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Title: first bike trick ever?
Post by: gobshite on September 02, 2009, 02:55 AM

i'd love this to be real :smitten:

certainly looks it :shocked:

check out the dude at 1.00!!!

best vid i've seen for ages, sod the 80's and the 90's, :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: first bike trick ever?
Post by: telelogic on September 02, 2009, 07:02 AM

I want to believe that it's legit, even if it's not!

No real reason why it wouldn't be though, Circus trick riding has been around as long as the bicycle!

I read somewhere that John Merrick could do a very respectable Miami hopper!

Title: Re: first bike trick ever?
Post by: mark 2 on September 02, 2009, 02:08 PM

was it Eddie Roman whose family background was circus trick cyclists?

Title: Re: first bike trick ever?
Post by: Bob_Acid on September 02, 2009, 03:29 PM

I think it was Craig Strong.

Title: Re: first bike trick ever?
Post by: graeme on September 02, 2009, 03:49 PM

Saw this a while back, i think it is all real. Im pretty sure the footage is on some offical american history website.

Title: Re: first bike trick ever?
Post by: WARDY on September 02, 2009, 04:01 PM

http://www.bikeblognyc.com/?p=3965

Title: Re: first bike trick ever?
Post by: Bettyswallocks on September 02, 2009, 05:24 PM

Check out the barspin at 0.20...  Quality..  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: first bike trick ever?
Post by: spesh on September 02, 2009, 07:39 PM

is this from the extra bits in joe kid?

Title: Re: first bike trick ever?
Post by: moley on September 02, 2009, 10:29 PM

Sorry to burst ya bubble guys but I dont think it was Edison riding, he just filmed it!!

I went to a website which I just lost!!  :idiot2:

And the site said he sought out variety acts to film to test new cameras out.

He would have been 52 in 1899 and his hobbies were reading and experimenting!!

I think Edison stole a load of Tesla's ideas and inventions too!!

So he'll probably like to take credit for the 1st bicycle trick too!!  :LolLolLolLol: