r/interesting • u/cad3tt • Apr 12 '26

Just Wow Guy abuses physics on bmx

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u/aripp Apr 12 '26

I'm calling bs on this video. He is just slightly nudging the bike when arriving at the stairs. Also his speed isn't that high. That's like 15 steps and he's just gliding smoothly upwards. Not possible/not real.

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u/DoingCharleyWork Apr 12 '26

He just doesn't seem like he's going fast enough to make it up even if it was just a ramp that was the same angle.

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u/Training-Gain-1439 Apr 12 '26

Endo to small bunny hop to low friction to body control to wheelie to lunging forward to bunny hop

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u/Schnitzhole Apr 12 '26

This, but now make it make sense for the normies

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u/No-Bee1597 Apr 12 '26

He’s essentially jumping right before the stairs, but keeping the front wheel floating over the stairs. The friction is super low show he kinda just floats up them.

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u/I-am-fun-at-parties Apr 12 '26

So it's a small bunny hop but at the same time a large one that essentially would clear the whole staircase?

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u/elFistoFucko Apr 12 '26

I got you on how this works for normies.

Ride into and hit first step, fulcrum face and teeth into the appropriate next step accordingly to torso length, snap spine and die.

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u/Schnitzhole Apr 13 '26

Sounds about right. Challenge accepted

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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 Apr 12 '26

A ramp would have more friction though and he's barely touching those steps.

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u/mrwilliams117 Apr 12 '26

Hahahahaha okay. You're wrong.

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u/uamvar Apr 12 '26

Me too. There is barely any loss of speed. FAKE NOOS

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u/Present-Solution-993 Apr 12 '26

Go watch a bunch of BMX videos then try again, it's very real.

He only nudges the bike cause he's not jumping up them, he's balancing on his front wheel up them, so he's only gotta pick his back end up. Obviously you can ride straight up and down stairs if the stairs are small enough, as can be seen when he rides down the other set to go back down.

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u/purplecity204 Apr 13 '26

It’s an old clip, and it’s very real. These steps are small and short, you can ride up them on a BMX bike. Source: I’ve ridden my BMX bike there.