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Red Bull pile up crashes were terrifying, but the races were wicked exciting. Thanks.
If you liked this, you should definitely check out "RADRACE Fixed42", which is a fixed-gear race over 42 km through Berlin.
200 BPM for that long is insane
Holy hell do I feel old. I didn’t realize it’s been 6 years since the last red hook crit
Rule #1 of riding fixed: Never EVER! stop pedaling If for some reason you forget rule #1 let your knees buckle
edited to add: to go faster you have to pedal faster. It isn't about power as much as it is leg speed
i had a showerthought that would benefit junior and kids racing at a young age. singlespeed racing would make it so much more accessible for parents to get their kids into racing while also making it safer in a way (lower top speed)
Race lines are not always the line.
Russian broken gear racing – competitors queue at shop for 6 hours and get a derailleur and half a cabbage.
Indoor Kart Racing is vastly different than this type of crit racing. Its entirely more technical in indoor kart racing as well as swapping out to different gear ratios to play to briefly darting out of corners to handling sharper turns. I disagree that you can conserve speed on an indoor track.
Where as this level of crits has more of the tactics you cover quite often.
Thank you for the great content !
Crazy idea and somewhat dangerous.
What happens if you crash and the back wheel keeps spinning?
They're racing on top floor of a multi-story car park 0_o
FINALLYYY SOME FIXED GEAR AGAINNN
Does Shimano or Sram sponsor this kind of fixed-gear cycling?
A bunch of weirdoes doing legit stupid dumbass shit. Crits are DANGEROUS as they are, there is no need for this "no brakes is cool" stuff…
No amount of "Cool and fun" will fix your collarbones. Just why? Why risk it like this?
I feel that having watched the race it would be nice to see the race results. Looked like an exciting course
Watching the power bar graph is hypnotic! Love the fixed gear content 👍
dude talking about how he learned to corner on his bike during the final.
That HR monitor can't be right. How does it move so little?
Will's vocal fry is crazy
Dude who got second was running a belt drive.😮
Fixed Gear aint dead lets go!!
falling at 45kph on that surface, especially when it snaps sideways into the barrier, you can easily break your neck!
Great video Jeff and Will. To me this is reminiscent of F1 – I'm sure super interesting and difficult to actually do, but not great as a spectator sport because it's so hard to pass, you're just watching a funeral procession the whole time.
Fixed is scary!
Thank you for the fixed gear content and then it is also our event 🤯
If anyone is interested in watching the full race from another perspective we got you covered: https://youtu.be/X72OxyCqK1E
@Jeff if you are interested in analyzing some more fixed gear footage we would be more than happy to provide it to you. I have a lot of videos laying around 😉
Keep up the great work!
Nice to see you cover this race!
All Cement & Metal…on Fixed Gear Bikes! – What more could you want?
(Looks punishing)
Schleudergang represent! Stabilste Radsportgruppe Europas!
Rider on the start line to the left with the belt for the chain.
Crazy effort! Amazing skills!
52×14?
This is what the Germans do for fun.
that parking lot furniture… 😱
At 4:36 you can see a Dolan Pre Cursa, one of the best value fixed gear you can find. A true classic.
You can race it on the velodrome or commute with it.
Framesets go for $500 new but there are usually some for way less second hand.
If you want to start riding but don't want to drops grands on a road bike, buy this.
i used to commute daily on fixed. now i'm old and ride electric with brakes, sad.
I bought my gravelbike at the Elbe park, didn't knew there is a race like that 🤩
Greetings from backnumber 23 – belt driven Team Schindelhauer-Gates 👋👋👋
And no hydration since before you toed the start line or your pre race warm up too
Clearly the commentators have never ridden on a velodrome.