Video: WILD Street Riding from Niklas Tilk

Dec 22, 2022
by Wemakethings  
Views: 5,676    Faves: 17    Comments: 1


Words by Radio Bikes
Filmed by the homies.
Edited by Niklas Tilk
Thumbnail photo by Felix Prangenberg


Radio Bikes team rider Niklas Tilk has been paving the way for MTB Street Riding for some time now, and with every video he drops, the bar gets raised again and again. His latest video is a testament to just how far Nikals pushes himself on a bike and gets out of his comfort zone. From pegless icepicks down rails to deadman street gaps, Niklas’ riding is pure technical street savagery at it’s finest, regardless of wheel size. Filmed over the past year across the globe, sit back and enjoy Niklas closing out 2022 with one hell of a bang.

Photo by Felix Prangenberg

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39 Comments
  • 29 1
 holy crap, came into this not expecting much but I'm leaving thinking this was some of the best street riding I seen in years...bravo!
  • 2 0
 Yeah, pretty much my thoughts exactly, @aliclarkson
  • 19 0
 Dear Pinkbike, More of this content, less of your tv show and annual nominee opinions. That is all. -A freerider
  • 15 1
 Niklas "Manual" Tilk...cool edit with some 90's vibes, nothing I don't like about this.
  • 2 0
 Who negged that? Just ridiculous!
  • 11 0
 It’s not BMX… he has a helmet.

Maybe it’s cross country since he’s on a hard tail?
  • 11 6
 My question: Is this MTB or BMX? Maybe it should just be “street” no matter what bike. Not meant Negatively at all. BMX Riders will say it’s not BMX street if it’s not on a 20 or maybe 22”. Does having a suspension fork and bigger wheels really make it a MTB or just a bigger “street” bike? Fvck the labels! Incredibly technical riding!
  • 8 2
 Can we just bring the term "freestyle" back? It worked in the 80's, retro is in, and it's fit for purpose.

Let the track guys have "BMX" back - which is what it is, bicycle moto cross.

Let the competition trials guys have "Trials" back - what Danny M does is rad but closer to street riding with a few trials techniques thrown in.
  • 2 0
 Honest question here as someone who doesn't pretend to have a bmx background... why or why not bigger or smaller wheels for "street" ?
  • 5 0
 #mtbmx
  • 5 0
 @deez-nucks: Nothing against 26, but they offer no real advantage for riding street. It’s all about style and flow, which is better suited to the maneuverability of 20” wheels. BMX bikes are designed much better to take the abuse as well. There are exceptions to the rule of course, and people can choose to ride whatever they want.
  • 3 2
 Completely agree it’s not MTB. If you tried to go actual mtbing with his bike you’d kill yourself
  • 3 0
 Doesn’t really matter what wheel size….. I guarantee everyplace this dude goes riding-the locals are like : “Yo this dude is legit af !!”
  • 6 0
 Hi @Maxcycles yours is an excellent observation. without attributing negative or positive meanings to this subdivisions into categories, it is only a "cataloguing" exercise, rather than dividing into bmx and mtb, it makes more sense to divide into racer and freestyler, just two examples:

-a bmx racer has a "mentality/culture/style" more similar to a mtb downhiller than a bmx freestyler
-a mtb slopestyler is more similar to a bmx freestyler than to a mtb racer (downhill, enduro, four cross ..)

So it is more interesting to divide into racer / freestyler instead of mtber / bmxer:

-racer (bmx racing, downhill, enduro, dual slalom, four cross, pump track, ecc ecc)
-freestyler (bmx street, bmx park, bmx dirt jumping, bmx vert, ecc ecc, mtb street, mtb dirt, mtb slope stlye, mtb freeride like red bull rampage or fest series, ecc ecc)

and obviously a certain person can be part of both categories...

It may seem strange but a boy who ONLY practices street "mtb" is culturally closer to a skateboard than to a "typical average mtb biker"..
  • 1 0
 @RadBartTaylor: I hugely admire the attempt to bring the taxonomy back to it's origins but bicyclemotocross is a pretty popular tag with all manner of riders, frequently used by park/street BMXers www.instagram.com/explore/tags/bicyclemotocross/?hl=en

It's all pretty rad
  • 4 0
 @Steventux: if anybody knows Rad it's me Smile
  • 9 0
 It's like BMX, but with bigger wheels and a helmet.
  • 6 0
 Wow I loved every minute of this. Got me feeling nostalgic. Way to push it Niklas!!
  • 6 2
 I guess BMX background
F@c#ing amazing old school riding style and editing.
Love it!
  • 5 0
 This is very punk and really fun to watch.
  • 1 0
 I remember when it was called Urban Assault/Freeride... absolutely my favorite kind of riding. Doesnt really matter the type of bike, just as long as it is capable of, and can survive the riding. Big hucks to flat, stair gaps, any long surface is a manny-pad... basically street bmx but the suspension and bigger wheels just unlocked some more things like steeper stair trannies and not needing to make plywood runups on damp grass. So much nostalgia. I'd give anything to have an Evil Imperial... guys would throw SuperMonsters (I think, the 300mm forks) on them, wild times. I would just put Fox 40s on it, and run it 24/26 with hookworms. One can dream.
  • 5 1
 I presume he has a MTB Background?
  • 2 0
 That was rad. There’s a whole mtbmx scene blowing up right now in europe. First time I’ve seen it pop up on pb. Awesome stuff.
  • 1 0
 Reminds me of some of the old NSF BMX videos (which is a good thing)... although I did think he'd be better off on a BMX in nearly all those spots, he's chosen to ride big wheels and done so very nicely too!
  • 4 0
 the early 00's BMX video vibes in this are excellent
  • 3 0
 Pinkbike needs to invite this guy to the next field test for the huck to flat video.
  • 1 0
 so good! made me feel like back in the day: being a little kid watching jeff lenosky and aaron chase do sick moves in the nwd movies
awesome riding
  • 2 0
 I like the truck of the wedge.
  • 1 0
 I love how at 1:47 he passes that woman so fast she forgets where she was going.
  • 1 0
 That was my favorite part too
  • 1 0
 helmet check gaps check MTB check freecoaster check tech lines check awesome riding, and nice vibe vid
  • 1 0
 Finally The Video Of The Year! THIS
  • 1 0
 Impossible to ride like that with pants that are so unskinny. Must be cgi.
  • 2 0
 this is so good! wow
  • 1 0
 The riding! The video! The music! I'm 16 again
  • 1 0
 So good we need more of this !!
  • 1 0
 Pinkbike needs more of this !!!
  • 1 0
 Legitness
  • 1 0
 MÆSTROOOOO







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