Who needs mechanics? Tom Van Asbroeck and Christophe Laporte take matters into their own hands during a very wet and muddy Paris Roubaix 2021!
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KOMMENTARE
Dawoud Abdul Aziz
Next year I'm hoping to see someone changing their front tyre while doing a wheelie.
Vor 6 Monateregimiro
Saw a video years ago of a guy doing that on a motorcyle.
Vor 2 MonateChain Jail
There's video from Arab, they changing the tyre while doing wheelie in a car 😹
Vor 4 MonateSecco De Angelis
2
Vor 4 MonateCalad A
Sagan will do it..while bunny hop.lol
Vor 5 Monate정지미
This made me laugh so hard 🤣 😂 😆 😄
Vor 6 Monatekholil kira
DIY maintenance. Great, can't wait F1 do this
Vor 4 MonateJack Humphrey
P-R was so exciting, hope this next one will be too!
Vor 5 MonateMarcelo Becerra
La Roubaix, a veces parece un reality show de supervivencia ciclista. 💪🏆🚴♂️👏
Vor 2 MonateBjorn Baron
Flintstone braking technique, love it.
Vor 6 MonateGalaxyy - Rust
He wasn’t braking aha, cleaning all the mud off his tire
Vor MonatKotya sapog
Подтягивать на ходу руль конечно опасно, но не подтягивать ещё опаснее. Да и когда тормоза не справляются, тормозить ногой приемлимо
Vor 4 MonateMarcelo Becerra
No importa que se gaste la suela de un costoso calzado, después compramos otro par😄🚴♂️💪
Vor 2 MonateJake Underhill
Headset cap is preload only, won't do a thing without loosening stem bolts 😬
Vor 4 Monatemariovazquezgarcia99@gmail.com vazquez
Estas gentes están hecho de otra pasta, sobrepasa lo deportivo, bravo por ellos,👋🇪🇦
Vor 5 MonateMarcelo Becerra
Si, super atletas y con ingenio también, para seguir compitiendo 💪💙🏆🚴♂️
Vor 2 MonateErsin Kecis
Bizim 40 sene önce çocuklukta yaptığımız şeyler bunlar. Büyük icat değil yani. 😄
Vor 4 MonateSmooth Films
The guy with his foot on the wheel isn’t braking, he is cleaning the wheel for the cobbled section
Vor 5 MonateMadridista4ever
@Yannick Sluyts In theory you aren’t supposed to brake a lot during a bike races. But this is Paris Roubaix. This bike race is known for destroying bikes when racing through the cobbles.
Vor MonatMega Hoschi
@durianrider you do it with your hand and your do it AFTER cobbles/gravel/whatever dirt you went through. Stop trolling ffs.
Vor 2 MonateYannick Sluyts
@Madridista4ever I don't think that the brakes overheat in a race where the goal is to brake as little as possible. It wasn't a mountain stage.
Vor 4 MonateMadridista4ever
Correct answer is actually brake fade from overheated disk brake calipers.
Vor 4 MonateYannick Sluyts
@durianrider did you already to use a bottle for that ? does it work? Genuinely curious
Vor 4 MonateAlistair Milner
Never seen anything so stupid in my life, do up your handlebar stem before the race and read the road as regards breaking. Does anybody know if disc breaks actually exert more stopping force than standard brakes, the cable operated ones on my X bike are not as good as normal brakes but I guess the benefit is mud doesn't clog around brakes .
Vor 5 MonateMM
I’d did that same breaking when I was 8 years old on janky ass bike with no brakes.
Vor 4 MonateNicolas Mattelin
bet that's more than the recommended torque
Vor 6 Monatepanzerveps
Nah. You tighten until you hear it click in the wrist (elbow if over 20Nm, shoulder if over 100).
