Video: French Mountain Biker Goes Viral After Almost Crashing into A Group of Students

 Stupid rider got really lucky. What a cool group of kids not getting angry about it.

 Should be titled: Wannabe Fabio Wibmer makes an ass of himself on the streets of France

 @mkotowski1: two wrongs dont make a right. maybe its fake or real. point is you just dont do it.

so what if he cleared it, and instead of students, those were kids hmm??

 @SirWonky: Exactly. f*ck this trend of everyone making Youtube videos with titles in all caps, riding rider-direct bikes (we know you aren't sponsored), wearing Fox Head gear doing stupid shit? We know these people are kooks and somehow they're still "idolized" and out of touch with reality enough to think this type of shit is okay? Take the GoPro off your head, don't be a douchebag and piss off everyone in your small little town. The hysterical laughing seemed to be a symptom of their near-death realization. When someone sits on some stairs they're not expecting a wheeled vehicle traveling at speeds too quickly to stop barreling down on them. Same thing for when people are walking. Hit stair runs when you've sighted the whole line, or it's a closed race course. Otherwise, catching this type of stupidity on GoPro is reflects poorly on the sport.

 ....and now I've watched the whole video... he's a twat

 @larryssman7: I’d encourage people to go to his Instagram @leo_rigaudiere and comment on the video . Almost all the comments are implying it was “sooo cool”

 Urban assault has a time and place!! AFTER HOURS!!

 @ctd07: "if people where using the stairs accordingly and standing up walking" -- "students shouldn't have been blocking the whole staircase more than anything" -- can you even hear yourself !?

 @ctd07: nevermind, I was slow to understand the commentary - he is a twat

 @SirWonky: I don't Instagram but I like your idea of changing the narrative if people are actually trending on thinking this is cool and confusing this asshattery with mountain biking.

 And shame on PB for linking the vid and hand this turd a bunch of hits and rewarding him for this behavior

 The guys an idiot, even when he CAN see he's about to cause an accident he keeps going! Check out 3:06 where he almost takes another cyclists head off! He should have his bike confiscated for a year to teach him a lesson.

 My reply to their YouTube video, and I encourage anyone else who thinks promoting such riding is not what should be happening to do the same.

"You Sir, and all your phoney staff and friends should be ashamed of yourselves; bunch of f*ckwits. I'll be reporting this piece of shit to Youtube for one. Have you any sense of social responsibility? None apparently, neither you nor the production crew who thought this was a good idea.
Urban Freeride in daylight hours?
Idiots.
No, that word is not strong enough.

Fils de pute"

 Should anyone wish to complain directly to the owner of the YouTube channel, this is the e-mail address labelled 'For business enquiries'

thefrof0x23@gmail.com

 @orientdave: done

 @orientdave: what do you think youtube are going to do hahahaha

 @orientdave: thats it mate, fighting the real issues.

 @orientdave: my biggest problem with this is that people have problem with stuff like that only when sht goes down. A thin red line between “Sick riding!” and “rabble irresponsible, ahole, rabble!”

As Oscar Wilde wrote: “Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.”

I do agree with you but you are flowing with the mob that I fear. For instance whenever I take my kid and film him jumping I post only pics of him succeeding. Thousands of views, tons of likes. I have some slams recorded that would put me into irresponsible parent category...

 @freestyIAM: you are so right. Instead of taking the opportunity to fire a good debate, the website with the biggest traffic chunk on the internet chooses to jump on the viral hype bandwagon. A sign of the times I guess.

 @ajayflex: Quality comment

 MORE RANT WARNINGS

@WAKIdesigns: You are right to an extent in that my voice may well be one of 'the mob' however in cases such as this, I am happy with that; the mob is sometimes necessary IMHO; thanks for pointing it out nevertheless.

In this case, I feel very, very strongly about the irresponsible attitude taken by individuals who wilfully disregard personal responsibility towards those in their community, it makes me livid (really, really angry). Mainly because I am tired of seeing the effects of that attitude on news stories about people having family members taken away from them or having them put into wheelchairs.

Whether it be some git who believes that their god-given right to generate calls of 'sick dude' as they 'shred the gnar' when, wherever and however they choose trumps the rights of someone to walk home from the shops without getting taken out......

...... through drunk drivers who deprive children of their father as they smash though him on a crosswalk at 50mph......

.... to people playing Pokemon-go whilst they drive head first into a line of elementary school kids on their way home from school depriving a loving parent from seeing their child grow up.

