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The eight mile wheelie...

stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
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Colorado
How did he start with no jacket, then have one on at the end? Did he stop and take breaks? was the wheel up the whole time?
 

trib

not worthy of a Rux.
Jun 22, 2009
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Odd choice of bike for wheelies as well...good effort to him though i'm sure it will look great on his CV
 

- seb

Turbo Monkey
Apr 10, 2002
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UK
How did he start with no jacket, then have one on at the end? Did he stop and take breaks? was the wheel up the whole time?
I'm sure it was proper non-stop with no breaks. But if you've ever done a photoshoot you'll know what you see is rarely what you get, i.e. we may not have seen the actual start or finish.

In fact, watching again, the start clearly isn't the real start, he wouldn't have a cameraman so close to him in the actual attempt.
 

Scrub

Turbo Monkey
Feb 4, 2003
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NOR CAL, Sac/CoCo County
I'm almost positive that a wheelie record had been done before and it was outside at a running track around a football field, which would make it harder with the elements of weather/wind. I'd google it but i'm too lazy like this kid to look up info like that.