Qashqai Urban Challenge Bike Tech at Decline mag

[oldbean]

Decline Magazine have got some interesting photos of a few bikes that are being used at the Qashqai Urban Challenge over in Europe. Featuring downtube mounted shifters and hydraulic gyros.

Check it™:

www.declinemagazine.com

(it's about the third story down, right after the giant airbag, also very cool)

[shenanigans]

their some pretty neat parts i must admit, im gunna do a ghetto job of that downtube shifter for sure.
the other stpries are good too, trond hansens bike is mint.
darrens dumped 3-0s never cease to amaze, one of the coolest looking stunts out... and hes an aussie! yeeeow

[stp rider]

thats sweet i didnt know you can get a giro with hydro brakes.

[Lemontime]

Some of those bikes are quite cool.

But on the topic of the giant Airbag:

Giant Airbags, just like tramp biking but more expensive..

[oldbean]

I'm sure it would be a lot more expensive than a foam pit, but I would think it would be more realistic thatn tramp biking. You ride an actual bike and hit an actual kicker so it's a lot closer to the real thing. My concern with the video is that it only shows guys landing their tricks. What about when someone uses it to try a backflip or front flip or 360 for the first time and it goes pear shaped? What's the landing like when you come downhead first instead of wheels first?