for e-bikers with flat batteries

[barrycoll]

maybe this could be an afternoons fun, for those with empty pockets and a dodgy battery

Slowbiking

cheers barrycoll

 

[eddieo]

some fing to to do I guess while waiting for cab to pick me and the bike up!

 

[timidtom]

Not a bad idea but a little too hyperactive for me - maybe there's something quieter involving cake ?
Tom

 

[jazper53]

I suppose pedaling would be out of the question ?

 

[flecc]

They had these events in the recent Olympics, cycling very slowly for most of the time but ending with a mad sprint. One of the weirder aspects of cycling sport.

 

[morphix]

maybe this could be an afternoons fun, for those with empty pockets and a dodgy battery

Slowbiking

cheers barrycoll

Ha that's totally bizarre, but looks fun...at least until you fall off! Those floors look hard ;-)

 

[Scimitar]

Zose crazy Dutch

 

[Haku]

They had these events in the recent Olympics, cycling very slowly for most of the time but ending with a mad sprint. One of the weirder aspects of cycling sport.

Wimp.com has an old video of such a race with the commentators explaining why they go so slow:

Did you know cyclists try to bike as slowly as possible in sprint races? [VIDEO]

 

[Scimitar]

Wimp.com has an old video of such a race with the commentators explaining why they go so slow:

Did you know cyclists try to bike as slowly as possible in sprint races? [VIDEO]

"The pumped-up East German, Michael Heubner".
If he took any more steroids, he'd be a chemist shop.
Legs like a barrowfull of giant squid.

 

[barrycoll]

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you folks are not recognising the skill involved in balancing yourself on a stationary bike....all though, obviously the bike is not stationary, as it is in movement the whole time...

reliable balance requires movement, which require freedom in the knees, hip joints,ankles, and the balance of the head on the neck.....

old folks tend to fall and break hip joints, so maybe a little balance practise (while you still have it), is not a bad idea, and for my sins I use one of these

Balance Dome: Amazon.co.uk: Sports & Outdoors

you can use it both sides, and lets say that standing on it , is a challenge

cheers barrycoll

 

[aseb]

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you folks are not recognising the skill involved in balancing yourself on a stationary bike....

Where's the gymnastic version of this 'skill'? It doesn't seem to be widely competed, but I do remember a game when I was a little kid where you crept up on someone while they turned away, but were out if seen moving when they turned round.