It’s not every day that you see a carbon road bike being used as a stunt machine — hopping over boulders at the beach and styling it up at the skate park.  British trials legend Martyn Ashton does just that and more in his latest video, The BikeRadar Roadie. The clip sees Mountain Biking Hall of Fame member Ashton hit the tarmac on his carbon Raleigh Avanti Team on his way to the UK’s premier bike festival, BikeRadar Live — which takes place on 10-11 July
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Danny Macaskill (tartybikes.co.uk ) + (inspiredbicycles.com).Filmed in 2 hours sep 2008 Edinburgh Scotland
Danny MacAskill has had a phenomenal year. Exactly 12 months ago he was working fixing bikes at Macdonald Cycles in Edinburgh.
He posted a film of himself doing stunts on his bike on You Tube. Within weeks he became an internet sensation.
He said: “It’s pretty unbelievable, it’s been a crazy year.
“It’s been really hard to put it in perspective. I’ve had so many opportunities to do so many amazing things.”
The video of Danny doing incredible tricks on the streets of the capital has now been viewed by more than 17 million people … Details
Bill Kaloudis reckons he has spent up to $10,000 building the lightest of his five bicycles, a 7.5-kilogram mountain bike.
“Weight is evil,” he says. “It works against you. It’s like loading up a hot-air balloon, it doesn’t want to take off.”
Kaloudis’s quest for a light bike began six years ago when he decided to become competitive in mountain biking. He regularly monitors bike forums such as weightweenies.starbike.com for information and weighs parts at home to create spreadsheets of technical data to ensure his bike is both featherlight and strong … Details