All are expressions of individuals who fail woefully at being members of a community, including the linked video here. And yes, those last two are real examples of news stories I have had to sit through here in Japan recently. An inalienable right to shred urban DH gnar does not exist save for in your head; it makes me livid.

Those video makers? Idiots to me big time. And that word 'idiots' is not how I truly feel, it is not a strong enough word.

And I am willing to say that goes to anyone here who thinks that video is 'sick' or in any way cool.

Some will read this and say "This dude needs to chill out" I am sure. Sorry, no I will not chill and besides, have you any idea how difficult it is to climb down from a moral high horse once you are up there? Anyways, I like the view. And no, I am not fun at any of your parties.

On a weekly basis Waki, I confront people to their faces here on the street in Japan about such issues. My wife told me just last week she expects me to get taken out when someone I do confront gets violent. Well, that day will come maybe, but it's a risk I am willing to take at least a couple of times a week in the hope that some people may think about what they are doing.

So, yes@ajayflex to me, it is an issue I feel strongly about having seen too many people suffer at the hands of such an attitude, so I will speak up about it and try and get a video taken down on YouTube. Will it work? Probably not, but hey, I'll try.

I'm not expecting anywhere near the majority of the cohort here at PB to understand. You might after you have watched a week's worth of news here in Japan though. It brings me to tears.

Enjoy your Sundays, don't be a dick on your bike and think for a moment about what would happen to someone if maybe, just maybe, you took out their son / daughter / mother or father from that one lapse moment.

I don't want to live having been that dick. Night all.

 @orientdave: I could not have said this better. For all you TLDRs, there is wisdom in there worth going reading

 Can you believe they wear helmets?

 @orientdave: I'm with you, Mr.PartyPooper. Had they sat 5 stairs above it could've ended in a serious injury. That guy is obviously a world class douche for riding like this (not to mention the video itself is pretty boring headcam rubbish anyway). Anyone saying differently should think how they would react if their kid (or some other squishy helpless loved one) was to get hit by such a rider.

On another note- i think the scenario of you getting yourself into a Japanese street fight, let alone getting your ass kicked, is more far fetched than you described. But hey, if you ever find yourself in need of some muscle ("some", i didn't say "much") to back you up, just holler, homes

 @WAKIdesigns: Comment of the day, thanks.

 @WAKIdesigns: The devil is always in the detail right. You are right on the nail there. The mechanics of reactions are indeed fascinating.

@foxinsocks: You and I both know I would be USELESS in a streetfight; you'd be better off with an irritated toy poodle than me if things went south (which is why my wife is worried!). You'd be surprised at how often things do go south here...it's not all temples, rock gardens and tofu ice-cream. Mind you, I'm not under any illusions there are tougher places to live.. as we've talked about over a beer before.

The mechanics of this story below happened to me and my family too (having to stop on the fast lane of the highway because some guy forced you to stop) after I'd personally re-delivered an ashtray worth of cigarette butts to him some ten minutes before that he'd thrown out of his car window at a set of traffic lights... www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/nhknewsline/backstories/roadragedriver ...only we were lucky that no-one ploughed into the pair of us while we were 'exchanging pleasantries' in the fast lane.

I think I only get away with it because many people here over-estimate non-Japanese people's ability to punch them in the face...? Love to you and the family. Have a good day.

 @oldtech: these were rather wide stairs... Generally of all social groups I have least sympathy for students, but they could have a damn orgy in there and they wouldn’t bother anyone...

 @oldtech: erm. You seem to be misunderstanding the concept of stairs. Roads are designed for cars, train tracks for trains. Stairs are designed for pedestrians. Sitting on the stairs like this will cause no issue for pedestrians, so your comment makes no sense. Nothing wrong with the kids sitting there. The guy on the bike however is a thoughtless idiot, and the kids whos stuff he ran over are very cool for not getting angry

 @dobermon - you seem like a troll wannabe, do you want to become my apprentice?

 @WAKIdesigns: the world's too full of stupid people the way it is nobody's going to miss a few if they're gone

 @oldtech: How much time per day do you spend on identifying stupid people? Resentment tends to take lots of computational power of the brain. It can also be blinding. You never know when it kicks in full swing and suddenly you wake up kicking a man on the street because he drove onto your lane on the way home on friday... or he kicks you as you failed to put him down first.

 @WAKIdesigns: practice makes perfection and my kicking legs are very fit and always ready for a challenge.

