Thats not how you ride a bike

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.

FIREWALL · 10-12-09, 12:33 PM

I was totally impressed.

I'm scared to death of bicycles.

Oberon · 10-12-09, 12:37 PM

Puts the poser chavs who do wheelies and small jumps (before falling on their arses) to shame!

Schroeder · 10-12-09, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

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?

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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.

It was a European championship.

AVGWarhawk · 10-12-09, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

What purpose has it to drive a car around an oval for 500 miles?

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?

SteamWake · 10-12-09, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

How can it be a local German sport if it was a European Championship?

Maybe there was only one entry

AVGWarhawk · 10-12-09, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

How can it be a local German sport if it was a European Championship?

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.

The world loves a wise guy. It still makes no sense to me.

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,261 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Puts the poser chavs who do wheelies and small jumps (before falling on their arses) to shame!