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Submitted by griggey on Wed, 2008-07-23 11:36.

Leave it to the Dutch to create such an awesome bike related thing...

http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2008/07/lagombra_bicycl.php

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Greg, are you doing

Submitted by guerciotti on Wed, 2008-07-23 11:39.

Greg, are you doing Gwinnett?

griggey's picture

yep

Submitted by griggey on Wed, 2008-07-23 11:45.

yep. do you know anyone else doing it?

I'll point out some riders

Submitted by guerciotti on Wed, 2008-07-23 14:11.

I'll point out some riders to ya tomorrow. good luck.

griggey's picture

are you going to be there?

Submitted by griggey on Wed, 2008-07-23 15:06.

are you going to be there? are you racing?

yes. no.

Submitted by guerciotti on Wed, 2008-07-23 15:43.

yes. no.

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cool

Submitted by roger3b on Wed, 2008-07-23 12:08.

i like this part "According to the MU's director, only one daredevil has been able to complete a circuit."

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almost as cool as this

Submitted by Adogger on Wed, 2008-07-23 12:51.

http://www.consolati.com/hpr/hpr.html

griggey's picture

wow

Submitted by griggey on Wed, 2008-07-23 12:57.

wow... that's pretty awesome

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here's another take on the roller coaster theme

Submitted by Adogger on Wed, 2008-07-23 13:12.

this one is human powered but gravity assisted
start watching about 6 minutes in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v088DFbaBWA&NR=1

even more impressive is the fact that the guy riding (ryan berrecloth) built the trail himself. Gotta love Canadians

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when can we look forward to

Submitted by griggey on Wed, 2008-07-23 15:06.

when can we look forward to an FM mtb video?

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Very cool!

Submitted by TimothyJ on Wed, 2008-07-23 13:34.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1laQP2xqFo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIfF9BQ1Xi4

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pretty awesome

Submitted by griggey on Wed, 2008-07-23 14:58.

call me an elitists, but i saw way too many gears on that thing.

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Elitist!

Submitted by TimothyJ on Wed, 2008-07-23 17:02.

Elitist!

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Gears? I just saw a lot of

Submitted by Dfunk on Wed, 2008-07-23 22:14.

Gears? I just saw a lot of coasting is all. But wow, what a gig that would've been.

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They should build a larger

Submitted by patgoral on Thu, 2008-07-24 13:31.

They should build a larger scale version of that. That would be so fun.

pedal carnival

Submitted by toomanyaustins on Thu, 2008-07-24 14:14.

a whole carnival of pedal powered rides... Cyclecide.

http://www.cyclecide.com/beer/drinky/projects/rides/

i played at their Coachella setup a few years ago and had so much fun.