 @oldtech: you sound to me like someone who would ride a bike down the city and if he rode into someone it is only because that person was an idiot, only idiots would get in your way. When you cut someone off in traffic it is only because they were behaving like idiots. And idiots should be eradicated. Have a nice day

 Dickhead

 @dobermon: you are busy riding your bike... kill yourself

 @dobermon: www.pinkbike.com/photo/17205462
Don't tread on me bro

 @WAKIdesigns: I just got rained out of my ride troll away! It's on Strava trailforks and the internet it has to be true

 @oldtech: I ride 3 times a week, ride to work everyday, have no intention to ride more - what exactly are you trying to say? The size of your dick is of no interest to me. You are just increasing my self confidence because you sound like a rather unintelligent douchebag. You even insinuated that you are good at fighting which is number one indicator of being a loser. What do you want to prove to me over the internet? What do you think you achieved? Is everything you do as impotent as your attempt at intimidating me by amount of your riding? Who gives a sht about your Strava? Are you out of your mind? I guess you are

 @dobermon: no. I just wonder that if for once I can feel good after engaging in this sort of conversation and in the end they all feel like crap. And more often than not folks like you sound like teenagers except you aren’t. And everytime I realize that I like teenagers more and tell teenagers that older folks deserve no respect. That in 9/10 situations they are just fine not giving a bloody damn about what some dickhead has to say to them.

 @WAKIdesigns kisses and hugs sweetheart

 Since when does the sales model effect the situation. Would it have been okay if he were riding a Specialized? And I do find it amazing how angry people get for people who were involved and laughed about it. These were non-litigious decent people who laughed off an accident. We should learn from it and just be aware of people and move on. Everyone needs to let it go and ride their damn bikes. @larryssman7:

 Yeah, stop making stupid people famous.

 I'm a huge fan of urban freeride, but people just riding downstairs and being a public nuisance gives mountain biking a bad name

 @purplegorillaz There is some good stuff on YouTube, but so much more bad. Millions watching idiotic conspiracy videos, sensationalist garbage, and watching other people play video games.

At least he stopped to apologize and the fact that most of them were laughing about it. Makes mountain bikers look like idiots though, I think the peak of urban freeriding riding happened back in 1998 and that's a good thing.

 @Shimanosaint0097: exactly what I was thinking. It is not like mtb does not already have problems on mountain tracks, to go annoying people in the streets.
Thanks man to make people love us a bit more.

 Reminds me of that 2006 Mike Judge film Idiocracy. It's slowly becoming reality.

 @WAKIdesigns: Well he can afford being like that since he lives in a small french town that looks like Hallmark family movies are being shot there. Acting hard towards random citizens and students is really "getting in your face". Dude is a wannabe punk and an a*shole.

 @Flowcheckers: Umberto Eco said it clearly, social networks gave the world to the village's idiot.

 @tremeer023: I wouldn't say slowly.

 @WAKIdesigns: I think you are mistaking a great linguistics expert with Carlos Castañeda. And I quoted Eco simply because I believe he's right. This whole conversation I'm having with you is the living proof of his words.

 @southoftheborder: You just proved my point. A worshipper I sense... Both Eco and Castañeda fulfill the archetypal role of Shamans, those who speak with the spirits and convey the knowledge to the other citizens of Earthly realm who are either terrified of the underworld or not sensitive enough to reach it. If you do claim yourself to be an adept of arts and intelligence, you should be able to recognize the elitism flowing from Ecos words, no matter how accurate they are. That as well as the impotence of that statement, perhaps a deliberate move, as it is open for interpretation. Because if Eco would be truly intelligent, he should be able to recognize the precious role of the village idiot thus he would not say it in a resentful way, which in turn would mean that he identifies this state as a problem and calls for finding a solution to it. The true idiot is then one who wants to seeks that solution. Trying to make social media better is a genuinely idiotic idea worth of power greedy tyrants and their miserable dogs. A wise old man like Eco would know to not f*ck with the jester... if you cannot get him on your side, you better kill him before you hear people laugh after hearings his jokes about you

Have a nice day

 I haven't watched the video. This guy doesn't deserve the attention (clicks etc.).

 @WAKIdesigns: I have to admit I haven't bumped into Eco's shamanic ramblings. I used to read his linguistics studies and a couple of essays. But I stand my point, and I also raise you a Harland Ellison.

 @southoftheborder: one cannot write a book like Name of the Rose without good understanding of human psyche with angels and demons residing in it. Then Pilgrim is an incredible load of woowoo bollocks that he openly claimed to believe in

 Yeah- dick move

 Agreed. This type of thing will encourage other riders to do the same to "go viral" or get attention. PB should take this down or at least include a disclaimer for this type of behavior. Super lame.

