Riding Wisconsin's Fantasy Playground - Video
Kenny Belaey and Thomas Oehler set out to ride a wild collection of statue molds in Sparta, Wisconsin - the self proclaimed “Bicycle Capital of America”. The town, which welcomed the first rails to trails project in America, offers over 30 miles of trail riding and is home to a fiberglass manufacturing company known as FAST Corporation.
FAST Corp specializes in developing giant, eye-grabbing statues that can be found in front of roadside restaurants and gas stations all over the world. When a job is complete, molds of every shape and variety are stored in a 9-acre field behind their workshop. After 35+ years of production, the field now contains hundreds of molds that created fantasy like line options for Thomas and Kenny to flex their bike skills on.
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31 Comments
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TheDoctoRR
(Nov 21, 2016 at 11:09)
Great video but unfortunately Danny MacAskill has ruined every other trials rider video for me...
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jesse-effing-edwards
(Nov 21, 2016 at 12:35)
yeah
- 1 0
danielkona
(Nov 24, 2016 at 14:04)
that was a pain to watch
- 39 1
mountainbagger
(Nov 21, 2016 at 14:45)
Hard to concentrate on the great riding in this video with all of the acid trip animation.
- 1 0
ti-marc
(Nov 21, 2016 at 19:31)
yeap!
- 1 0
Trials-FTW
(Dec 6, 2016 at 12:23)
You got it breh.
- 21 0
stumpe90
(Nov 21, 2016 at 11:07)
Biking on LSD?
- 6 0
jrm36
FL (Nov 21, 2016 at 12:03)
very fun
- 20 0
topsog
(Nov 21, 2016 at 12:32)
THE TRUCK!!!
- 17 2
wilsonians
(Nov 21, 2016 at 12:22)
I wanted to shoot myself after just 20 seconds of that song.
- 7 0
Kramz
(Nov 21, 2016 at 11:50)
All the effects were pretty neat, and you found a nice place for doing trials. Overall it was pretty high entertainment value.
- 5 1
preach
(Nov 21, 2016 at 11:56)
I legit thought Willy Wonka was going to be sitting between them in the truck cab at the end.
If someone in colorado is toking and watching this, please leave your comments for us to enjoy.
- 1 0
JacobSpera
(Dec 1, 2016 at 21:32)
This was wildly entertaining! First time I watched it just now I'm baked as a thanksgiving turkey and oh boy was it a trip of fun!
- 5 0
southshorepirate
FL (Nov 21, 2016 at 12:05)
Looks in mirror, eyes not bloodshot. Shakes head, clicks play again just to be sure...
- 6 0
pigman65
(Nov 21, 2016 at 11:13)
That was rather odd !
- 2 2
Deadskittles
(Nov 21, 2016 at 21:29)
Wisconsinite here. Not sure if anyplace in wisco can be called the bicycle capital of the world, at least for MTB. Wisconsin is so flat the only trails worth riding are 5-7 hours away in Upper Michigan.
- 1 0
FisherFreerider
(Nov 22, 2016 at 7:27)
Clearly you are not trying hard enough.
- 2 0
tootingturtle
(Nov 22, 2016 at 9:30)
Eau Claire area has some awesome trail systems. Milwaukee metro and Madison metro areas have some good ones. There are even some downhill runs throughout the state.
- 4 0
dorkbike
(Nov 21, 2016 at 11:03)
Sparta!!!!!!!
- 2 0
Zagee
(Nov 21, 2016 at 20:03)
Sweet riding but the trials bikes without the seat look stupid
- 1 0
glasvagas
FL (Nov 22, 2016 at 7:27)
Amen Brother!
- 5 3
MrJwoj
(Nov 21, 2016 at 10:52)
Now thats some cool editing
- 2 0
el-nombre
FL (Nov 22, 2016 at 15:09)
I just found it super distracting.
- 4 2
finnpickford123
(Nov 22, 2016 at 1:39)
danny macaskill could do this with no hands.
- 2 0
draggingbrake
(Nov 22, 2016 at 4:11)
I don't often dab, but when I do, I watch trippy trials vids.
- 1 0
glasvagas
FL (Nov 22, 2016 at 7:26)
What you did there, I see it.
- 2 0
slayersxc17
(Nov 23, 2016 at 5:33)
Only thing I really liked was the truck.
- 2 0
Aelxmodeaus
(Nov 21, 2016 at 12:11)
Top shelf I say!
- 1 0
turbohippy
(Nov 21, 2016 at 22:59)
Trippy man
- 1 0
docnik
(Nov 21, 2016 at 23:04)
Tetris anyone?
- 1 0
hucksauce
(Nov 23, 2016 at 9:21)
This is madness.
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