....of steel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE8o4sVLRBc

Why doesnt the front wheel go round?

I saw that a similar comments on youtube, but it does if you look carefully, its just the old 'spoke spinning backwards' trick that is to do with framerate/hz and other things I dont really know about!
Best place to see it is at the very end as he comes to a stop.
Besides, look at the shadows on his helmet, the sycncrocity of the bumps, movement. If it was a special effect and they had gone to all that trouble to make it look that real, i think they could have faked the tyre moving more obviously too!
And you can check the other vids of his too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coLT20dtB_s&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

[Edited on 23/1/12 by loggyboy]

In a similar vein... it's mountain bikes,but just as scary!

Bikes in Austria

That is indeed scary stuff!

Remins of this thread: http://locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=150513