 Pinkbikes owners want more clicks.

 @jclnv: pretty much. "Aggregating" Buzzfeed style

 Posting it would be fine if the headline was ‘complete douchbag rides through city like a douchebag and almost kills people’ with a write that followed and pointed out how riding like such a douchbag is not acceptable.

But simply posting it as ‘viral video’ is complete shit on the part of Pinkbike.

 @sino428: agreed.

 @larryssman7: seriously who exactly is @pinkbikestaff that thought this was how to present this? You f*cked up. Yay should own this an pull down this article or retitled and rewrite it.

 Comments and views mean $ for pinkbike

 no bell, or whistle, what the actual f*ck!? that would add weight to the bike... clearly you don’t know anything

 Hopefully not, it would really suck for some random guy to get an assault conviction over a rider being a nob.

 @Fix-the-Spade: "Any Canadian, anywhere upon thee Earth, may use at any time, with or without cause...Hockey Moves. If it's common in hockey...free pass."
Or something like that...I totally read it in the law book...so it's, like, the law.

 I was thinking the same thing.Its pretty cool how nice everyone seems there.

 @nug12182: I was thinking it would have been much better if someone got up and punched him in the face.

 I thought they were getting it haha

 Should pull all “urban downhill” content, too, while they’re at it. It‘s just as irresponsible to race through densely populated cities on a „closed“ circuit.

 @FuzzyL: So I guess your answer is no?

 @Stinkbug2: My answer would be no, indeed. Is it a stupid stunt to ride blind into a set of stairs? Sure. Does it justify this outrage here, with people calling the guy all kinds of names and asking Pinkbike to take the link to the video off their site, etc.? No, I don‘t think so.

 @FuzzyL: So poll question answered. Next!

 Ponkbike is based in Kannada.

 Those students staired danger in the face

 I'd imagine those students really railed against him

 He really had that landing in the bag

 Surprised they didn't rise and run.







*stair humor - sry.

 good thing they stepped out of the way.

 Textbook landing

 And yet we keep coming back

 ditto

 Same would happen here.

 The music does blow donkey.

 He was a pioneer. And he was never so disrespectful.

 And here: twitter.com/villedeblois

 and here, direct to the person concerned in charge of the youtube channel

thefrof0x23@gmail.com

 No offence, but you have to realize that responsible young people DO exist.

 @uncajohn: Sure. I just didn’t think they rode mountain bikes. Aren’t there many more “responsible” hobbies? ;-)

 @FuzzyL:
For them?
Sure thing. I suggest them to start sweeping the streets with a toothbrush for start....

You see, it only takes a few pricks like those to destroy the image of all the rest. Sometimes this (good) image has been the result of a collective effort that took some time. Things like that (prick on stairs) happen more often in trails all over the world, were a bunch of brainless are "pushing" all other users off the land. Imagine that here at Greece there are several web pages that suggest to the aspiring builders to "explain" to the various landlords that there's nothing they can do to prevent digging in their property!
It reminds me the BORG motto (prepare to be assimilated, all resistance... etc)

Of course this phenomenon is quite global.

 Not always in Europe. We have different drinking laws, cycling laws, cultures, street lighting etc...

 @djm35: basically night time is the right time for urban assault cause it is less crowded so you can be more reckless without running into innocent bystanders. Not sure what drinking laws have to do with it but if you care to educate me I'd love to learn something.

As far as pissing people off like I always say it's not meant to be a family friendly activity. You're taking risks and doing things that people aren't expecting and if you do that hard enough it will get some people's panties in a bunch.

 @mrgonzo: My point was that different drinking laws mean we can (and do) drink on the streets, mainly at night, so more drunk people acting unpredictably. I ride urban stuff and stairs sometimes so I'm not criticizing the act.

 You are clueless of the acting world at less than Hollywood levels! Pay them! The very thought!

 @es7ebanlv: it’s his buddids

 @es7ebanlv: oh am i really mate????

 Like wow he can ride down stairs.....

 Not similar at all. That's a trail. Where MTB traffic is expected. The rider in the video is riding on pedestrian sidewalks and stairs in a historical center of a town. Not sure about France, but in most countries in Europe it is prohibited to ride your bike on sidewalks for pedestrians. You either take a dedicated bike route or ride on the road with cars.

 No mames...cyclist? pinche flaite