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[Tormy]

You lads must see this video. This biker has some mad skills indeed!  Sadly we don't have a VN forum anymore, so I had to create a topic for it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o
Enjoy!

[Puck]

Yup, I have to admit, that guy is a liiiiiiittle bit better than I am 

edit:
something I like:
Kranked 4 Dirtjump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miJpNxJgqmg
Hans Rey is always good for some nice moves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7LjW0O3RDY

too bad I can't find his wicked jump, in a river, from one rock to the next. It's just one jump, but it's so perfect. He's leaning backwards, wheels into the sky, midair, because it's the ONLY way he can traverse the distance. By making the rear wheel hit first, with pulled brakes.

[Nilocy]

y'know whats really scary, the second i started this video i was like, "Hey this looks like edinburgh." I read the blurb thing and was like :O

Cool this is in my home town, damned i am for not watching this before now. He's... well words escape me... too good to be true... but it isn't! so im like all excited i might see him about town

[umiman]

Nil0cy (1 minute ago):
Wow man, that is quite frankly astounding. It was so nice to see Edinburgh in such an amazing light! Cycle on dude!

... Groupie.

[Nilocy]

Shut your face! Groupies are people too!

[Lear]

That was amazing.  I cringed every time he did went into a jump. That guys gotta have some upper body power going on!

EDIT: I also can't imagine how many broken bones this guy has had..

[Ampersand]

lol hes waring a helmat wut a nurd

[Little]

lol hes waring a helmat wut a nurd

Please tell me your joking.

[umiman]

It's a joke. Note the deliberately poor grammar.

[Ampersand]

Way to go, Umiman, now it's not funny.

[Tormy]

EDIT: I also can't imagine how many broken bones this guy has had..

Eheh yeah, but again..."Something for something". 

[Puck]

Enough about the bike professional. Let's talk about the more down to earth types that arent all that ubar but still very very cool.

You know... like me. 

The other day I happened to approach a stairset I know very well a little bit too fast. I dont know why. In the end I did a 3 metre drop into the flat, and I landed it perfectly. It wasnt intentional, at all. Midair I already saw the medical bill increasing, but I thought wtf, I might as well try to do it right, and so it went right.

I nearly shat my pants, I'll never do it again, and sorry, no finely detailed engravings available.

[Tormy]

Puck....care to upload a video about your mad biking skills? 

[Puck]

Funny, maybe I get some shots the next days, but if it doesnt happen the next chance might be in june. Let's see.

I actually wanted to make a video of myself just to see what happened to my body control. I didnt ride for almost 3 years, and this spring I started again, and I'm riding nearly every day. And improving is always a lot quicker when you can see yourself from the outside. At least for me.

So yeah, it might just happen.

But don't get too excited, I'm happy when I get my bike up on a 50cm high obstacle. But maybe I can do something that looks a lot harder than it actually is 

Today I managed to do something new for me. No biggie, but I'm still proud. It's hardish because my bike is not a trial bike but a heavy ass steel dirt jumping frame with ginormous 3" tires on 24" double wide rims. Steel cranks, old school marzocchi z1 bomber in the 13cm edition. in short: heavy ass steel bike. 17.something kilo, and the fork takes out a lot of the ... "fine" control.

And I'm a tiny 1.65cm dwarf with no measurable strength whatsoever 

Anyways, today I lifted the front wheel onto an obstacle, the shape of it is a bit weird to describe. Looks like a tiny house, they use it to keep gravel in it, for when the sidewalks freeze up in winter. It's about 160cm high altogether, and at about 40cm from the floor the "roof" starts. Looks like this from the side /\.

I put the frontwheel on the "roof" part, stopped and hopped around, til the rear wheel would hit the obstacle, so the bike was standing almost upright. Then I started to hop backwards, til the frontwheel touched the ground again. And I didnt put my foot down.

Have to train that a bit, because I still cant backwheel hop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twhil4VAO1M&feature=related) and that seems like a nice way to get a feel for it.

edit:
OMGOMGOMG OMG

[Puck]

Alright, it will take some time to get some vids, but in the meantime I dug out some old pictures....

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

looks that bad because its from the newspaper


and that one looks a lot better than it actually was executed...  (no, I didnt bail, but stiff knees are usually a sign for crappy style)

Years have passed, and I learned a bit in the meantime.

And yes, it's two different bikes. Second picture is the older one. Kept the fork, the handlebars and the headset, sold the rest, and got the parts you can see on picture one.