Duluth in Winter on a Fixie

This YouTube video has gotten a decent amount of traffic recently. Check out the icy hills of Duluth from the saddle of a fixed-gear bicycle.

16 Comments

beryl k gullsgate

about 15 years ago

It's poetry pedaling in abstraction ... it's a canvas that keeps on flowing beyond the frame.

What a special trip!

Adam T

about 15 years ago

Nice. What's the soundtrack?

Swan

about 15 years ago

Hardcore. Love it.

Duluth has hills steeper than San Francisco and weather worse than New York but none of the traffic. Excellent training grounds for bicycle messengers.

Paul Lundgren

about 15 years ago

Every time he gets to a restaurant there's a cut. Biking in the snow must make him hungry.

George

about 15 years ago

Maybe Duluth needs to get a zoobomb going.  

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4AHjCkXTqE

wildgoose

about 15 years ago

Newscut picked this up and posted it (with a credit).  Bob Collins is watching, he's always watching ...

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2010/03/five_at_8_-_3310.shtml

huitz

about 15 years ago

Awesome.  That's not a fixed-gear bike, though.

huitz

about 15 years ago

Scratch that last post.  I thought he was using a coaster brake.  Missed the beginning shot of the bike.

woodtick

about 15 years ago

The downhill forward-lean left turn skid through a red light!  And pulling into a 'restaurant' for food and refreshments I'm sure...  I wonder if that was three stops at the Looch, or just two, and did it take place on the same night? Looks like the same storm; we haven't had many this year.  

Damn, I Love Duluth!

ian

about 15 years ago

Make sure to check out Anthony's other vids :)

samh

about 15 years ago

Sorry to see you've now been infected by the "fixed gear culture" as well.  The promotion of brake-less, fender-less, helmet-less, bicycle riding on sidewalks as well as the suggestion of cyclists running red lights is not poetic nor hardcore, it just leads to stupidity (look up Ted Shred sometime).

ian

about 15 years ago

Later that winter:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EXif6IwPcc

chadp

about 15 years ago

All queasy cam videos should be required to post a disclaimer up front.

lojasmo

about 15 years ago

I now understand the hate for fixie riders.  What a maroon.

adam

about 15 years ago

Nothing beats watching someone trying to steal a fixie, though.

Jenny

about 15 years ago

Are all these people that think he ran a red light talking about when the rider takes a left turn, and you see a red light on the street he is turning onto? Of course that light is red - that is how it works when you take a turn.

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