Cycling Video Roundup: fixieskids, duels, shopperbike shennanigans, a man riding backwards for too long and a random pop video.

Fixies with the required skids, duels, shopperbike jumps and crashes, a man riding backwards possibly pointlessly and an incredibly random pop video that I'm not going to apologise for.

8bar team - ROAD 2 MILAN

​This is the first part of the video of the 8bar team making life hard for themselves by crossing the 2,115 m Splügen Pass from Switzerland to Italy on fixed bikes as they make their way to the Red Hook Criterium in Milan this year. The pass marks the boundary between the Lepontine and Rhaetian Alps and is also the water divide between the drainage basins of the Rhine, which flows into the North Sea, and the Po, which flows into the Adriatic. On a less geographical and more pragmatic matter let’s hope they have an understanding tyre sponsor.

Cross Crusade 2016 - Barton Park #8

The Cross Crusade 2016 Barton Park race venue sits among the workings of a gravel mine adjacent to the Clackamas River east of Portland in Oregon. Piles of gravel and heavy machinery make for a rough and rocky course that demands higher-than-normal cyclo-cross tire pressure for a day that is almost always rainy and muddy. If you’ve never raced a cyclo-cross race before this is pretty much what your vision of it looks like in the last lap.

Playing in the sand

The UCI Worlcup Cyclocross race at Koksijde was cancelled the other weekend for safety reasons but that didn’t stop CX World Champion Wout van Aert getting a practice workout in the type of sand that characterize the course.

Man rides bike backwards for 12 years

Biresh Dahal has been riding a mountain bike since March 2004 to "promote peace and understanding." That would be enough for most people just riding normally but Dhal has been doing it backwards. Riding a bike backwards for 12 years. His “World Peace Cycling Tour" has seen him ride through 72 countries across four continents, from India to Afghanistan through Southeast Asia; from Africa to the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Top that Danny MacAskill.

For the Hell of it

A film dedicated to pedaling created by Yoke Creative in their spare time, “For the Hell of it” aims to capture the sights and sounds experienced with riding a bike, and for no other reason than for the hell of it. Which is the best reason.

Orange vs Ariel

No, not a little mermaid in a citrus based fruit fight but Orange Mountain Bike

rider Ben Moore in a head to head challenge against an Ariel Nomad. Ben was on his Orange Alpine 160mm travel full-suspension downhill bike with a fraction of horsepower against the 235 horsepower Ariel Nomad, the bonkers off-road variant of the Ariel Atom road car.

Porpoise Hunter

Sticking with mountainbikes, a TV documentary film crew join professional photographer Dan Milner and 3 mountain bikers on a week-long expedition on a boat in Croatia. There’s a lot of adventure.

Tripster ATR V2

In case you missed it in our story on the launch of the new Tripster ATR from Kinesis, here’s Mike Hall putting the titanium all-rounder through its paces. As Mike’s been all-round the world on a bike he should know.

Fabio Wibmer - Out Of Mind

Fabio Wibmer shows that you don’t need a full-on bells-and-whistles downhill mountainbike to take on the Saalbach downhill course. Just an old city bike, and maybe a spoke key.

Dropping in 

 

Dropping in!! #wtf #otb #ifyouaintdutchyouaintmuch #girlswhoride #dumpert #stoeprandje #sund

A video posted by Anneke Beerten (@annekebeerten) on Nov 22, 2016 at 12:23pm PST

And here’s how not to ride a shopping bike.

Race Across America For Rookies

Set half an hour aside and watch four amateur cyclists become the fastest 4 Man British Team to cycle across the USA in an effort to raise money for GOSH & AAT. They cycled 3,070 miles and climbed 180,00 vertical feet in just 6 days and 6 hours. Put the kettle on.

Max Restaino - No 

Here’s a pop video for Max Restaino and his song “No”, it also features a Cotic Roadrat and, um, a housing estate.

With that cheerful little ditty echoing around your head, enjoy your weekend ridings folks.