[Closed] Have we done Parkour Riding?

I liked the bit where the roadies finished last.

Looks like a giggle!

Looks massively dull, or am I missing something? They rode down a multi-storey carpark, wow!

How is it "Parkour" if they arent jumping gaps, popping railings, gaps, etc?

Think you're missing something. That looks ace!

Is that 'thee' Pee Wee Hemming stacking it 😯 🙂

Yeah, I don't get it either. Why is it called Parkour

Hmmm,

giving it the title "Parkour riding" suggests all sorts of jumping across improbable gaps between rooftops and stairwells like what those Yoofs in hoodies do...

That event looks very much like riding down a multi storey car park which, TBH, is somewhat less impressive than it's title suggests...
Bit of Fluff for that there "Laaandahn Scene" innit, it has the smell of hipsters all over it...

FFS - when we used to do that on bikes in the 80's all that happened was someone called the cops.....
Now you get ya pic taken and it's "raaaaaad maaaannnn..."

I'm going to start calling my drive to work "motorised parkour"

to make it sound more urban cool than just "driving to work" 🙄

Don't roadists refer to the profile of a road stage/the surface as the parkour?

The inter-discipline aspect is very cool although as suggested the name is a bit naff. Also they should lose all the sponsor boards etc, and it should just be done in a normal car park; a bit like a cycling Fight Club.

[quote=eightyeight ]I liked the bit where the roadies finished last.

Likely to be hard for them to win given the nature of the course. The fact that Millar was 5th is probably a pretty good indication of how good a bike handler he is (and he was faster than both Manon Carpenter and Sam Pilgrim). Was always going to be a BMX or MTB that won

Also they should lose all the sponsor boards etc, and it should just be done in a normal car park; a bit like a cycling Fight Club.

Do it through a zoo and i'll watch.

Don't roadists refer to the profile of a road stage/the surface as the parkour?

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but its all french innit.

Can someone fill me in too with whatever I'm missing as it looks like riding around in a car park to me too.

Maybe it's been mis-spelt and should have actually been carparktour but someone missed the t out and the marketing people thought it sounded cooler

Oh and chopped off car at the start

Is that 'thee' Pee Wee Hemming stacking it

It is indeed and the guy pulling opposite lock to get round him is my mate who went on to finish 10th overall and fourth in the amateurs! He lost in the quarter finals to Liam Phillips by 0.8 seconds as well.

Can someone fill me in too with whatever I'm missing as it looks like riding around in a car park to me too.

It is exactly that plus it's a race, plus there are famous riders there and plus, and this is the key bit so please pay attention, everyone was having......FUN! Which is, after all, the whole point.

Life is hard enough as it is without voluntarily doing something you don't enjoy.

I attended Parkour Ride as a technican working for one of the sponsors and found the event very interesting because it was the first time anyone had put different types of bikes / riders together, let alone in an urban environment.

Met some good people, including Liam Phillips who spent some time in our pits getting his BMX dialled, and caught up with some old friends who were racing or helping out.

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They also attracted some good riders to the event including a good mix of BMX racers, fixed gear, roadies, 4x and MTB

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including the #1 BMX rider in the World and the #1 MTB DH women's champion, not every day you see them go head to head

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This was the "proof of concept" event (i.e. prototype) and it was felt to be successful gauging from the feedback from the riders, spectators and sponsors.

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The track was actually quite difficult to ride at high speed, bearing in mind it was lots of short sprints, flat / tight corners and obstacles dotted about. Numbers of crashes including one of the fixed gear riders going high side over the barriers on the roof

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Probably the best thing about the event was the great atmosphere, the riders told me they were somewhat cautious at first about the track but found it very good fun to ride, and the racing got very fast / aggressive as the event whittled down to the best riders

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Now, that makes more sense. Cool event!

While it's still a bit of a dodgy name I'm not going to pile a load of invective on it, it looks fun....
however

who spent some time in our pits getting his BMX dialled,

Put like that it's a good event/time out but to call it something it's not....

While I'm not sure it's what I call "parkour" (what with it lacking jumping off things and over walls) it certainly looks more fun in your post, esher_shore - the Guardian photos were just dull.

esher shore - Member
I attended Parkour Ride as a technican working for one of the sponsors and found the event very interesting because it was the first time anyone had put different types of bikes / riders together, let alone in an urban environment.

The Charge bike Frome cobble wobble?

and the hill climb sprints...

http://www.redbull.co.uk/cs/Satellite/en_UK/Event/Red-Bull-Hill-Chasers-2012-021243152090621

however, in a more bike handling perspective, then yes, I get what you mean.

Yeah that does look Much cooler now. Parkour died when Madonna used it in her
Music video.

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Forget it I'm an idiot and can't multitask

Put like that it's a good event/time out but to call it something it's not....

.......what?

It's not Parkour - nothing like it so it's calling it something it isn't.

Yes I think we get that 🙂

Don't roadists refer to the profile of a road stage/the surface as the parkour?

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Well to be fair, that is what "parkour" is derived from

It's not Parkour - nothing like it so it's calling it something it isn't.

Bit like 'mountain biking' for most folk then. 😀

Bit like 'mountain biking' for most folk then.

LMAO

Dyfi Enduro isn't an Enduro - it's still a great event, so WGAS?

@D0NK

I've never seen a bike rider so focused on chain tension as Liam Philips was during his setup.

Seems simple, but he said it needed to be 'just right' and judging from the number of times he set tension and then had to reset the axle position he knew exactly what he wanted.

He then moved onto the rear V-brake which he set up in his own manner.

He was running Chris king hubs, which I'd assume to be much more sensitive to chain tension into the driver, than the relatively crude driver/hubs most bmx use.

Part of the small details, I guess, which helps someone take the Uci bmx supercross #1 plate, and also #1 at an event like Parkour Ride.

As an aside, it was refreshing to see the 2 women (Manon carpenter and Anna Glowinski) kick butt at the event!

Looks kind of fun but intuitively it looks like someone on a road bike would never win.

Parkour ride -> its a pun innit!!

Eg - Park, or ride.

End of.

Aaahaaa, maybe. Anyway, whizzing around multi story car parks is good fun.

Somebody bump this thread of there's a race they're entering.