Awesome Bicycling

It’s crazy enough to jump a bicycle through a single moving truck. Red Bull mountain biker Matt Jones attempted the stunt with two trucks moving in opposite directions. Matt was towed up to speed by a car, and a duo of Scania autonomous trucks ensured precise timing. The difference between success and failure? Less than a one-second gap.

People climb the stairs to the Eiffel Tower’s observation deck on foot every day. But we’ve never seen anyone do it on a bicycle before now. World champion trials rider Aurelien Fontenoy hopped his mountain bike up 686 stairs to set a new world record, completing his intense leg workout in just 12 minutes and 30 seconds.

This first-person survival game sees players riding a bicycle through a mysterious and foggy landscape. As you try to escape the horrors on the road ahead, you must keep pedaling to charge your phone’s battery and decode messages to help lead you to safety. Coming soon to Windows PCs. Add it to your Steam wishlist now.

Never worry about nighttime visibility on your bike again. Bright Eyes‘ headlight cranks out 1600 lumens on its high setting. Thanks to an external battery pack, it can run from 4 to 16 hours depending on brightness level. It fits all bike handlebars, and comes with a diffuser lens and a free LED taillight.

Keep your mountain bike in tip-top shape with this compact tool kit. Its pair of Fix It Sticks combine to form a T-handle driver and include 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, and 6mm hex, T-25, and P2 bits. The steel alloy handles also attach to the included tire levers and chain breaker tool. The set includes a lightweight carrying case.

Felipe Vergara knows how to boss around a mountain bike. In this thrilling POV reel he descends a bone-rattling series of steps in Chile that would send less-skilled riders tumbling to the bottom. It’s not as graceful as Fabio Wibmer’s downstairs technique but Felipe had to conquer many more twists and turns.

Iñigo Arroyo is a master of BMX flatland freestyle and a professional circus performer. In this short clip, he shows off a neat stunt where he removes the front wheel of his bicycle while riding, continues to balance on it as a unicycle, and then reattaches the wheel. Watch this longer video for more of Iñigo’s balancing badassery.

The Fumpa Pump is a tiny air compressor for inflating bicycle tires. It outputs up to 120 psi and recharges through a micro USB port. The Fumpa fills up to six tires per charge. The space-saving miniFumpa can fill two tires per charge, while the nanoFumpa does one or two tires up to 110 psi. All three are compatible with Schrader, Presta, and Dunlop valves.

When approaching a staircase with your bicycle, it’s best to dismount and walk it down. That is unless you know what you’re doing like freestyle cyclist Fabio Wibmer, who makes it look easy. And he did it backward while balancing on the front wheel. Or, you could just skip over the entire staircase.

The fastest we’ve ever ridden a bicycle was about 35 mph downhill and that was sketchy. But cyclist Brian “Safa” Wagner has a need for speed, and he shared this video of a ride from the mountains into the desert during which he hit speeds up to 65 mph. The crazy thing is the world record is 184 mph – with the help of a dragster.

Freestyle BMX rider Mike “Hucker” Clark shows off his balance by riding around a skate park standing on a bike’s handlebars. Redditor Bengcord3 provided the perfect description for the video: “I’ve never seen someone so talented do something so difficult while looking like an absolute amateur at that thing the entire time.”

The hand-drawn design on Ostroy’s streetwear/cycling jersey hybrid Resort Shirt celebrates pioneers of black cycling including Kitty Knox, Justin Williams, and Nelson Vails. A small back pocket fits an energy bar or phone. All proceeds go to Ride Up Grades to help buy and rebuild bikes for underserved young people.

Bicycle masters Danny MacAskill and Kriss Kyle show off their incredible control, balance, and fearlessness in this short film for helmet maker Endura. Between the epic BMX wall rides and balancing the trials bike on a chain, we can’t decide what trick was the most impressive.

Freestyle BMX athlete Kriss Kyle demonstrates his skills on a trippy indoor course formed from sharply contrasting ramps, moving platforms, and optical illusions galore. Be sure to check out the behind the scenes video to see how they put it all together.

RydeSafe’s iron-on dots are designed to improve visibility and safety when riding your bike at night. they’re made using microscopic glass beads that concentrate and reflect light, and come in a variety of shapes, so you can make whatever pattern you’d like on your clothing. also makes reflective stick-ons for your bike.

Riding a bicycle usually involves sitting down. Sure there’s the occasional standing pedal for extra power, but lying face down is definitely not a normal position. That’s not the case for rider Michael Guerra who shows how this daredevil position can dramatically reduce wind resistance, speeding him past other cyclists.