Gravity biking. Any one out there? - General

Basically, a gravity bike is a bmx bike with a flipped frame, no pedals, and a lot of potential [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYUcOzK6dyo[/media] Not mine, just a good basic one to show. [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2110/1835162529_724cc1ec8d.jpg[/img]

you can do this with a normal bmx nobody cares about your video

But that's not the point. It's a completely different sport, and its a much different experience than riding a standard bmx bike. That's like saying there's no point in riding a longboard, just do it with a skate board.

[QUOTE=iRex;36377323]But that's not the point. It's a completely different sport, and its a much different experience than riding a standard bmx bike. That's like saying there's no point in riding a longboard, just do it with a skate board.[/QUOTE] all you're doing is leaning forward a bit and putting your feet on the pegs

What's different than doing this on a regular bike?

this is dumb you have no pedals when a normal bike has pedals this video sucks ska sucks

jeez, this is dumber than i thought it would be

Looks like it would hurt more than falling off a regular bike

[QUOTE=ZenX2;36377875]Looks like it would hurt more than falling off a regular bike[/QUOTE] Yeah, with your legs in that position, you cannot stop your fall at all. You lose traction, your balance is thrown completely at the ground rather than being able to use your foot for quick adjustments to save yourself. So what is this basically, just removing the working parts of a bike and making it pretty much only usable for one thing... Why? You could technically do this without majority of those mods, just put pegs on and flip the handle bars if you really want it that much.

This is stupid

I expected something like hoverbikes. I am disappointed.

Hah "gravity bike" In other words it's fucking useless for anything but rolling down a hill

[QUOTE=Penguiin;36377669]this is dumb you have no pedals when a normal bike has pedals this video sucks ska sucks[/QUOTE] SKA SUCKS SO BAD

It's pretty much the same as a street luge, only headfirst and a bit higher up. Looks like fun to me, to be honest. I don't get why people are acting like he's been throwing kittens at a wall. It's just a video of somebody who enjoys coasting down hills.

When I saw the title gravity bike. I expected the bike to be like this: [IMG]http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/2009/tech/shows/sea_otter09/sea_otter091/Intense_951_full_view_1.jpg[/IMG] Doing something like this: [IMG]http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/RedBull/RBImages/000/000/356/767/photo610x343a/IH_101001_Rampage_6272.jpg[/IMG]

First few posts say it's dumb. Now everyone will say it's dumb. It's dumb.

i almost started laughing because the music on that video felt so comical at first

A normal bike beats this hipster-shit

[QUOTE=Maloof?;36380065]It's pretty much the same as a street luge, only headfirst and a bit higher up. Looks like fun to me, to be honest. I don't get why people are acting like he's been throwing kittens at a wall. It's just a video of somebody who enjoys coasting down hills.[/QUOTE] You can coast down a hill on a bicycle that isn't retarded though He's selling the bike, not the activity And the bike is stupid

I'd be doing this on my regular Mountain bike whenever I could. Alas, not really that much terrain to speak of in Estonia. It's all flat here. Love speed and love fast curves.

I think I'd rather leave the peddles on so that I could go somewhere once the hill runs out, considering all the hills around me are very short.

[QUOTE=Petrussen;36380917]A normal bike beats this hipster-shit[/QUOTE] Pedals are too mainstream.

[QUOTE=iRex;36377252] Not mine, just a good basic one to show. [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2110/1835162529_724cc1ec8d.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] How the fuck can a thing like that have potential? Okay, I admit, the only potential it has it to break a bone.

Damnit I was expecting futuristic bikes

this is like biking for lazy people who only want to go down hills but not up lol

This bike would be worthless where I live, nothing but flat land for miles. Lol

Its only good if you are racing downhill and want as much speed as possible since the person is closer to the bike itself. Otherwise, its useless.

Do you have to listen to Ska to gravity bike? I had one of these when I was a toddler. It had three wheels though, but no pedals.

[QUOTE=Limed00d;36392173]How the fuck can a thing like that have potential? Okay, I admit, the only potential it has it to break a bone.[/QUOTE] potential energy :v:

I too was expecting downhill. Speaking of which, the most blingy(?) DH bike of all time: [img]http://gp1.pinkbike.org/p5pb7038537/p5pb7038537.jpg[/img] The OP's bike is just stupid. [editline]19th June 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=iRex;36377252]Not mine, just a good basic one to show. [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2110/1835162529_724cc1ec8d.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I love the reflectors on that bike.