Vor 6 MonateDavid Lake
Junior Team mechanic: (prior to the race) "Do you really need these brakes? You know they only slow you down." Team rider (nods head enthusiastically) "I'd never thought of it like that. My God, you're right? Take them off. Take them all off!!" Team rider (radios team car during race). "I'm descending on a wet surface AT SPEED. Any thoughts...?"
Vor 6 Monate214 Kai
Foot In the back wheel
Vor 5 MonatePatrick Watters
Taking the play out of the front fork bearing.
Vor 5 MonateEflo
Idk how these guys have so many problems, i can hammer on mg mtb for a whole season and have zero issues.
Vor 4 MonateThe Hazzy
They hammer in one run as much as you in whole season :V
Vor 4 MonateJerome navarro
here in ph i thought that was the proper way of braking 😂
Vor MonatAlex Kastano
i was foot braking like that in 80's fix gear rules!
Vor 4 MonateSHS Studio
Braking with your foot is not that suprising , bmx riders (as my self) brake that way everyday🤣
Vor 4 MonateTom Stricklin
I was doing this in the ‘60’s, on a bike way to big for me
Vor 5 MonateDmitry Panasyuk
Было такое. И колесо заднее на ходу техничка меняла)
Vor 4 MonateGold Orak
What’s amazing? Every kid were breaking like this …
Vor 5 Monateiron İronman
Really ,respect 👍👍👍
Vor 4 MonateKeiran Marley
If you're having headset issues like this in a race, fire the mech
Vor 4 MonateD D
I consumed all the sole of my shoe 👟 to brake that way. I will stick my feet on the front wheel behind the fork though
Vor 4 MonateJoshua Toney
Mate this is the sorta thing I do like my chain came off my road bike while doing about 30mph and I managed to put it back on without stopping
Vor 4 MonateHGP
In indonesia, kids with cheap bikes usually doing that (brake) using sandals early 90s till now
Vor 5 MonateFernando
itu yg pertama lagi kencengin baut L ya ?
Vor 4 Monatebramasta budi
Indo banget boskuh
Vor 4 MonateSándor Börcsök
Either manual or foot break.
Vor 5 MonateSean Lawman
I guess brakes are extra weight
Vor 6 MonateSloth and Turtle
Manual foot breaking should be called footy foot breaking
Vor 5 Monatesskuchha
how nostalgic when i was a kid, using a thick twig and tie it under the seat to use it as a break
Vor 4 MonateElvis der Blasehase
The downsides of cabelintegrated cockpits and discbrakes
Vor 5 MonateMiku Ramsay
Nevermind, I looked up the foot braking video, and it's just the guy trying to clear the mud from his tyres, so it wasn't brake related at all.
Vor 5 MonateMiku Ramsay
That implies that intergrated cockpits get loose faster, which isn't true. Chances are, frame has a defect or the mechanic didn't tighten the headset properly. Disc brakes however... I feel like disc brakes for road bikes are just going the wrong direction. Tiny rotors and everything is made to be lighter, plastic everywhere... It just doesn't seem to last as long as its mountain biking counterpart. But, in this video, I have a feeling that it was just a bad brake bleed.
Vor 5 MonateStatic FPV
Do it on a mountain bike and ill be impressed
Vor 5 MonateSteve K
Ghetto style is foot on front tire, with passenger on handlebar.
Vor 5 MonateChris Hansen
Foot braking is now banned by the uci
Vor 6 Monateihzbc
I just can't wait for the day when uci will ban uci 🤯 will be the best day of my life 😍
Vor 5 Monateihzbc
😭😭😭😭
Vor 5 MonateYuSaBi
bunu çocukken bende yapıyordum, lastikten bi ayakkabı vardı ayağımda ve yirtiliyordu bu yüzden...
