I'm not terribly afraid of heights but the riding the rail along the Highway 101 cliffs put my heart in my throat for a minute. Cool vid

Amazing stunts, but man talk about annoying editing... they cut to another angle when he's like 80% through a lot of the tricks. The editor needs to take a cue from http://videosift.com/video/Jackie-Chan-How-to-Do-Action-Comedy

Pretty sure that's highway 1, not 101. ;-)
I wonder what forest that is. Amazingly, those trees looked a little small to me when compared to the ones in my neighborhood.

When I was a teenager I had a good racing road bike that I found a set of narrow knobbies for and I used to ride it down dirt trails. It's not easy. Those handle bars are narrow and positioned low, making it all too easy to just go over the front. Impressive skill this guy has, and balls of hardened titanium.
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It is Route 1, along the California coast.
And it's breathtaking.
And he's nuts.
lol

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It's amazing that despite all the amazing precision, the part that sticks out most for me is him driving over that arc thingie. I honestly might be able to do that myself with a thousand attempts, a safety harness and a crane, but for some reason it sticks out.

Have to agree with andyboy that the editing could have used some work. It seemed more than half about "let's do a quick stunt at this scenic location and then pop to somewhere else" than "let's explore the skills of the rider". This was just a taste of how ample and numerous those skills are.

Only time you'll ever see a road biker with flat pedals

My initial response was that this is mental, but it isn't that insane when you think about it. Trials bikes are almost closer to road bikes than mountain bikes these days (rim brakes, no suspension, etc), so the skills would transfer.

Just goes to show it's the rider, not the bike. (which explains why I still suck at mountain biking even on my flash new bike )

BTW, just to clarify, this isn't a road bike who decided to try these stunts, it's a (world class) trials biker who decided to try it on a road bike.

Can't help a few mixed feelings, given that Martyn Ashton, credited as an inspiration, is now paralyzed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Ashton

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Oh no.
I didn't know.
yes, that's awful.
A bit like the wing suit guys, and that recent death.
Too much risk. Way too much risk for me.

History is littered with people who tried amazing things and payed a heavy price for it. I think the world would be a much more boring place without those people.

And I'm sure you can remember many times in your life where you survived something silly only to think back later "What the fuck was I thinking???". I know I've had more than a few close shaves where my life could have ended and become one of those cautionary tales on the evening news.

Well, want to see something that will make you smile?

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That is excellent, and nucking futz.

OK - so I had pause and quickly state that the second trick area reminded me immediately of Fallout New Vegas mining area with the Deathclaws. I may want to consider taking a break from the game.