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SteamWake
10-12-09, 11:36 AM
This is how a bike is ridden.

All these years I've been doing it wrong :haha:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b36Yi-Pb1wM&feature=player_embedded
Shearwater
10-12-09, 11:46 AM
Meh ... A week ago my back weel had a flat tire, so I decided to cycle all the way home on my front wheel. Those gals do it just for the show :D
Schroeder
10-12-09, 12:09 PM
Am I able to ride a bike? After watching this the definite answer is NO!:o
AVGWarhawk
10-12-09, 12:14 PM
It begs the question, to what purpose to ride a bike in this fashion in a competition? Is this a new Olympic sport? I'm at a loss trying to understand why these two are in a gymnastics uniform and there is a auditorium of people watching this activity. :hmmm:
FIREWALL
10-12-09, 12:33 PM
I was totally impressed.:woot: I'm scared to death of bicycles.:dead:
Oberon
10-12-09, 12:37 PM
Puts the poser chavs who do wheelies and small jumps (before falling on their arses) to shame! :rock:
Schroeder
10-12-09, 12:41 PM
It begs the question, to what purpose to ride a bike in this fashion in a competition?
What purpose has it to drive a car around an oval for 500 miles?:O:

Is this a new Olympic sport? I'm at a loss trying to understand why these two are in a gymnastics uniform and there is a auditorium of people watching this activity. :hmmm:It was a European championship.;)
AVGWarhawk
10-12-09, 12:49 PM
What purpose has it to drive a car around an oval for 500 miles?:O:
It was a European championship.;)

That was my next question. NASCAR makes no sense. European Championship? Championship of what? I do not get it. Did someone wake up one day and say, "Let's ride bikes backwards, make a competition out of it and sell T-shirts."?
Schroeder
10-12-09, 12:52 PM
You can get some more info here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_cycling
AVGWarhawk
10-12-09, 01:02 PM
Apparently a local German sport? I have only seen things like BMX here in the US with free form stunts. To each their own I guess.
Schroeder
10-12-09, 01:22 PM
How can it be a local German sport if it was a European Championship?:doh:
SteamWake
10-12-09, 01:51 PM
How can it be a local German sport if it was a European Championship?:doh:

Maybe there was only one entry :haha:
AVGWarhawk
10-12-09, 02:40 PM
How can it be a local German sport if it was a European Championship?:doh:

Normally a question ends with a "?" Just like my question. Baseball here is called "The World Series" Has any baseball professionally been played in Germany? Specifically the world series? All right then. :03: The world loves a wise guy. It still makes no sense to me.
Jimbuna
10-12-09, 02:48 PM
Normally a question ends with a "?" Just like my question. Baseball here is called "The World Series" Has any baseball professionally been played in Germany? Specifically the world series? All right then. :03: The world loves a wise guy. It still makes no sense to me.

I've always wondered why the US compete in the football World Cup when they call the game soccer and have actually zero chance of ever winning it http://imgcash4.imageshack.us/img144/3336/tonguecm5.gif
Schroeder
10-12-09, 02:50 PM
I don't see why it should be more senseless than any other sport.:06:
Actually sport is senseless. It's always just a competition to find out who is the best within some rules. If you want really senseless sport, have a look at this::D
http://www.distant.ca/UselessFacts/fact.asp?ID=166
AVGWarhawk
10-12-09, 02:56 PM
Is sitting a sport? If it is done on a pole does it make it a sport? If sitting is a sport then I the most active mofo in the world. I sit all day! Agreed, there are just some activities that are considered sports when in reality it does not make any sense.
AVGWarhawk
10-12-09, 02:56 PM
I've always wondered why the US compete in the football World Cup when they call the game soccer and have actually zero chance of ever winning it http://imgcash4.imageshack.us/img144/3336/tonguecm5.gif

Exactly my point. :D
Shearwater
10-12-09, 03:29 PM
I don't see why it should be more senseless than any other sport.:06:
Actually sport is senseless. It's always just a competition to find out who is the best within some rules. If you want really senseless sport, have a look at this::D
http://www.distant.ca/UselessFacts/fact.asp?ID=166

Since it does take place in Poland, it can just hope that "Pole-Sitting" isn't referring to the people :rotfl2:
MothBalls
10-12-09, 03:35 PM
I've always wondered why the US compete in the football World Cup when they call the game soccer and have actually zero chance of ever winning it http://imgcash4.imageshack.us/img144/3336/tonguecm5.gif

Because we thought it was "football" and taken by surprise when we got there and found out it was actually "kickball", a game us Yanks played in elementary school. So it's a bit of nostalgia for us, brings back childhood memories of games we played without risk of injury, like most girls sports.

And it gives us an opportunity to interface with the brits and ask them long unanswered questions.
Jimbuna
10-13-09, 06:03 AM
I think we can all agree that dancing is a sport.....so if it's done on a pole, does that constitute pole dancing as a sport? :hmmm::DL
CastleBravo
10-13-09, 06:08 AM
Its certainly NOT how I ride a bike. Can I still ride a bike? Oh, thats right ya can't forget how to ride a bike. Or fly an aiplane. Once you know you know.
Reece
10-13-09, 06:50 AM
Well all I can say is very well done!:yep: Great team work!:up:
VipertheSniper
10-13-09, 08:03 AM
I think we can all agree that dancing is a sport.....so if it's done on a pole, does that constitute pole dancing as a sport? :hmmm::DL


Well there are championships for it...
AVGWarhawk
10-13-09, 08:47 AM
So were are the pole dancing videos? :O:
Shearwater
10-13-09, 04:23 PM
Someone stole my bike today :wah:
Schroeder
10-13-09, 04:28 PM
That sucks. I'm afraid I know the feeling just too well too.:-?
Jimbuna
10-14-09, 10:37 AM
So were are the pole dancing videos? :O:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=H1TerOxIqvk :smug:
AVGWarhawk
10-14-09, 10:44 AM
Big girls need loving too! Not by me...but....hey Dowly....:hmmm:
FIREWALL
10-14-09, 10:50 AM
Because we thought it was "football" and taken by surprise when we got there and found out it was actually "kickball", a game us Yanks played in elementary school. So it's a bit of nostalgia for us, brings back childhood memories of games we played without risk of injury, like most girls sports.

And it gives us an opportunity to interface with the brits and ask them long unanswered questions.


:haha: :har: :haha: :har: :haha: :har: :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: :yeah: :up:
VipertheSniper
10-14-09, 02:01 PM
probably NSFW:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZpldNd4Ris
AVGWarhawk
10-14-09, 02:12 PM
probably NSFW:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZpldNd4Ris

Now that is a sport! Man, bicycles, what were they thinking?
Task Force
10-14-09, 02:32 PM
Very good... most people couldnt even think of doing that.
Shearwater
10-14-09, 03:04 PM
More pole dancing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjLkxwMi8Kw
Sailor Steve
10-14-09, 04:47 PM
I thought it was a pretty cool thing...and a pretty amazing performance!:rock:
Skybird
10-15-09, 05:43 AM
there are plenty of much more stupid things being turned into competitions and world championships than this, and this needs skill, training, and physical fitness, and certainly is much more graceful to watch than seeing people trying to devour as many hamburgers in five minutes as possible, or checking how much chilly they can eat before the burn makes their cardiovascular system collapsing, or silly beauty contests, or who painted his poodle more colourful than all the others, or cage fighting, or... well, there is plenty of much more stupid things that they hold championships about.

On the cycling, to me it is as much sports as it is artistry. Impressive.