Uhhh... What Does This Mean???

It's a German-thing... Or an Addais commercial... Or maybe a future
Olympic sport/competition of Pommmel-cycling?

"Joe King" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:MLFkf.21418
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Quoted message said:

http://www.uci.ch/imgarchive/Homepage/indoor%20normal.jpg

It's the woman's solo version of this:

http://www.hk-icycling.net/movie/erl4men.mpg

(40MB video file)

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Bill Asher

WA,
I obviously don't get out enough!... Thought I'd seen everything
Cycling. Europe just rules this sport in ways inconcievable to most of
the west...

Wait a minute, ....Your really 'JoeKing', huh?

"johnalien" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:1133719845.084907.67820
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Wait a minute, ....Your really 'JoeKing', huh?

I'm not insulted, but JoeKing might be.

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"William Asher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >

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http://www.hk-icycling.net/movie/erl4men.mpg

Very interesting video. I've seen "artistic cycling" before, but only
individuals, not a team.

The symmetry and choreography is very impressive. My ignorance of the sport
leads to many questions:

Does the use of bicycles rather than unicycles add difficulty or just the
appearance of greater difficulty?

Is going backwards the preferred direction, or again, is it because of added
difficulty?

It doesn't appear to be a big demand on stamina, as compared to say, figure
skating. Correct or incorrect?

This didn't appear to be as physically demanding (in a gymnastic kind of
way) as the original picture. Is individual artistic cycling more geared
toward gymnastic type maneuvers and team more toward a symmetry of teamwork?

For a world championship event, the arena seemed rather modest, although
there were still empty seats. Is the following of the sport that small?

The 2005 world championship website mentioned competitors from 20 nations
and all "five" continents. I didn't see any entries listed from North or
South America (I believe the UCI recognizes N & S America as one region),
Africa, or Oceania. Is the sport organized or even practiced in these
regions?

Ask an important question:

What kind of dope would work best in this event?

-RJ

ronaldo_jeremiah said:

Ask an important question:

What kind of dope would work best in this event?

-RJ

hash....

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ronaldo_jeremiah said:

Ask an important question:

What kind of dope would work best in this event?

-RJ

Oh my, you really *have* converted to Laffertism.

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Marlene Blanshay said:

ronaldo_jeremiah said:

Ask an important question:

What kind of dope would work best in this event?

-RJ

hash....

Standard corned beef or the Danish biksemad (kind of appropriate, no?)
version?

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Howard Kveck said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

ronaldo_jeremiah said:

Ask an important question:

What kind of dope would work best in this event?

-RJ

Oh my, you really *have* converted to Laffertism.

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I guess I'm not converted yet because my first thoughts were "Damn,
Who is she?" and "Where do I get her phone # ?"
Pretty impressive.
Bill C

Joe King said:

http://www.uci.ch/imgarchive/Homepage/indoor%20normal.jpg

That you're gonna have [censored]-material for next couple of weeks.

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William Asher said:

It's the woman's solo version of this:

http://www.hk-icycling.net/movie/erl4men.mpg

(40MB video file)

Whoa. That is a long routine. I've never seen
anything like it. Never seen one person ride a
backwards wheelie, much less four dudes in a
synchronized routine, apparently whipping the
crowd into a minor frenzy.

Robert

William Asher said:

"Joe King" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:MLFkf.21418
[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

http://www.uci.ch/imgarchive/Homepage/indoor%20normal.jpg

It's the woman's solo version of this:

http://www.hk-icycling.net/movie/erl4men.mpg

(40MB video file)

--
Bill Asher

That is just ridiculous. they road the whole dang thing no hand
backwards wheelie. WTF. Impressive, but you have to wonder just how
that kind of sport starts, gets enough support for a WC, etc. Like
cycle-ball, its UCI for petes sake.

its not like its that dang cold in europe that every has to retreat to
a gym all winter.

Just continues to confirm that euros are just weird.

Handball, case in point.

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Whoa. That is a long routine. I've never seen
anything like it. Never seen one person ride a
backwards wheelie, much less four dudes in a
synchronized routine, apparently whipping the
crowd into a minor frenzy.

I gave it some thought and it seems that it would be easier to turn the bike
by pedaling backwards and having the extended bike following the pivot axis
rather than the other way around.

William Asher said:

http://www.hk-icycling.net/movie/erl4men.mpg

Wow.

But my wife is from China and says circus people do stuff like this in
China all the time.

JT

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On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 19:49:39 -0600, "Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]>

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Whoa. That is a long routine. I've never seen
anything like it. Never seen one person ride a
backwards wheelie, much less four dudes in a
synchronized routine, apparently whipping the
crowd into a minor frenzy.

I gave it some thought and it seems that it would be easier to turn the bike
by pedaling backwards and having the extended bike following the pivot axis
rather than the other way around.

Yeah. In fact, it sort of looks like the whole thing would be easier
on unicycles. I think they're only on "bikes" either it looks cooler
or it's some sort of legacy of the rules.

JT

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John Forrest Tomlinson said:

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 19:49:39 -0600, "Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

<[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Whoa. That is a long routine. I've never seen
anything like it. Never seen one person ride a
backwards wheelie, much less four dudes in a
synchronized routine, apparently whipping the
crowd into a minor frenzy.

I gave it some thought and it seems that it would be easier to turn the bike
by pedaling backwards and having the extended bike following the pivot axis
rather than the other way around.

Yeah. In fact, it sort of looks like the whole thing would be easier
on unicycles. I think they're only on "bikes" either it looks cooler
or it's some sort of legacy of the rules.

JT

I've seen photos from the four person event that show the riders doing
maneuvers with both wheels on the ground. That group was definitely in "all
wheelie, all the time" mode. Pretty impressive.

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Carl Sundquist said:

I gave it some thought and it seems that it would be easier to turn the bike
by pedaling backwards and having the extended bike following the pivot axis
rather than the other way around.

I can see that. OTOH, it is much more difficult to
ride a unicycle backward than forward.

Robert

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"William Asher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >

Quoted message said:

http://www.hk-icycling.net/movie/erl4men.mpg

Very interesting video. I've seen "artistic cycling" before, but only
individuals, not a team.

The symmetry and choreography is very impressive. My ignorance of the
sport leads to many questions:

Does the use of bicycles rather than unicycles add difficulty or just
the appearance of greater difficulty?

Is going backwards the preferred direction, or again, is it because of
added difficulty?

It doesn't appear to be a big demand on stamina, as compared to say,
figure skating. Correct or incorrect?

This didn't appear to be as physically demanding (in a gymnastic kind
of way) as the original picture. Is individual artistic cycling more
geared toward gymnastic type maneuvers and team more toward a symmetry
of teamwork?

For a world championship event, the arena seemed rather modest,
although there were still empty seats. Is the following of the sport
that small?

The 2005 world championship website mentioned competitors from 20
nations and all "five" continents. I didn't see any entries listed
from North or South America (I believe the UCI recognizes N & S
America as one region), Africa, or Oceania. Is the sport organized or
even practiced in these regions?

You know way more about it that I do. I didn't know that was a world
championship, I just found the link to the video on another newsgroup. I
thought it was the weirdest cycling thing I had ever seen outside of the
20-man pacelines doing 17 mph on Ride the Rockies.

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