Aaron Gwin Riding Downhill World Cup with No Tire

June 17, 2014 by Steve Tilford 15 comments 1121 views

I wonder what brand of rim he is riding here? I can’t believe it didn’t collapse or he didn’t get that tire wrapped up in his rear wheel. This is the finals of the World Cup Downhill in Leogang, Austria. Pretty incredible bike handling. [ gwin

Comments (15)

The Cyclist

2014-06-17 07:09:48

This pretty much proves two things:

Where the front goes the rear follows (something I learned from old Sheldon).
DH is not real cycling (something I always suspected). Quite amazing anyway, but can’t help myself wondering how it would work out for him going the other way with no rear tyre i.e. up the hill. Two meters, three maybe?

Zach

2014-06-17 07:39:40

Awww, man, downhilling is real cycling. It’s a bike with a cyclist on it, right? That was impressive stuff ––– he descended faster with a major handicap than I would have descended if I had a full working rig.

dapper dan

2014-06-17 08:41:50

Just because you don’t like DH to say it isn’t real is ignorant. Alot of the people involved in cycling came from motocross backgrounds, but that’s not real either?

donkybhoy

2014-06-17 09:15:50

DT Swiss sponsor Aaron.

Evan

2014-06-17 10:36:55

The rim seemed to hold up amazingly well to that punishment: Photo of Aaron’s rear wheel

Mark

2014-06-17 10:56:15

He went faster on the rim than anybody reading this could with a tire.

euro

2014-06-17 11:28:19

I always suspected tires were overrated…

The Cyclist

2014-06-17 11:35:43 In reply to dapper dan

Yes sir, motocross is defnitely not real cycling. Motocross is very loud and quite annoying. Very annoying actually.

timm

2014-06-17 11:38:10

Bad Ass

Linda

2014-06-17 11:39:58

Clearly, tire choice is irrelevant.

Calvin Jones

2014-06-17 11:52:59

Tubeless failure. Would be interesting to see it 3-4 seconds before the failure. Burped? Bead failure? Gravity waves? Maybe the new DH tubulars featuring 1 pint of glue per rim would have helped- - - only half a joke.

The Cyclist

2014-06-17 13:30:43 In reply to The Cyclist

Cycling is man powered. DH is gravty powered. Not the same. However, I’m all for bike races down paved mountains in the Alps or similar where cyclists would have to sprint between the switchbacks. That would be real down hill racing and extremely exciting to watch. Try doing that on a bare rim and then we can talk about bike handling skills.

E Peogh

2014-06-17 14:40:02

Sad to see “MONSTER” has invaded bike racing. I thought this was reserved for MONSTER trucks. Uggghhhh.

Scott

2014-06-18 00:02:25

If u watch the video it look like it is burped. It comes off right after a hard turn. Scott

Francisco Mancebo

2014-06-18 07:45:06 In reply to The Cyclist

The Emir and I enjoy riding our mx bikes all the time. Picked up a KTM 150 last year, that thing is a blast Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!