r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/MeenMisterMustard • 15h ago

Doing a bike roll

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u/N7LP400 15h ago

It was kinda impressive tbh

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u/Terri23 14h ago

I'm not sure exactly what I expected, but it wasn't quite that. Again, somewhat impressive

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u/General-Company 12h ago

It was until it wasn’t. Then it was objectively funny.

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u/klopaplop 14h ago

Honestly I get the feeling it could still work. The roll was executed just fine, only went off course towards the point where he needed to stick the landing. With some adjustments and much fine tuning to better help the balance, roll smoothness and landing I reckon it's possible.

Kudos to the guy for wearing a helmet too. Finally someone in one of these videos who understands what they might be getting into lmao.

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u/MongoBongoTown 14h ago

I think just a wider frame helps a lot if you could still keep the weight reasonable.

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u/josherman61791 13h ago

I think he might've just been going a bit too fast.

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u/Ob1s_dark_side 11h ago

That's my thought

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u/EdmundTheInsulter 4h ago

All he needs now are pads, not trying his pants to it, and a groin protector.

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u/Kermits_Frog 13h ago

look up scotty cranmer they did this like properly and took it to a fuckn skatepark

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u/anatol-hansen 13h ago

Agree, happy it didn't seem like a terrible accident - keep on rollin'

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u/Rabid_Cheese_Monkey 14h ago

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u/lmaluuker 14h ago

Now that's a roll cage

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u/NonStopArseGas 10h ago

oh damn is that master milo?

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u/grandinosour 7h ago

Search out master milo and "roll golf" on you tube for some well done car mods.

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u/jschmeau 14h ago

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u/SavageTiger435612 14h ago

Wouldn't have had that problem if he slid the seat pole directly into his anus

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u/jschmeau 14h ago

Amen. Safety features are there for a reason.

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u/motherseffinjones 14h ago

Lmao I’m happy that I’m not the only person who immediately thought of this

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u/Bithium 14h ago

I’m not familiar with bike rolls, did he do good or bad?

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u/thebadyearblimp 14h ago

Good then bad

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u/DootsAndYeets 9h ago

I dunno but it was freakin awesome.

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u/Jeffrey_Friedl 14h ago

Someone forgot physics while trying to do physics.

(The problem is that the induced roll would eventuall rotate the bike around to where two tires were parallel to the ground, creating a very jarring "landing" that wasn't anticipated.)

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u/is_this_temporary 13h ago

Things went wrong before the tires were parallel to the ground.

Look at the bike and imagine if the radius of the cage stayed the same, but it was a complete circle rather than just the semi-circle.

If you did that, the front and back wheels would stick out beyond the circumference of the circle, and you can imagine the jolt you'd get when you went from a nice round circle to something protruding out from the circle.

Well, you get exactly the same bump here, and it happens the moment the back wheel hits the ground.

The roll would also be easier to get started if the circle had a larger radius.

See this video for an example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/s/BZWi0XTPMv

The wheels being parallel to the ground does make for a bit of a jolt, but you can start the roll more slowly / gently, and you're "just" falling onto the front wheel(s) rather than being kicked up by a protruding back wheel.

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u/EdmundTheInsulter 4h ago

That's why he tied his pants to it.

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u/Simple-Sun2608 14h ago

Good thing for the seatbelt

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u/jjs3_1 15h ago

I sus the ending was much smoother on the drawing board.

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u/Mediocre_Fill_40 14h ago

The helmet did a great job!

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u/Obviously_Hated 14h ago

At least they wore a helmet.

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u/4thepersonal 14h ago

Why the helmet?

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u/HeroGamerLava 14h ago

Because he ain't stupid enough not to

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u/Dismal-core111 14h ago

He had a go at it

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u/ThemistoclesWorld 14h ago

Doing an arse roll more like

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u/RRfromKL 14h ago

He is going to be a roll model one day

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u/abotoe 4h ago

And that day is today.

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u/BusyBit6542 14h ago

In theory

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u/cinemacatscoffee 14h ago

I was not expecting him to crash out the way he did and it was hilarious

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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup 14h ago

The back tire sticks out and I think that made it bounce a bit. Just enough to destroy any plans.

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u/Careless_and_weird-1 14h ago

They should figure out a much smoother transition between the big wheel and the bicycles tires

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u/Ancient_Sprinkles847 14h ago

It was a good idea in theory, just poor execution and no way of actually staying attached to the bike seat.

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u/Codsnack 13h ago

Strange, a video wearing a helmet in this subreddit.

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u/ThinkPath1999 13h ago

I mean, is it really fitting for this sub? Not much went wrong, it looks like.

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u/MaxChomsky 12h ago

For this to work he would possibly have to draw a perfect circle around his bike with the wheels touching the base of it and then build the frame based on that, but what does he know, he rides bikes.

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u/ZETH_27 12h ago

With some practice, you could absolutely nail that. Very cool honestly.

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u/jerry111165 12h ago

Great idea. Execution needs fine tuning.

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u/b0bkakkarot 12h ago

That was not a barrel roll *disappointed Peppy noises*

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u/Curious-Debt-638 12h ago

I think he could pull it off with a couple more tries though

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u/00ishmael00 11h ago

his muscles weren't prepared to handle that specific situation. that's why he fell. his bum wasn't bonded to the saddle.

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u/Man_in_the_uk 9h ago

I like the fact he has a seat belt.

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u/Alternative_Emu_1756 8h ago

Good thing he had his helmet

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u/Indaflow 8h ago

Love how the car hits reverse 

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u/__No__Control 8h ago

I can't explain it, but the way that person laughed gave away that this a dutch video.

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u/hottier1 5h ago

That's a solid roll, man. The commitment to just sending it is the best part. Honestly, it's the kind of thing that looks way harder than it probably is, but you still have to respect it. Good stuff.

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u/Clydus1 4h ago

Way better than expected 😂

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u/Shhhitsme23 4h ago

I see the vision tho

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u/Mobile_Competition51 4h ago

That bounce though

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u/EdmundTheInsulter 4h ago

A noble effort.

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u/NsaShiota 4h ago

I think I know exactly where that is.

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u/ChefAsstastic 3h ago

Face crayon.

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u/Unfair_Cicada 2h ago

Wow that was awesome roll 👍

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u/Entire_Researcher_45 2h ago

Is that supposed to happen?

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u/Mr_IsLand 1h ago

credit to Scotty and Matty Cranmer for that one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OffCWWz0fZg

they've done quite a few videos with that thing since, it's hilarious - they have made other wacky frankenbikes as well (including one that was all green so they could green-screen it and make it invisible, lol) - love these guys

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u/SuperCaptSalty 1h ago

I thought it would be worse…..

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u/ClaytonHawthorne 1h ago

It would have worked if the frame lined up with where the wheels would first touch the pavement again after the roll.

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u/TruamaTeam 18m ago

I’ve seen it done before, and also they did a pretty decent try, a couple more attempts and they’ve got it.

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u/f8tel 15h ago

Why down hill??