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Top quality (push) bike moves

YouTube - Inspired Bicycles - Danny MacAskill April 2009

This one is currently doing the rounds.

Some amazing bike stunts in my hometown! Apparently it took 8 hours of practice till he could ride along the top of the metal railings...I can just see the queue at A&E once the wannabe copycats start doing this stuf!
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Superb. Big balls or what ?
On one of his other vids he does a rolling wheelie/stoppy on the front wheel..........backwards. Amazing skills.

Don't follow the link if you've got anything you should be doing. I got stuck for about an hour
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Don't follow the link if you've got anything you should be doing. I got stuck for about an hour[/quote]

me too!! and found this,
YouTube - urban and freestyle trial in Lyon

the bridge ride is amazing, balls as big as baby elephants!
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awsome riding !

we like it abit like this !

YouTube - Red Bull Rampage 2008 Highlights
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That video is doing the rounds on the bmx forums aswell. My brother showed it to me this morning . . . it's amazing! His bike control is crazy.
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I love that Urban Trials stuff, both the pushbikes and the motos, really inspiring stuff.

I saw that Julien Dupont video a few months back and ever since have put a greater focus into trying improve my balance when riding around on motorbikes. When some little shit nicked my Honda Bros commuter I replaced it with a stripped down CG125 which turned out to be a blessing in disguise as I've improved my balance and slow speed control a fair bit from riding it. Still can't balance perfectly stationary for more than a few of seconds before starting to topple or having to edge forwards though .

I really wish I'd been into BMX or something as a kid, as I reckon it takes years and years to develop even half the skills some of those Youtube guys have.

I haven't ridden pushbikes much over the last 5 years, and it's been about 10 since I used to mess about on them and fall off etc. I dug out my old Mountainbike a few months back and fell off alot trying to balance and jump the kerbs on my street - The feeling of losing skin off the palms of my hands to the tarmac road took me straight back to my childhood!
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