Saturday, October 27, 2012

A bicycle as a mobile art form?


The Pinarello Dogma 2 carbon-fiber racing bicycle (shown below) was used by the winner of this year's Tour de France race.  It's the current pinnacle of racing bike technology.




Now famed British cyclist Martyn Ashton has put this $16,000 racing machine through its paces in an exhibition of artistry and control that's breathtaking.  I suggest watching it in full-screen mode.





What can one say except, "Wow!"?





Peter

5 comments:

Noons said...

And the "making of" link at the end also has some incredible footage.
Unreal! I didn't even know some of that stuff coulkd be done with a bike...

Old NFO said...

Yep, he IS a master of the bike! They have a clip of him that shows at IAD in the baggage claim area that he filmed with 'his' bike. He is AMAZING!!!

trailbee said...

Great vid of a great rider. Thanks. I sent my grandkids the link. :)

Ajdshootist said...

Great bit of film some of that in the New Forrest and on Bournemouth sea front is only a few miles from where i live.

skreidle said...

If you want to see even more impressive trials riding -- though to be fair, on a bike that's built for such abuse -- check out Danny MacAskill!