The most impressive part is how you are able to go up steep hills in the woods without skidding, on a singlespeed bike, after a snowstorm. Second best is the log ride. Everything was pretty amazing though.
The drivetrain makes good sense. The belt is softer in the cold then a chain making it easier to crank and no seizing. The internal hub gearbox is to keep him in the right gear enabling him to have loads of grip.
Nevertheless, his unrelenting ability to maintain friction is still amazing to me. The gear-hub is a very good idea. The fat that the belt requires the frame to be split is a huge drawback though. That and the fact that there isn't really anything you can do about a FS bike with chainstay growth/reduction.
but how did he keep his mars bar soft that's the real conundrum, when i take mine out in conditions like that it goes rock solid and you have to snap it when you bite it
Haha, after looking at it closer, I think its just a slight goof in the editing or whatever. At 2:22 he definitely sets the bar down where he's going to sit, but in the very next shot when he's sitting down its no longer there.
??? Na! buddy he puts the mars bar on the table next to his drink. then sits in the space he made for his ass, then eats his strangely warm mars bar....lol, my wife has just ask what i'm huffin and puffing about......i'm too embarrassed to tell her its about whether or not some german dude sat on a mars bar or not.....think we need to kill this thread
I was really struck by the use of sound in this edit - the snow shovel on the rocks, the crunch of the tires on snow, the obnoxious squeak of the brakes. Beautiful. Well done.
Great rider, good to see others riding in the snow, i've been doing it for years, I'm using scwalbe 2.3 ice spikers and they are insane on ice, not so good in deep snow, but then again nothing is, I might have to start bringing a shovel.
Anyone remember last winter when Europe had record snow fall and cold temps and the Western US had a record warm winter and a complete lack of snow? If this vid and it being 60 F and sunny right now in SLC is any inclination of things to come we will be riding dry trails all winter.....we need the water though!
Wow, I've never seen snow that was so grippy, !
The log ride is a no go, with an inch of snow...
Good vid. and great skills.
But not doable in the realty of Quebec winter.
-15C this morning....
Normally VODs make me want to ride, this one just makes me cold Its nothing to do with the riding, its just that winter is finally starting to set in here in Eastern Ontario and the sight of snow makes me shiver
Good video THAT looks like a amazing riding spot, sure would like to know there it is? but you would have better time to have ridden with out the snow but with snow thats amazing skills !!
Its nothing to do with the riding, its just that winter is finally starting to set in here in Eastern Ontario and the sight of snow makes me shiver
