Box Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 Check out the flatlandy type stuff at 1 minute in, this is from 1984... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Alty Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 lol holy crap that was immense that sport looks proper fun aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 The fixed wheel flatland stuff at 00:45-02:45 was pretty nuts (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Object Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 Totally random information The sport with the ball is called Radball, It's a german sport invented in 1893, which is around two years after Bicycle Polo was invented in Ireland. The use of fixed wheel bikes with low gear ratios and no brakes remains as a throw back to the sports origins, freewheels had not been invented at that time (The earlist patent for a bicycle friction freewheel is dated as 1902). As another totally random fact, Radball is a UCI sanctioned sport. The "flatland" is called artistic cycling and predates Radball, the earliest unofficial world championships was held in 1888. It has commonly been included as a part time show during Radball events. The standard gear ratios on artistic bikes are 1:1 or lower. Apologies for that outburst, I'm going to go back to lurking and learning more about trials now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braderzz.p Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 that was ammense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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