I recall Quicksilver. The 80's was when I first started bike couriering in Vancouver. After coming back, off and on, over the years, I found myself still couriering up until the middle of the last decade, in Calgary.
Do what your heart tells you. I actually sold my car and switched to cycling for my primary form of transportation. I got fed up with the outrageous tickets, the traffic courts/judges (which only provide a summary judgement to extract money or make you work for the state), the cops pulling you over and doing unnecessary searches (just for a little crack in my windshield). Mind you I had a pretty clean driving record. Cycling provides me with a much greater feeling of liberty than driving a car.
point taken on moustaches. Denim though was in widespread use cowboy time, at least in back to the future, and that proves everything. Timemachines, can't argue with 'em.
haha, my dad saw kids ridding fixies when he was driving me to school, hes like hahah thats how you guys ride fixies? go watch quicksilver then get back to me. haha and here i am
@gooochino The ones that have the petals continuously moving as they are doing tricks are fixed. The other ones just look like single speeds as they are able to coast.
i was thinking the same thing...then the old man says at the end "Alight you guys, get back to work" like deliveries can wait til all the grab-ass is over!
21 in a month, and my lady and I ride around together. Most of my friends ride, almost no one I know drives. Keep them wheels spinning until you find people who can keep up with you.
what is this film? my mind is blown i know of people who ride as couriers with similar bikes/gear ratios, although these are obviously purpose built for tricks. kudos to the people who actually performed the stunts, bacon is impressed!
yep. the free-wheel mechanism was only invented in the 70's where they quickly exploded in popularity, before then fixies were popular. Then mountain-bikes exploded when car-culture took over the streets in the 80's/90's. Fixed gear bikes represent a return to a time when bicycles were at home on the road, the re-popularization of them is arguably because people want to be able to commute/ride a bike on the street. Sociology student as well as an ardent lover of bike culture.
@@DJASHLOFT supercool man ... keep it going. When my legs start going weak that I cannot climb hills, it will be ebike time for me. But until I'm still able, no ebikes 😁🤘
sometimes I drive (my wife owns a car!), but I think organizing my life to be able to commute on a bike as much as possible is a far better approach. 'Carless' since 2005 and not willing to get back.
It's a type of performance biking, they ride very specialist fixed gears, and it's useful for them to have the handlebars on upside down. No one who uses their bike for covering distance would do that.
@lvleph Circus bikes are "Fixies", "Fixed Gear", "Track Bikes", whatever you wish to call them. They are just granny geared. All I'm saying is that in the 80's people were riding fixed-geared bikes and pointing out that this new fad of people riding seriously over-colored bikes with fixed gears isn't some original new concept. Maybe the blinding colors are, but fixed geared bikes are far from new.
I think a car is kind of a necesity nowadays. Maybe you could buy your car, have it there for dating or emergency cases and such, but you are going to still be using your bike for everything else man. I don't understand why people have to make a choice between the two of them.
Dave Mirra said that him and his mates (just as good as him on bikes) use to ride all the time they all got to the car age and bought cars etc. Dave stuck with the bikes, guess they regret their choices now lol.. Biking is fun I gave up too for the exact same reasons you are stating, I regret it big time
I am 20 years old and I always love riding bikes but recently I figure out that most of my friends have stop riding their bikes and are more focus on cars now. They say I need to grow up and get a car now bcuz girl dont want a boy in a bike. I kinda believe them but idk.. I still enjoy biking am even thinking of buying another bike but everyone tell me to save up for a car now. Am I just getting to old for this? Since I am the only one with a bike now. Or should I continue riding but now solo
I recall Quicksilver. The 80's was when I first started bike couriering in Vancouver. After coming back, off and on, over the years, I found myself still couriering up until the middle of the last decade, in Calgary.
interesting gear ratios for messengers :D
sskkuuddrraa That's what I was thinking!!! Waay to low. Cool looking bikes, though!
