Videos: TT crashes, ice racing & the craziest commute

In today's video round-up we've got all sorts of goodies for you. A compilation of massive triathlon crashes, the coldest climb we've ever seen, crazy ice racing, and the most mental commute.

There's even more than that. Can you imagine climbing up ten kilometers of cobbles that only a mountain bike can get over, on a road bike? Well you don't need to, because we have a video of just that towards the end of the round-up.

Also there's an 800km cross-Arizona ultra-long self-supported ride gone wrong, an Australian policeman taking liberties, and a cross between Tron and Avatar with bikes thanks to a Phillips television advertising campaign.

Enjoy!

Triathletes crashing TT bikes

We love cycling here at road.cc. We're not snobby when it comes to which discipline is best, we don't judge those who throw themselves down muddy tracks in thickly wooded areas, or even those who for some reason see the need to throw themselves into frozen lakes before jumping on a bicycle.

Really, we're not one's to judge. Sure, we like road cycling, but we can also see the merits and appreciate the discipline that's involved in sports like triathlon.

We can also appreciate the dangers and risks involved in flying around wet corners on bikes that are lighter than the majority of road bikes.

A lot of these look painful. We hope everyone featured is alright and happily and healthily pedaling around now.

First ever freezing mount Washington ascent

The highest peak in North Eastern USA is not a place you'd expect to want to ride your bike in the middle of winter.

You're not Tim Johnson, former Saunier Duval rider in the pro peloton, as well as three-time USA national cyclocross champion.

In this video he talks about taking his fat bike up the 4,685 feet of frozen Mount Washington roads, a route that's never been completed on two man-powered wheels in the middle of winter.

It looks tough, but Tim makes it look easy. Wow. 

Ice racing 2016

In similarly cold conditions - though not quite as windy as Johnson's ascent - these crazy folks have taken to an ice rink in Toronto, Canada, to take part in 2016's Ice Cycle race.

In what looks to be a relatively circular course, this multidiscipline event looks like a whole lot of fun, but also pretty dangerous. We doubt we'd stay upright for more than 10 meters.

These guys, however, make it look easy, and throughout the entire video, nobody looks remotely close to coming off. Maybe it's because they're Canadian. Ice is like tarmac for them, right?

Aussie policeman enforces dangerous bike lane riding

Last week's video round-up featured an American cop wrongly ticketing cyclists for riding in the middle of the road.

Today we've got an Australian police officer giving cyclists a caution for not riding in the bike lane.

In this video we're even given evidence that the bike lanes were unusable.

Blaming cyclists for not using poorly implemented infrastructure. Whatever next?

The craziest commute

We all have those days when we absolutely smash our commutes. You dismount, check Strava to be greeted by a personal best time. We're not sure if there are many better ways to start a day at work than with a buzz like that.

Ian Stowe and AJC media might have something to say about that, though.

In this video, Ian takes something of a shortcut to work. Sure, it looks like incredible fun and he probably gets there in record time, but we're not particularly keen on the idea of sitting next to him for the rest of the working day.

This isn't the first time we've seen a video like this. Check out bike brands Cotic Cycles and Orange Bikes' versions of this same concept. ​

Darklight - Tron-esque jungle rides

In a bid to advertise their new range of televisions with 'Amblight technology', Phillips sent a bunch of cyclists to the jungle and to the desert with some crazy lights guiding their way, and illuminating their bikes.

The result is this mesmerising video of riders flying through dramatic landscapes with tron-esque wheel lights attached their bikes.

In fact, the lights themselves aren't too dissimilar to the commuter lights released by American company Revolights a couple of years ago. 

When ultra-long rides go wrong

Lael Wilcox is a bikepacker - that's a cyclist who goes on incredibly long journeys with nothing but here bike and her range of strangely shaped bike- and  backpacks.

In this video Lael talks about her attempt to ride the Arizona Trail, a feat that's only been completed by four women. The female record, before she set out, stood at 14 days, double the time of the men's record.

During her attempt, however, she faced some very testing conditions that put her entire ride in jeopardy.

Climbing the impossible cobbled mountain

When you're told a cobbled climb is impossible on anything but a mountain bike, what's your first reaction?

If you're like most of us here in the road.cc office, you'll say "fine, I won't try and ride up a treacherous mountain on my skinny-tyred road bike."

Germans Max and Stefan are from Berlin, and when they decided they wanted to climb a near-by mountain they realised their options were very limited.

Their best bet: the brilliantly named Schneekoppe. The only way to the top is a ten kilometer cobbled road. Watch them try their luck. 

What if Sven Nys wasn't so professional?

So, Sven Nys' incredible Cyclocross career has come to an end, but that hasn't stopped him getting up to all sorts of nonsense behind the scenes.

Here he speculates what a day in his shoes would look like if he wasn't quite as professional as he has been for his entire career.

We doubt we'd have seen the man win two world championships and seven world cups if this is really what he's been getting up to all these years.