Slack Randoms: Hydraulic Bikes, Bears 'Chasing' Mountain Bikers & More
We use Slack as our workplace communication tool at Pinkbike and we have a #randoms channel which we use to share an assortment of videos and stories from all corners of the cycling world and beyond... We thought a couple of the moments from the past week were too good not to share with a wider audience, so here are some of the highlights.
A New Competitor for the Grim Donut
If you think flip chips are an innovative way to change your bike's geometry then you're lightyears behind Colin Furze, a perma-enthused YouTube inventor who has just revealed his latest project, the hydraulic bike. This franken-frame uses hydraulics in the fork and front and rear triangle to offer a near-infinite amount of geometry adjustment but, as Colin finds out, a pretty narrow spectrum of functional settings. The whole build process is very cool but the actual riding section starts at 7:36 for those of us who just want to watch the madness unfold.
A Bear ‘Chasing’ a Mountain Biker
Here's a clip that has even made it on to tabloid sites such as the Daily Mail and TMZ this week. Shot by the Montana Knife Company, this video, which was shot last summer but only posted this week, is claimed to show a bear chasing after a mountain biker on a trail. We're no animal behaviour experts but if you ask us though, the bear doesn't look to be that aggressive and could just as easily be running away from a rider above it. What do you think?
Greg Minnaar's Honda RN-01
Scroll through these photos for a look at Greg's Honda RN-01, one of the very last ones left in existence. Yep, still looks great.
A Wild Pair of Road Cycling Shoes
You'd better be pretty fast if you're thinking of wearing these.
Audi Nines on Snow
Audi Nines isn't just a biking thing and it actually started as a snow competition a few years before the dirt event. Here are the video-game-esque highlights from the 2021 edition.
A Skier on Fire
‘In Skier en Feu’ is a powerful visualisation designed to raise awareness on the impacts climate change will have on mountain sports.
The Classic 'Jib' MTB Film
A New Competitor for the Grim Donut
If you think flip chips are an innovative way to change your bike's geometry then you're lightyears behind Colin Furze, a perma-enthused YouTube inventor who has just revealed his latest project, the hydraulic bike. This franken-frame uses hydraulics in the fork and front and rear triangle to offer a near-infinite amount of geometry adjustment but, as Colin finds out, a pretty narrow spectrum of functional settings. The whole build process is very cool but the actual riding section starts at 7:36 for those of us who just want to watch the madness unfold.
A Bear ‘Chasing’ a Mountain Biker
 | A quick reminder that Montana is not Disney Land... Black bear chasing a downhill mountain biker in Whitefish, MT |
Here's a clip that has even made it on to tabloid sites such as the Daily Mail and TMZ this week. Shot by the Montana Knife Company, this video, which was shot last summer but only posted this week, is claimed to show a bear chasing after a mountain biker on a trail. We're no animal behaviour experts but if you ask us though, the bear doesn't look to be that aggressive and could just as easily be running away from a rider above it. What do you think?
Greg Minnaar's Honda RN-01
Scroll through these photos for a look at Greg's Honda RN-01, one of the very last ones left in existence. Yep, still looks great.
A Wild Pair of Road Cycling Shoes
You'd better be pretty fast if you're thinking of wearing these.
Audi Nines on Snow
Audi Nines isn't just a biking thing and it actually started as a snow competition a few years before the dirt event. Here are the video-game-esque highlights from the 2021 edition.
A Skier on Fire
‘In Skier en Feu’ is a powerful visualisation designed to raise awareness on the impacts climate change will have on mountain sports.
The Classic 'Jib' MTB Film
| JIB from 2002 captures the brief period where urban freeriding was at its peak. Mountain biking without mountains, as director Thor Wixom put it. The trend didn't last long, but it was spectacular while it did. Lots of broken parts and one of the best crash sequences ever. (Video posted with permission of Thor Wixom.) |
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French crêpe recipy:
PS: sorry for the translation / ask your friend Google :-/
FIRST:
250 g de farine tamisée ou fluide
4 oeufs
450 ml de lait légèrement tiède
2 c. à soupe de rhum ambré ou de fleur d'oranger, ou 1/2 verre de bière blonde
1 c. à soupe d' extrait de vanille ou 1 sachet de sucre vanillé
2 c. à soupe de sucre
1 pincée de sel
50 g de beurre fondu
THEN:
Faites fondre le beurre au micro-ondes et faites légèrement chauffer le lait qui doit être à peine tiède (ça évite les grumeaux)
Mélangez la farine tamisée, le sucre, le sel dans un grand bol. Vous pouvez remplacer 50 g de farine par la fécule de maïs pour plus de légèreté
Ajoutez les oeufs, le beurre fondu, puis progressivement le lait, en battant avec un fouet bien pour éviter la formation des grumeaux
Ajoutez la bière ou le rhum, ou encore l'eau de fleur d'oranger, la vanille et laissez reposer 30 minutes avant d'attaquer la cuisson
Faîtes chauffer une noix de beurre dans la poêle et disposez une louche de pâte
Faites cuire vos crêpes de chaque côté, qu'elles soient bien dorées
Au fur et à mesure, réservez dans une assiette en couvrant avec une feuille de papier aluminium pour les garder chaudes et moelleuse. Vous devriez obtenir entre 15 et 20 crêpes avec une poêle de 20 cm de diamètre.
HAVE FUN, your kid's gonna love that
Cheers / bisous
The way the clip ends makes it hard to figure out if it just kept going downhill or if it turned on trail to follow the rider.
Or for those that have poor judgement, the Bear thought the bike was a Rotwild and wanted it for dinner.
still, someone (who i may think is tasteless) will buy them
and no amount of anyone "breaking it to them" will change that
and you will still sound just as stupid trying to hate on them from your soapbox.
So I stand by my point.
people buy shit because they think it looks cool.
not to intimidate people.
unless you buy TLD/Fox racing shit and drive a H2 or lifted truck because it's "intimidating"? (in which case I have news for you
Just because you think it looks whack doesn't matter to the guy who thinks it looks cool (I don't like the shoes either, but someone who likes vintage ww2 aircraft paintjobs probably does. good for him/her)