Red Bull's Mini Drome event. Combine the world's smallest velodrome with some brave fixie riders, including Mongoose trials' phenom Chris Akrigg, and you have one hell of a good show.The world's smallest velodrome came to York Hall in the East End of London on Saturday, January 15 in the form of Red Bull Mini Drome. Check out all the fixed gear action from Bethnal Green here:
Check out the Red Bull website for photos and information on the event.
Looks like fun! How many of you are now drawing up plans for a mini velodrome in your garage?
Glad Akrigg won. Show them fixie bumming hipsters who's boss. (Yes I realise he was riding a fixie as well, just nice that an actual rider rather than a trendwhore won. Plus extra points for running one of them over)
why the hate on fixed gears? i hate hipsters just as much as any of you (i'm from portland so don't tell me your hipsters are worse than mine) but fixies can be amazing. i converted my varsity and it rides amazing and is the perfect bike for me right now. i really like how much more connected i feel with the bike and don't think i'll be changing it back any time soon.
just because you hate the riders doesn't mean you should hate the bikes
Should such an event ever happen the world, no wait... the universe would tear it self asunder and all that has existed, now exists, or will ever exist would be no more and will collapse in upon itself creating such a small dense speck of matter that it would explode in a fury of heat and matter creating a new universe.
Pretty sure this is how we came to be, someone suggested it in the previous universe, and look what happened. Now you've doomed us all. Thanks. Jerk.
Milo123, Danny refused to have a go, Ricky crompton offered him his bike but he didn't fancy it. Probly knackerd from all the ridinging he had been doing at the London Bike Show all weekend. Sweet event and Free Red Bull
I really don't understand a lot of people bashing other types of cycling. Most of the negative comments are from people that have probably never even ridden a fixed gear bike. This is not about how great fixed gear bikes are or how much cooler you are if you ride one it's just showing another facet of riding. I have all sorts of bikes in my collection, DH, AM, XC, DJ, cross, single speed, rigid, hard tail, fixed and even a unicycle and the best bike of them all is the one that I am riding at the time. Cycling to me is about having fun, it makes my daily commute bearable, it makes shuttle runs and bike parks amazing, it makes cresting the top of a technical climb invigorating and remote single-track blissful. Relax, enjoy the ride there's enough hate in the world already.
IMO i think the whole "hipster" stereo type needs to stop, like seriously, GROW UP. fixxie riding is quite fun and very good exercise. Over all great event, would love to compete in something similar myself, just need to get myself a fixxie
Surprisingly good event.I couldn't believe it when i saw Cunny,i wasn't too surprised to see the eventual winner Chris Akrigg,as he loves his fixies now.But another surprise was Danny Macaskill.Overall i enjoyed the blog,and the vid is top notch,i didn't think i'd like it but it was a fun and competative event.Real nice. Gary.
I have two fixed gears and a mtb. The mtb is for fun and the one fixed gear is for training/road rides and the 2nd fixed gear is a track bike that only sees the velodrome. Can tell you that it's harder than it looks. If redbull really wants to make this interesting, don't put this on a mini velodrome. Run it on a UCI regulation velodrome so that you actually get track racers. Run it via a bracket. The track racers on one bracket, non track racers on the other. The final would be the last remaining track racer vs the last remaining non track racer.
This event does make more sense than the Red Bull Crashed Ice event.
I noticed there is a lot of hipster bashing, and .... wait for it... this isn't going where you think it is..... I am going to ADD to it! But not in the immature way. Simply put, that one guy at about 1/3 of the way into the vid sums up WHY we hate hipsters SOO much. "It's really good for the fixed gear scene... you know it's like art and...". Why the f*ck must those people make it sound so GAY. If they just rode their bikes, and didn't have to make such an army of fools of themselves, we'd be fine with it. But its like that really Gay guy at a bar, that just HAS to let EVERYONE know hes gay.
One more thing. 90% of hipsters never ever gave a shit about bikes until it became trendy. They were busy being EMO in high school, and then the fashion changed, so they had to do something. I know, because a friend of mine, her boyfriend is a hardcore hipster. I was just talking with him, and like a few years ago, you can tell he was just some skater kid. Now, he's trying to tell me how great his Shimano group is on his bike, and trying to tell me why my gear ratios are all wrong on my bike. Yea, ok bud.... thanks "expert". I've been riding since I was 13, and a decade later I am going to have a scenester/hipster tell me what's what, because he's fashionable. And stop wearing deep v cut purple shirts. lol
I think Akrigg just likes Red Bull. He won their other odd ball event the Cobble Wobble...beating roadies, fixies, and other eccentrics. He won that one on his dirt jump bike sans brakes (not that you need brakes going up hill).
if i'm a hipster for riding my fixie along with my all-mountain bike, then f*ck it i guess im a hipster! I better start wearing cut off jeans and grow a beard so i can fit into all the other ridiculous stereotypes.