Sen Flores If you were a bike messenger and a freestyler, wouldn't you have 2 bikes ? :)
irlrp lol maybe, but these are purportedly their work bikes
sskkuuddrraa
everybody is going wild and kevin bacon is clapping like a super supportive house wife
Do what your heart tells you. I actually sold my car and switched to cycling for my primary form of transportation. I got fed up with the outrageous tickets, the traffic courts/judges (which only provide a summary judgement to extract money or make you work for the state), the cops pulling you over and doing unnecessary searches (just for a little crack in my windshield). Mind you I had a pretty clean driving record. Cycling provides me with a much greater feeling of liberty than driving a car.
Classic. THis is what got me into being a courier years ago. (retired) 10yrs vet. DC
Talent from the 80's. Cheese for music. Quicksilver!!
That bike trick was cool but that handlebar moustache just propels it to godlike levels.
and this warm 80's moment was brought you by ....... Lollll ahhh man i miss the 80's
the first guy is Martin Aparijo, then Woody Itson. the guy riding the direct-drive and doing the boomerangs, etc is Pat Romano.
Quicksilver! Yeah baby. This was flatland on a road bike. The shit they were doing back then was epic. That brought back some memories.
Saxaphones, random moustaches and endless amounts of denim.
The 80's had it all.
yeah man my dad is 51 YEARS old he has three trucks and he likes to ride bike... he likes to mountain bike mostly
Those were the good old days!
point taken on moustaches. Denim though was in widespread use cowboy time, at least in back to the future, and that proves everything. Timemachines, can't argue with 'em.
kevin bacon is so good he doesn't even have to show off
It's called Quicksilver and it was released in 1986 according to imdb.
Back in the days....very nice movie
haha, my dad saw kids ridding fixies when he was driving me to school, hes like hahah thats how you guys ride fixies? go watch quicksilver then get back to me. haha and here i am
If I recall correctly, the stunt riders were actual, local bike messengers.
better than every fixie video i ve seen so far
@gooochino The ones that have the petals continuously moving as they are doing tricks are fixed. The other ones just look like single speeds as they are able to coast.
i was thinking the same thing...then the old man says at the end "Alight you guys, get back to work" like deliveries can wait til all the grab-ass is over!
This is from the 80's movie "Quick Silver".Cool riders.
Martin Aparijo is the first rider. Team GT owned the 80's freestyle scene
21 in a month, and my lady and I ride around together. Most of my friends ride, almost no one I know drives. Keep them wheels spinning until you find people who can keep up with you.
GOOD OLD TIMES,, LOVE IT..
BEST Bacon Kevin Movie Never !
Yeah, looks like the first couple bikes were single speed but the rest were fixies. You can tell because the pedals rotate with the wheels.
what is this film? my mind is blown i know of people who ride as couriers with similar bikes/gear ratios, although these are obviously purpose built for tricks.
kudos to the people who actually performed the stunts, bacon is impressed!
The name of the movie is in the description it's called Quicksilver
Nice memories. The first guy dancing on the bike was Dennis McCoy, wasn´t it?
yep. the free-wheel mechanism was only invented in the 70's where they quickly exploded in popularity, before then fixies were popular.
Then mountain-bikes exploded when car-culture took over the streets in the 80's/90's.
Fixed gear bikes represent a return to a time when bicycles were at home on the road, the re-popularization of them is arguably because people want to be able to commute/ride a bike on the street.
Sociology student as well as an ardent lover of bike culture.
Name of that super sick awesome track 0.11? that's a fat beat dang woah! those lyrics and high hats Oh Snap!
This movie totally trumps premium rush.
Its funny how he was kicking the front wheel to go like its connected to the cog or somthing lol
im 28 and still riding hard. if it feels good and keeps you fit do it ;)
I'm 50 still riding ... max heart rate 190 🤩🌟🤘⭐🚲🚵
@@radiocontrolled9181 I'm now 36 and still riding 🤙
@@DJASHLOFT supercool man ... keep it going. When my legs start going weak that I cannot climb hills, it will be ebike time for me. But until I'm still able, no ebikes 😁🤘
Chuck Norris can do that with out a bike.
STATE BICYCLE BROUGHT ME HERE
there are 1-2 single speed bikes, mostly they are granny-gear fixies though.
