"What about the train moving?" "Yeah. We'll see."

September 12, 2024 12:55 PM

Bike Flip on a Moving Train (SLYT)
posted by box (21 comments total)

What about the other train leaving Chicago at 50 mph?
posted by whatevernot at 1:05 PM on September 12 [5 favorites]

If you're a physics teacher and want to explain frames of reference to bored teenagers, here you go.
posted by JoeZydeco at 1:06 PM on September 12 [11 favorites]

Ok, Red Bull I get and Continental, they make bike tires, sure. Prada seems new to this one for me, though. And I have to assume that the manufacturer of the harvester in the background paid a bit of promotional credit for it as well, yeah?

I always sort of wonder how many cans of soda it costs to produce these sort of things, even knowing that it's broadly covered under advertising.
posted by Kyol at 1:06 PM on September 12

The Ultimate Red Bull Marketing Strategy Study:
Red Bull cans sold: 12.138 billion
Revenue: €10.55
Red Bull's marketing budget: estimated €3 billion

Even after paying for this video, they'll have a few bucks left for free stickers and whatnot.
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 1:16 PM on September 12

Very cool, but after watching it, I'm feeling thirsty and low-energy. Anyone have a recommendation for a little pick me up?
posted by Saxon Kane at 1:17 PM on September 12 [1 favorite]

Red Bull cans sold: 12.138 billion
Revenue: €10.55
Red Bull's marketing budget: estimated €3 billion

someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my company is dying.
posted by mhoye at 1:25 PM on September 12 [4 favorites]

Jeezus, that's some crazy shit.

I have literally never watched bike stunts like this before, so: Can anyone explain why the guy rides with his seat so low? Wouldn't he have more power and control if the seat were higher, thereby allowing him to draw on more leg power?
posted by Dr. Wu at 1:30 PM on September 12

Buy more candles
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:30 PM on September 12 [1 favorite]

Seat is low so it doesn’t hit him in the junk on landing.
posted by seanmpuckett at 1:36 PM on September 12 [7 favorites]

Dr. Wu, I'm not an expert, but I think the seat is low so that when he lands, he can absorb the impact by bending his knees and not impact his sensitive bits on the seat. Once in motion, he doesn't actually use it for sitting.
posted by cmerrill at 1:37 PM on September 12 [2 favorites]

he's also doing a lot of spins and throwing his bike around, where he needs more clearance between his legs that a raised seat would hit him in the jimmies.
posted by AzraelBrown at 1:40 PM on September 12

Thanks, cmerrill and AzraelBrown. That makes sense. Thanks also the new usage of "jimmies." My go-to is "giblets" but "jimmies" is a nice one, too.
posted by Dr. Wu at 1:42 PM on September 12 [2 favorites]

That kind of bike is called a jump bike, for future reference.
posted by mhoye at 1:44 PM on September 12

I'm a mountain bike person, and enjoyed watching this because the Godzieks are very, very good at riding bikes.

My son is very much a Train Person, so I was delighted to be able to send this to him earlier today and have him imediately come back to me and explain in great detail what machinery the railway guys used for this. Apparently the loco is has remote control capabilities, and has been modified to roll at very precise low speeds in order to facilitate things like filling or emptying hoppers of aggregate or grain or whatever, which is probably how they were able to time it precisely so Dawid is continuously in shot and able to drop his bike off the last truck right onto the level crossing after throwing all those mad shapes.
posted by tomsk at 3:01 PM on September 12 [9 favorites]

>If you're a physics teacher and want to explain frames of reference to bored teenagers, here you go.

So, it turns out I AM a physics teacher trying to explain frames of reference to bored teenagers, and I just downloaded this video. Excellent.
posted by kikaider01 at 3:12 PM on September 12 [30 favorites]

That was just straight up incredible. A joy to watch. Thanks for posting, absolutely the best of the web!
posted by Dysk at 4:13 PM on September 12 [2 favorites]

If you're a physics teacher and want to explain frames of reference to bored teenagers, here you go.

So, it turns out I AM a physics teacher trying to explain frames of reference to bored teenagers, and I just downloaded this video. Excellent.

Now all the bike needs is a headlight!
posted by TedW at 7:08 PM on September 12 [4 favorites]

I feel like they really missed a chance to have a live audience on bleachers. They could build them super close to the tracks, too. It would be a unique way to experience a series of jumps up close and personal!
posted by alexei at 7:28 PM on September 12 [1 favorite]

"What about the train moving?"

In this fractured version of physics, whenever I travel on a high speed cross-country train and wish to have a cocktail, I only have to stand up from my seat and jump in the air and I'm whisked to my waiting stool in the bar car.
posted by fairmettle at 11:54 PM on September 12

That kind of bike is called a jump bike, for future reference.

The underlying vehicle, meanwhile, is known as a "crazy train"
posted by chavenet at 1:07 AM on September 13 [1 favorite]

Now all the bike needs is a headlight!

A headlight with a rotating lens like in a lighthouse.
posted by waving at 4:50 AM on September 13