Vor 4 MonateMyMuskus
У меня в детстве тоже велик на ходу разваливался
Vor 4 MonateSergey Baratov
Liked the black RS6 there
Vor 4 MonateSantinohYT
Good emergency brake but this is how BMX or other bike brake in Philippines
Vor 5 MonateBernard
Foot brake is just a normal things for fixed gear haha…
Vor 2 MonateKyle Jimenez
I think thats mud clearing
Vor MonatEthan Carter
fixed gear way of breaking, fastest way to ruin a pair of shoes you like
Vor 2 Monatelifeline antidote
Sound brake ,no pad on rear....okok i stop feed on rear wheel😆
Vor 2 MonateShellshell MCLAUGHLIN
Quick way to end a pair of kicks..
Vor 5 MonateHim Bike
If u ride your bike 10hrs a day 300 days a year
Vor 5 Monatesl33py
Did this and bought a new a shoe when I was a kid
Vor 4 MonateA Pras Wi
Gua dulu jaman sd kayak gitu make sendal njirr....sampek sendal gua tipis🤣
Vor 4 MonateAndrei Prosvirin
Приятно ехать с песком в трусах ? Почему нельзя щиток поставить !
Vor 4 MonateСергей Некипелов
Потому что это лишний вес
Vor 4 Monateюрий савицкий
И что делает usb разъем и кусок шнура на этом велике ?
Vor 4 MonateYouくそ
BMX riders be like 👟+🚲= new shoes every month
Vor 4 Monate베트남 쌀국수
Wow....
Vor 5 MonateВалентин Макаренко
Перемога вона така...
Vor 4 MonatexFzVD-
Wow
Vor 4 MonateNounours Raleur
Big boss
Vor 4 MonatePepepoopoo
10k bike yet your stem comes loose? Lol ok fruit
Vor 4 MonateMcFutrzak !
I to są rowery za grube pieniądze
Vor 4 MonateJaycee Garcia
Nahh we always use that here in the Philippines.
Vor 5 MonateJaycee Garcia
And it's our old trick to stop the biker
Vor 5 MonateИван
Фиксатор резьбы есть жк
Vor 4 MonateMyself production
Nothing is better than riding those bikes on bumpy road
Vor 4 Monatejohan Christian William
Welcome to the father in heaven and earth to the family
Vor 5 MonateTony,s world
It's a useless sport and they think they own the road
Vor 4 MonateTalon Hayes
certified WACK
Vor 5 MonateDA RK
مساكين الأجانب تعالو شوفو ايش نسوي قسم يشيب راسكم
Vor 4 MonateEbonymercury
Little known fact is that brown stain on the riders is actually poop. They don't take breaks as this would cost precious time. They wear special pants to vacate the stool as it remaining in their pants for the duration of the race would cause irritation.
Vor 4 MonateExiondo
you seem to be into scatology
Vor MonatLiLBiRdY
Are they using wireless systems? Don't see any brake and shifter cables
Vor 5 MonateMiku Ramsay
Nope, cables are inside the bars and headtube, it's a pain in the ass to set up but, I guess it looks nice to some people.
Vor 5 MonateMARTY KO
wtf..?
Vor 2 MonateTracklocrossYEG
Cause disc brakes work, right? RIGHT?
Vor 5 Monatedurianrider
When you use disc brakes because your sponsor said to but your pads wear out so fast you have to use your shoes. To all the people who think he is cleaning the tire...that is what a bottle is for. Why damage shoes and your tire when you can just use a bottle you are going to throw out anyways?
Vor 5 MonateExiondo
he's pretty obviously cleaning his tyre of mud fam, it's a faster than using a bottle and only causes a negligible amount of wear on ur shoes/tyres. he's not braking look at his foot position, if he was braking he'd be using his foot arch and pressing down hard, not lightly using the heel of his shoe to brush mud off
Vor MonatRandom dude
Many marriage scene also
Vor 5 MonateNight Knight
PB SWISS
Vor 4 Monatedoggin6
So what?
Vor 4 MonateBryce89 X
How is that diy?👎👎
Vor 4 MonateOssama Maazouz
Fake .
Vor 4 Monate