Here’s our latest round-up of cycling videos from around the world, featuring some cool lights from California and a remarkable cyclist who survived cancer twice, plus much more.
Monkeying around
California-based company MonkeyLectric has a number of videos on YouTube featuring its lights, which attach to wheel spokes and feature artist-designed graphics, helping cyclists to be visible at night while injecting a bit of fun too. Here’s their latest clip.
James Golding & a week against the clock
James Golding’s story is remarkable. Diagnosed with a tumour in 2008, he went from 14 stone to 6 stone and was given a less than 5 per cent chance of survival.
Since then he has raised more than £1 million for charity, despite suffering horrific injuries when he was hit by a truck while cycling near New Orleans in 2010, and his cancer returning in 2011. He’s also become a father.
This beautifully shot film, called Distance Over Time, follows him as he attempts to break the seven-day cycling world record of 1,748 miles.
Distance Over Time from SpindleProductions on Vimeo.
How to wash your bike
Here’s a video showing how to wash your bike like a pro – in just 4 minutes. The Diamondback Podium Equipe bike belongs to Canadian national champion Leah Kirchmann, and the guy doing the cleaning is her Optum Pro Cycling team mechanic, Bill McPherson. Oh, and one other thing about this clip – it was shot on Google Glass.
Tour de France takes a bug break
We need to apologise to you – clearly we missed the biggest story so far of the Tour de France. But luckily The Onion didn’t; here’s their report on the day the peloton trooped off to a creek to have a look at some bugs.
Warning: graphic bad driving
Finally, the inevitable bad driving video, and we need to warn you, it’s a very difficult one to watch. A Texas cyclist was clipped by the wing mirror of a pick-up truck being driven far too close to him, and suffered injuries including a broken scapula, five broken ribs, collapsed lung, and a gash to the head.
The driver didn’t stop, but luckily others did to help out the stricken cyclist, although it’s noticeable how a lot of traffic speeds past – including a huge truck at the end, very close to where the rider is lying.
Shimano is Japanese not Taiwanese.
I know this road well, and you have to look well ahead to see what's coming - whether cycling or driving, as two cars can't pass on the carriageway...
Like this perhaps? (From my Facebook feed)
Gave the finger first - so his ensuing action was more likely pre-meditated than merely "careless". And I wonder what effort will go into...
The most runtime I ever had from a GoPro was around 1h 40m (gave up on GoPro years ago as a safety cam, swapping batteries & cards mid ride was...
Good idea to re-use the links as spares. When I was re-using links, they did seem to get looser, so I guess the wear is at the joining holes and...
The comparison to football is interesting. If pro cyclists were able to gain an advantage by feigning injury... I am sure that they would do...
See also the enclosures in England and Wales and the land seizures in Ireland, the common people of every country in the UK have been royally...
Why would the UN be any better than our more local lot?...
Tactical mistake by the Daleks there. Being restricted to the cycle lanes they found they couldn't conquer a single street, never mind the world....