RESPECT THE CLASSICS MAAAN
Fantastic. Fuck lets dance and all these dancing films at the cinema, this is a proper dance off :D
sometimes I drive (my wife owns a car!), but I think organizing my life to be able to commute on a bike as much as possible is a far better approach. 'Carless' since 2005 and not willing to get back.
Classic scene!!! Eighties!!!
Some of these bike messengers become actors...
when bike messengers really knew how to send a message!
Nice! this style of bmx is called flatland just to let ya kno, what's the name of the song???????
The bike changes between being a fixed gear and single speed all the time
It's a type of performance biking, they ride very specialist fixed gears, and it's useful for them to have the handlebars on upside down. No one who uses their bike for covering distance would do that.
I was like, Patrick Stewart? Then I was like, John Candy! Then I was like, HOLY CRAP KEVIN BACON WTF?!?!?!?
g173df It's from a movie called quicksilver with Kevin Bacon no cgi back then, Martin Aparejo is a flatland rider.
those are some of the smallest chainrings i've ever seen on a fixed
new favorite movie
Holy $hit. i didn't know this was possible. O.o
absolutely sick!
This is fucking amazing.. I love these guys..
ROBIN!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE ?!!
Interesting how so many bike messengers didn't have any work to do in a city like New York or whatever city this movie was set in.
@lvleph Circus bikes are "Fixies", "Fixed Gear", "Track Bikes", whatever you wish to call them. They are just granny geared. All I'm saying is that in the 80's people were riding fixed-geared bikes and pointing out that this new fad of people riding seriously over-colored bikes with fixed gears isn't some original new concept. Maybe the blinding colors are, but fixed geared bikes are far from new.
You sound like a real winner!
I love the name of the bar....
This is from the 80's movie "Quick Silver"
and that's is how flatland bmx started!
Thank God the 80's are long gone.
i love this movie.
Step1. Grab a bike. Step 2. Put your hand on the front wheel. Step 3. Roll wheel forward. Step 4. Watch the back wheel FOLLOW!!!
the first 2 are the only non-fixed/ single speed bikes. the rest are
True OG 7 speeders!
Description? Quicksilver (1985)
The movie is called "Quicksilver"
thanks for telling me whats in the description
love the gios cap
Quicksilver (1985)
(it's in the desscription)
0:50 sebastian shaw! go get him magneto!
Cruising with that 20/20 Gear ratio..
I think a car is kind of a necesity nowadays. Maybe you could buy your car, have it there for dating or emergency cases and such, but you are going to still be using your bike for everything else man. I don't understand why people have to make a choice between the two of them.
They should make movies about that nowadays.
Is this an actual film or what? I cant find any info on it anywhere. Help please......
love this movie
makes me laugh in a good way lol
2:00 barspin in the right way.
Too old for bikes, too old for life.
i must have this song... what is it :D?!
i did a wheelie today...
The beginning of riding flatland hahaha
This is an easily impressed crowd.
LOVE THIS!!!!
I'm think I'm going to be sick. The bike stuff was cool though.
@EpicVideos303 That last dude, who undoubtedly staunched the competition, was riding a fixie.
THIS IS THE BEAUIFUL OLD SCHOOL FOR THE FUCKING HIPSTERS AND THE FIXED GEAR.
is there where fixies were trix rly started?
I will never understand upside down drops - why!?
Dave Mirra said that him and his mates (just as good as him on bikes) use to ride all the time they all got to the car age and bought cars etc. Dave stuck with the bikes, guess they regret their choices now lol.. Biking is fun I gave up too for the exact same reasons you are stating, I regret it big time
I like the cycling hat I bought one today
this is so amazing now if you will excuse me i have a car to go use
Legend !
No way they're bike messengers with those gear ratios.
I've never seen anyone on a fixie have their handbars pointing up...
quicksilver great movie ; )
I am 20 years old and I always love riding bikes but recently I figure out that most of my friends have stop riding their bikes and are more focus on cars now. They say I need to grow up and get a car now bcuz girl dont want a boy in a bike. I kinda believe them but idk.. I still enjoy biking am even thinking of buying another bike but everyone tell me to save up for a car now. Am I just getting to old for this? Since I am the only one with a bike now. Or should I continue riding but now solo
CAUSE HE'S A BADASS