Red Bull will tap into anything that makes their product sell. Who needs Red when they just ride their fixie to look cool? I'm sorry but they got this elite athlete thing wrong with fixies this time. Like I said... Whatever sells... AKA Sell out.
MTB'ers shouldn't rip too much on trends, every year something new comes along that every rider needs or does, why do people tuck in their race jerseys, why are wide bars better, flourescent gear..etc, its because their favorite rider does it in an add or film
I dont like the full sized Velo-Dromes but i find this is amazing! i love how pinkbike did this beacuase i've never seen coverage on something like this, its just simply amazing. I'm wondering tho wat MacAskill would be like on a track bike tho.....
You are all as bad as the c*nt in town who rides a Kona Shred with an old pair of 888's (or them shitter drop offs)and tells me to get a real bike for riding a fixie round town. Even though I have ridden mountainbike for like 4 years I get shouted at by the mountainbiker bellends who think they are so rad for riding a heavy freeride bike around town and getting nowhere fast with the 2.5 tyres they are running.You are the hipsters!
no.... read the comment below you.... if you aren't one of the dbags who treats riding a fixie as a spiritual experience then make your fixie friends stop pretending it's artistic expression and MAYBE you will stop being laughed at for your totally badass skid.
Or maybe I have been riding fixed gear before it was cool? Maybe I think doing a hop barspin on my mountainbike is spiritual? You gunna bash me for being a park rider now?
no he has nothing to do with me at all. and I'm not prejudice. I just don't like you. So go put on a deep v-neck t shirt with an ironic statement on it and piss off.
You just contradicted yourself by following the typical hipster stereotype. Your just like every other mountain biker on this forum. I ride mountain bike first, do you not get that? I ride a bike which cranks do not stop spinning, just a few miles into College everyday to train for MTB, so don't tell me that I am a hipster when I will probably shut you down on a mountain bike too.
HAHAHA... Nothing is funnier than an angry hipster. Except men wearing womens jeans. That sh*t is hilarious. Thankfully you provide both. Sick NS sub though. You should ride that and light your fixie and skinny jeans on fire.
hahah it's all in fun.. if you have fun riding your fixie then do it up. It's just fun to jump in on the pinkbike sh*t talking every once in a while. But the NS is mint... wish I had one.
It's too bad some people will never understand to fell the zen in rideing a fix bike. Why is it some people who ride they ride for transportation. Then they get on a fix bike and next thing there so happy. Now I see these people rideing everyday, nite, long distances out of town. Some of these people swear they will never ride another bike again. I ride a fix bike too only because it fells right. Sorry for my rant.
Not hating here, see my comment further below...but perhaps THIS^^^ is why fixie riders don't get taken seriously. It's NOT a religious experience. It's a bicycle and it's fun, don't church it up and people wont laugh in your face. And this edges on MEAN here...but I didn't hate unicycles when only clowns rode them...it took some fools trying to hit drops on them for me to think they were f*cking retarded.
And learning how to spell "Feel" wouldn't hurt a fixies rep much either...
Oh sorry fail not like it matters just trying to be a little +++ I think by zen I was trying to say how everyaction u put into the bike there is a reaction of force and if ur not going with it then ur fuc7.
In my buddies yard we have the "dizzy drome" next to the pump track. It's dirt and about 6 feet deep with a wall ride, we could make a way better event on one of our drunk nights
More proof of how under-rated Chris Akrigg is. always been my favourite mtb'r and he never disappoints.
Lots of hipsters there but it still looked like an awesome night
im gonna go on a limb here and speak my mind... this is f*ckin dumb, taking wankers in cut off jeans, crank tats and gay beards to a new level. and it really makes me laugh that a fixie rider is gonna call mtb'ers gay, or moto rider gay... this whole thing has me perplexed. anyone who rides dirt, and jumps, and mountains gonna back me up here? im really looking forward to neg props by guys in cut off skinny jeans here. wankers...
Prob not bro...I'm a DHer and will be till I'm too old to pedal any longer...but all I can say is to each their own! I don't understand it, it's a whole different world to me...but they're not hurting me and they're obviously having a BLAST, which is more than I'm doing right now thanks to 3 feet of snow. I say good for em! That, and when someone like Akrigg digs it..it must be pretty awesome.
