Actually it's a sport that goes as far back as safety bikes themselves, but like cycleball you will never see in the U.S. In my archives I have a few articles on acrobatic cycling. Alas my archives are 700 miles away. These guys may also ride unicycles too, but acrobatic cycling is a totally separate sport. best, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Vancouver, B.C.
On Saturday, Mar 18, 2006, at 22:18 US/Pacific, bit_eimer wrote:
> That was some good riding, but for those who actually watched the
> video,
> I
> wonder if you would have been as impressed had the riders been on
> unicycles?
>
> Personally, I suspect that's what these guys were: unicyclists who
> discovered that they could "wow" the audience more by doing their act
> on
> two
> wheels, one of which is never used. :^)
>
> Derek "the cynic" Davis, Phoenix, AZ
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Sanders [mailto:tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net]
>> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 6:37 PM
>> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Subject: [CR]Stunning trick riding video
>>
>>> From time to time we out some movie or film footage that would be
>> interesting to CR Members (Hopefully). This is a little unusual so I
>> cleared it with the List Meister first. Here is a link to about 10
>> minutes
>> of the greatest trick riding exhibition I have seen. Not only is most
> of
>> it
>> on one wheel of a fixed gear bike (Not on topic bikes!) but most of it
> is
>> even without holding onto the bars!
>> http://www.youtube.com/
>> http://www.youtube.com/
> &l=471
>> I picked this up off the IBOB list. Enjoy
>> Tom Sanders
>> Lansing, Mi