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Old 11-25-2012, 10:12 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Those guys are soo good! Amazing talent!!
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Old 11-25-2012, 11:28 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Loved the video. I can't remember breathing while watching it.


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Old 11-25-2012, 12:07 PM   #13 (permalink)
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The one shot of the guy on one wheel, going downhill on a corner at 3:48! Holy F---!
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Old 11-25-2012, 12:18 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Those guys are amazing! I think perhaps the question should be "how fast are you capable of going and remain in control"?
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Old 11-25-2012, 04:32 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Well, capable is a bit subjective, easy to overestimate Maybe daring would be a better way to put it?

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Well, capable is a bit subjective, easy to overestimate Maybe daring would be a better way to put it?
Well, I certainly know and freely admit that I'm not capable, i.e. I do not have the skills, of riding like that.
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That Macau circuit is a concrete and armco tunnel of death.

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Old 11-26-2012, 03:02 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Hope this works it a few years old but amazing pic of Steve Plater at Macau
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Hope this works it a few years old but amazing pic of Steve Plater at Macau
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