Downhill bike race in Chile is insanity at its finest

[Tig]

Go to full screen and enjoy the rush!
http://www.gadling.com/2011/03/03/downhill-bike-race-in-chile-is-insanity-at-its-finest/

[kidsmoke]

whoooooooollllyyyyyy crap.

[NWBasser]

That's very cool!

Those gap jumps scare the bejeezuz out of me. The rest of the course might be pretty fun.

[Spudman]

Kinda cool, but not that gnarly. I've done courses that were more intense and rugged. However, I've never had a dog on the course or had to worry about clipping a wall with my handlebar and usually have a section of uphill somewhere. This was 100% urban downhill. I'll bet the times were all really close.

[DeanEVO_Dude]

Some of those jump were INSANE!!! I'm too old to live *that* dangerously. But, that must be one helluva rush.

[Tig]

I've managed some fairly serious descents in races and playing in the Rockies, but we're talking XC bikes with just 100mm travel fork and either hard tail or just a little suspension in the back, not full kamikaze DH rigs. I'd shatter like glass smacking one of those streets!

[snoglobe]

I like that in the first few frames you can see that the rider is rocking a blue pinstriped suit, now that's racing in style.

[Tig]

I saw that, too. I've seen racers dressed in all kinds of wild costumes, from tu-tu's to Shrek.
At our local trail's time trial several years ago, a teammate had on a Mexican wrestler costume including the cape and mask. He also set the course record!

http://s3.amazonaws.com/ballyhourra_prod/pictures/1126/lightbox/SSWC.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/ch.edinburgh/cyclingedinburgh/images/JPsswc06.jpg
(If you think these people are wierd, they can't come close to the cyclocross racers, which photos are not always fit to show here)
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/images/photo/2008/08/30/0831cycling/24721459.JPG
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/images/photo/2008/08/30/0831cycling/24721431.JPG

[Eric]

I like that in the first few frames you can see that the rider is rocking a blue pinstriped suit, now that's racing in style.
I re-watched it after I saw this, and I agree -- pretty funny.

[MAXIFUNK]

urban single track wow