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I'm standing with you comrade. This fixie 'movement' is nothing more than wannabe trendy wanker misfits banding together in their own silly sub-culture club. When the club gets too big they will say it's not cool anymore and start riding bikes with no brakes, solid tyres and drop handle bars just so they can be cool again. I used to courier in London 20 yrs ago and rode bikes like these with chopped bars and fixed gear so I could beat the traffic. I used to have a shoulder bag and cap, and roll my drive side pants leg up so I didn't get oil on it. Makes me laugh to see these nobs dressing exactly like that for fashion and doing their cool trackstands in car parks. SHEEP
Holy shit, NASCAR for bicyles. Yet another worthless spectacle. Fixies are for idiots. Best part, just like NASCAR is the crashing. I will watch it again to see Red Beard the Pirate and all those Fixidiots sucking mat. Have fun, even the Special Olympics had to start small.
I'm surprised. I thought you'd be a 16 year old kid from the deep south with an attitude like that. I guess close-mindedness isn't something you outgrow.
Ya, I know right? Just like biking in general. What, no motor or you have to move to power the thing, that's so g*y. I'm sure motoracer432 knows g*y like the back of his hand.
Go forth g*y hater and spread the word that cyclist are now hating other cyclist do to the type of bike they ride!
oh my gosh your so right! I mean everyone knows that exercise is only reserved for guys who like other guys. The way i see it, the way i look when i'm in shape from riding must only attract men, which is bad. So ive avoided all exercise in general n ill tell ya, chicks dig the fat rolls!....(sarcasm)
its like saying how is DJ'ing or DH fun? its just people riding down mounds of dirt and down a hill over rocks, i wish people werent so closed minded to the genre of fixxed gear bikes, have a ride on one for a week and come talk to me, its like the BMX vs MTB raz, not worth the time every ones riding a bike.
not even dude^^ try again from from nascar, nascar u get every one with the same car(pretty much) to the same spec, this isnt even close, so if this is nascar than i guess regular velo-drom is nascar too?
Its almost as bad as racism! I go to any trail to dig on my fixie and some DH rider will come up to me and tell me to get a real bike or just generally shout abuse. FUCK YA'LL
IMO people need to grow up a little open their minds, there was a whole lot of resistance to dirt jumping and even down hill riding when they first started going big, mad respect for those who competed, and even more respect for those who deal with daily be-littlement because of riding a fixxie
I don't hate fixies. I just think people that ride them are wankers. Especially the ones who do track stands... oooooooh aren't I cool I'm doing a track stand in the middle of a car park and look at me putting my nuts on my stem and doing a big skid.
Last year I went to a velodrome to ride a fixie for a mate's birthday. I thought it was going to be seriously boring - turns out I was wrong! It's a lot of fun & a lot harder to hit the corners fast and hold the racing line than you would think.
i generally like bikes, but seriously look at that crowd, same way the football (version where u dont use hands but feet) players and fans look at david beckham. danny and chris are exceptions
EXACTLY. If all fixie riders didn't TRY to look like total fuktards, their beloved "sport" wouldn't be looked upon like clowns on unicycles. In fact...they put them in the same damn category.
just because you hate the riders doesn't mean you should hate the bikes
Gary.
This event does make more sense than the Red Bull Crashed Ice event.
One more thing. 90% of hipsters never ever gave a shit about bikes until it became trendy. They were busy being EMO in high school, and then the fashion changed, so they had to do something. I know, because a friend of mine, her boyfriend is a hardcore hipster. I was just talking with him, and like a few years ago, you can tell he was just some skater kid. Now, he's trying to tell me how great his Shimano group is on his bike, and trying to tell me why my gear ratios are all wrong on my bike. Yea, ok bud.... thanks "expert". I've been riding since I was 13, and a decade later I am going to have a scenester/hipster tell me what's what, because he's fashionable. And stop wearing deep v cut purple shirts. lol
That's my rant. Sorry.
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And this edges on MEAN here...but I didn't hate unicycles when only clowns rode them...it took some fools trying to hit drops on them for me to think they were f*cking retarded.
And learning how to spell "Feel" wouldn't hurt a fixies rep much either...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVmmYMwFj1I
i love danny macaskill
"Come to the Redbull minidrome.... held Sunday, January 1st at 6am......"
I'm sure motoracer432 knows g*y like the back of his hand.
Go forth g*y hater and spread the word that cyclist are now hating other cyclist do to the type of bike they ride!
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