Here's a great way to fill a bit of your working day: watch French trickster Mickael Dupont showcase his skills aboard a bike fundamentally unsuitable for the purpose. This is painfully evident when he basically folds it in half jumping it off a wall early on, but a bit of iron bar and welding kit and it's, erm, as good as new. Cue ever more extraordinary stuff, culminating with a full-on backflip down the dirt jumps. Just goes to show it's not about the bike, eh…
Video: Backflips on a vintage ladies’ bike
That’s why mum’s gone to flatland! (pun © VecchioJo)
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 13:20
Help us to bring you the best cycling content
If you’ve enjoyed this article, then please consider subscribing to road.cc from as little as £2.49. Our mission is to bring you all the news that’s relevant to you as a cyclist, independent reviews, impartial buying advice and more. Your subscription will help us to do more.
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He’s won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and likes to ride increasingly long audaxes decreasingly fast as time goes by.
12 Comments
Read more...
Read more...
Read more...
Latest Comments
Smoggysteve 26 minutes ago
@mdavidford "Hmm – the way you’ve edited your post to tone down the suggestion that they were saying something they weren’t suggests even you don’t believe that." Nope, and tbh, I couldn't care less about what you think. Anything positive to add? Nope! just your usual nonsense, so bore off.
Smoggysteve 26 minutes ago
@mdavidford "Hmm – the way you’ve edited your post to tone down the suggestion that they were saying something they weren’t suggests even you don’t believe that." Nope, and tbh, I couldnt care less about what you think. Anythingpositive to add? Nope1 just your usual nonsense, so bore off.
mitsky 52 minutes ago
@mdavidford OK. So maybe my question should be amended to: are those rates ring-fenced? ie, I'm not paying a lot more for my insurance due to drivers of larger/more dangerous/more expensive vehicles andor the drivers with points.
mdavidford 56 minutes ago
Hmm - did the people whose data is in that 'substantial database' agree to that? Nothing in their privacy statement says "we may flog off your data to a random third party".
mdavidford 1 hour ago
Insurance cost already does vary with vehicle and associated risk profile though.
mdavidford 1 hour ago
Hmm - the way you've edited your post to tone down the suggestion that they were saying something they weren't suggests even you don't believe that.
60somethingcyclist 1 hour ago
Thanks. I'd heard that there was a split in the community. Well in that case let's hope that he does do something about their opposition to cyclists. All for safe cycling measures, but not just because one group doesn't like cyclists.
chrisonabike 1 hour ago
Being fair, there are a few councillors of all shades who seem intent on not disturbing their preexisting opinions on certain topics with new facts or understanding. I do think the populist parties are more susceptible to this though. They seem to attract those with the idea that government is corrupt and it just needs some people with "common sense" to come in and fix it. They *are* right that there's inefficiency, inflexibility, self-serving and even some corruption there. The error is in thinking that a) those are the biggest issues and b) inexperienced people with strong opinions (and sometimes cloth ears) can quickly change it for the better...
Veloism 1 hour ago
They are selling off their tools and "Substantial customer database" too: https://bikebiz.com/job/bike-repair-servicing-business-for-sale/ At least the cafe is staying open...
Smoggysteve 1 hour ago
@jackcycles If he was on the road, you can almost guarantee there would be an equally ignorant driver saying "why don't you ride on the cycle path"? No matter where he rode there will be someone who has a lack of common courtesy.
12 thoughts on “Video: Backflips on a vintage ladies’ bike”
LOVE it
LOVE it
superb!
superb!
Good fun.
Good fun.
That’s just ace !
That’s just ace !
that was brilliant
that was brilliant
Can I live there? Beautiful
Can I live there? Beautiful place.
loved the first “repair”
loved the first “repair” 🙂
Like Danny Macaskill but with
Like Danny Macaskill but with a little more Gallic nonchalance. n’esp pa?
arrieredupeleton wrote:Like
Just what i thought, a bit rough around the edges but much better that MacAskill as its not top of the range kit
A few bits had me cringing because it was destroying a bike 😀
Chapeau!
Chapeau!
It shows what an inherently
It shows what an inherently crap design the trad open ‘women’s’ frame is – folds up with one good kick. And unnecessarily heavy. You can almost feel the dead weight just watching these jumps, it lands like a sack of spuds. It’s not ALL about the bike, no – but it is at least a BIT about the bike.
These guys are just brilliant though, excellent video.
How does someone get so good
How does someone get so good on a bike and still have his sac intact? Incredible.