'm being a bit cynical, but i doubt Hoy's sponsors would let him, imagine having an athlete like him on your roster and have him inure himself riding a completely irrelevant discipline haha
wow someone is butthurt i dont think he is calling trials irrelevant but saying it would be retarted for a top speed athlete to put himself out dicking around with trials mad props to both athletes tho.
I have to agree, I would have liked to see Danny try to teach Chris some BASIC trials techniques. Not saying he has to hop on the posts or railings but get him to try the nose pivots or back/forward hops on flat ground. Just to show that not all cyclists can just switch. This showed that Danny, a trials rider, is not the best at Track...how bout the other way?
The whole point of this vid was showing those indoor track dweebs what real riding looks like. You see how tight that guy was when he saw danny doing his thing. Better keep carrying his little track bike around. That was true inyaface moment when danny did that nose whip to drop.
^^ If you want to call someone who, just to train for his discipline, leg presses over 600kgs and works until he throws up and has to lie in the foetal position for several minutes after an exercise an "indoor track dweeb" then feel free, but I would say what Hoy does within his riding discipline is as equally impressive as what Danny does, but just in a totally different way different way
Ya i am free so that why i said it. I understand his discipline and dont feel his throwing up matches with dannys life threatning riding style. At worst he gets a stomache ache riding track too hard. Danny could go to hospital any minute the way he rides. That type of commitment totally diff than spinning in circles all day and this vid presented that fact.
not saying dannys sport isnt super gnarly and crazy but that indoor track gets way fast and dont they end up having multiple competitors there at the same time idk but i have seen some funny and painful looking crashing on that speed track too and if hoy is a track dweeb maybe u should try saying that to his face dog see how much of a dweeb he is when he puts his foot through your torso lol
haha nice one.. but i am leaning towards shishka's opnion.. track riding is very limited and narrowminded.. just peddal harder than the rest.. and train your butt off for it.. props for the training.. but the end of the day.. all you did was riding in cicles.. i think you have to have a racer attitude for it.. and most of the time that attitude aint my cup of tea.. i never looked at a DH track or what ever.. and thought.. if i take the other line i would be faster.. i always say : my ego is fine ,. i dont have to compete to prove myself in any way.. the only thing you can do with track riding.. is being faster than the rest.. your never going to encounter a right turn
I didnt realize we had track enthusiasts right here in the pinkpages. Congrats to hoy for winning medals etc. Matching him with a real badass rider like danny is looking for comments. Whoever set that shoot up should get a visit by hoy. Honestly anyone looks stupid on a bike next to danny.
You look stupid, next to a wordsmith.
You completely missed the point of this video, you Yankee twat.
You have two riders who are at the pinnacle of their genres. It is not about what riding is better, it is about appreciating what it takes to be the best. Danny is sick, so was Aaron chase, and Jeff Lenosky, and Hans Rey. Trials is very similar to track, as in they are such incredibly small pieces of the cycling world. Trials is such a ridiculously small segment.
Go hop on a track and tell me it is easy. Pedal kicking around is sick, but so is sustaining huge watts for 20 seconds. It isn't a comparison vid. It is two national athletes talking to each other. Hoy for sure, wouldn't of been allowed to fiddle fuck around on that little bike, mostly because his career is massive. Smacking his shin with a pedal would do nothing but hinder his performance.
Get so frustrated when other cyclists bash other cyclists for being part of a different genre. I am fascinated that there are so many kinds of bikes, with the same fundemental parts, that can accomplish such a drastic span of tasks.
Yanks lol what is this 1850? Take it easy general grubblebump. You cant tell people how they should view a video. Its called opinions, we share them freely. If you take it personal thats a sign of weakness. A big wordsmitth like you should know that.
Imagine if you woke up one morning to find you had Chris' power combined with Danny's balance.....Epic!
BTW - That POC helmet looks like it belongs to the guys who power up the laser beams on the Death Star lol!
"Shave your legs... that's 4 and a half seconds straight away...." I'm sure that's what every guy on a bike loves to hear... Brilliant segment, nice way to end a Monday...
my favorite Mike Myers quote... "If it ain't Scotish, it's crap!!"
This video just prooves that every form of cycling brings all disiplins of riders together. The community of riding bikes is brilliant for meeting new people old & young. If only the goverment realised this and provided more parks,tracks, general areas for biking etc for us to ride. But no they are willing to spend millions on housing for people that shouldnt be over here!! democracy wins.
AGGHHH foooookin brits, they'r good @ everything! Just remembered G. Obree aka "the flying scotsman", but i think i prefer MacAskill and the Atherton dynasty.
Carrying a bike to a track is as dumb as driving to a gym to run on a treadmill. A bike that you have to carry on your shoulder to ride on a track is as dumb as a bike in a gym that doesn't go anywhere.
Give me a recumbent that I can actually ride on the street without being a safety hazard to myself & everyone around me & I'll beat the guy with no skills who rides that brakeless, freehubless, pointless piece of shit that probably cost more than a DH bike to buy.
Is it any dumber than us guys that put our bikes on a lift to ride the bike park? Or guys that shuttle? I think not.
I don't know why you have such a hate on for other disciplines of riding. If you don't like it, don't do it. But there's more to two wheels than just freeride.
And personally I'd love to see you take him on, that "guy with no skills" could most likely hold his own in any style of riding.
I've ridden the Sydney Olympic track once. It's bloody weird after spending a life on a full suspension hog.
1. Bikes feel tiny and feel awkward.
2. There are no brakes.
You stop pedalling and the cranks keep going!! I almost got pitched many times. You cannot just cruise with feet at 3 and 9.... to slow down you have to apply resistance backwards as your feet keep rotating forward.
I really really wish Danny MacAskill would put out a proper street edit again. He hasen't done a proper one since the video came out that blew his popularity up. I hate these, look at how crappy this terrian is but I can still ride it one he puts out (crap train yard, Scottish hill side, etc.). I have been waiting for a proper street edit by him for years but I just don't think it will ever happen.
Apparently he gets injured a lot because of the freestyle trials that we love and expect,
you must remember that trials is normally a pretty static sport,and you're not supposed to cane it
As pigman65 mentioned trials is more a static sport. just now it has evolved into what i find more bmx street on a trials.
I personally think danny needs to bring it back to the roots and slow things down ride more natural terrain take it easy etc
