Road Bike Party 2 - Epic Freestyle With Martyn Ashton
Why Bicycles Stack Exchange recommends it
Bicycles Stack Exchange users link it as a vivid demonstration that road bikes and their frames and wheels can take far more abuse than people assume, especially in questions comparing road and mountain bikes.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2014 to 2021.
What it is
Road Bike Party 2 is a six-minute freestyle film in which trials rider Martyn Ashton, with Danny MacAskill and Chris Akrigg, performs jumps, drops and tricks on a Colnago C59 Disc road bike. It was made by Global Cycling Network and directed by Robin Kitchin, and was completed after Ashton's accident left him paralysed from the waist down.
Cited in 3 Wikipedia articles, including Danny MacAskill, Hope Technology, Martyn Ashton.
What people said
Recommends Andrew C · 2014-11 · Bicycles Stack Exchange · on “What are the practical limitations of a road bike compared to a mountain bike?”
This video is exactly what I wanted to see. The kind of jump at 0:56 ( [this video] ) is what I wouldn't have thought most road bikes would be able to handle. Could an aluminum frame handle that much force? I'm guessing it's a carbon fiber frame?
Recommends Kibbee · 2016-05 · Bicycles Stack Exchange · on “can I use my road bike off road?”
Road bikes can definitely handle offroad conditions. A good example is the Paris-Roubaix [LINK] race. In this race there are a lot of roads built out of old cobble stones. Often riders will ride of the side of the cobbled sections which is basically hard packed dirt (or mud, depending on the weather). There are also sections in the mountains on the Giro D'Italia that use gravel roads. And if you're still worried about what your road bike can do, check out this video [this video] .
Cites paparazzo · 2014-10 · Bicycles Stack Exchange · on “What are the practical limitations of a road bike compared to a mountain bike?”
Road bike will bang / jump - what ever you want to call it MartynRoadBikes2 [this video] Frames and wheels are just as strong Road Bike Party 2 - The Making Of Martyn Ashton's Colnago C59 Disc [LINK] On tires you lose the flotation and traction of a bigger tire. And a smaller tires is more susceptible to pinch flats. You have to be careful with a 25mm tire but as you can see in the video they push it pretty hard. But for commute I would recommend a cyclocross and and put touring tires on it.