Videos: Dogs vs. cyclist, motordoping kids + a tandem MTB

In today's bumper video round-up we're bringing you a selection of scary, funny, and impressive cycling videos for you to devour on a Friday afternoon.

Starting in Greece (we think) a cyclist is confronted by a pack of very aggressive dogs while out on a wilderness ride. Our frightened Greek is followed by a pair of internet yoga bloggers with one of the most impressive pre-ride warm-ups we've ever seen.

Then we have a man wheelie-ing a cargo bike, a kid rather impressively using a drill to power his bike, and a couple racing down a mountain bike track on a tandem.

Our last four videos feature a police officer in Michigan, USA, giving a cyclist a ticket for riding in the road, a great GoPro POV compilation of an urban cyclist riding around NYC, a stunning documentary about the Six Day London track cycling event, and a highlights package from the Tokyo Cyclocross championships.

A pack of angry dogs vs a cyclist

This is terrifying. Can you imagine a leisurly seaside bike ride being interrupted by what looks like an ambush by a very angry pack of dogs?

We're torn here at road.cc. Half of us are saying we'd have just stepped on it and tried to out-ride the dogs, while the other half are saying that the cyclist did the right thing.

What if the dogs had actually been wild, though? What if the owners hadn't shown up? Would this video have ever made it onto our screens?

Have you been warming-up properly?

 

#YoGoGirls takeover: #DynamicStretching. Does anyone else jump—and hang, and flip—at every chance to ride? This is how we like to get ready. How about you? What are your pre-ride rituals? Video, words by @yogogirls music by @connor_faust #BicyclingMag

A video posted by Bicycling Magazine (@bicyclingmag) on Feb 17, 2016 at 8:59am PST

To answer that question simply, no apparently not. At least if this is the way you're supposed to warm up.

These women are internet blog extraordinairres the YoGoGirls. The write and film videos of yoga for cyclists, yoga for everyone, as well as lifestyle bits and bobs.

You can check out their website, here.

On second thoughts, I can't actually talk for everyone in the road.cc office on the not-warming-up-properly front, after all, our editor in chief Tony Farrelly is a dab hand on the yoga mat:

- Watch: road.cc's yoga for cyclists episode 1

Sticking a cargo bike wheelie

 

mc manual... @bebobert i think this guy can do a worldrecord on the backwheel #cargobike #omniumisthenewtrack #omniumcargo #wheelie #manual #velokurierbern #messlife #messbike #wheelieking #cargo #ballern @omniumcargo @keirinberlin @rrdblocks

A video posted by Mario Bedovelo (@mariolovevelo) on Feb 13, 2016 at 6:25am PST

There are a fair few of us in road.cc Towers who never fully mastered the art of the wheelie. There's something rather ominous about trying to teach yourself something like this in your fully grown adult body.

This guy looks like he mastered the art as a youngster and has now moved on to bigger and better things. Specifically, wheelie-ing cargo bikes.

We're very impressed.

A kid teaches us to motordope using a drill

Now, with all the hoo-haa flying around about motordoping recently, we've been surprised by the number of ingenious methods of using electric appliances to power bicycles that have cropped up in video format.

Here, young Danish YouTuber Kim Henriksen, shows us how to power a bicycle with an electric drill, and it's by no means an easy feat.

We're thoroughly impressed with this fella's engineering chops, we wonder if his Dad signed off on this specific use of the drill, though.

Tandem mountain biking 

Here's another video that's sparked debate in the road.cc office. Most of us are siding with the, no way would we even attempt that train of thought.

The levels of skill and trust that are on show here are pretty astounding.

US police officer tickets a cyclist for riding in the road

Here's an odd one. A group of cyclists riding on the outside of the road, one of the cyclists overtakes another and a police office pulls them over and tickets the cyclist who crossed the line on the hard shoulder.

None of that is technically illegal, even in the USA, yet the cop still issued a ticket along with the line: "You were in the roadway, you were to the left of the white line. You can argue that with the judge."

And argue with a judge the cyclist did. You can read more about this story here, but the short of it is - the police officer was wrong (surprise) and the judge dismissed the ticket.

Great GoPro NYC compilation

Another video from the States here. This one's a lot more cheery, though.

Simply put, this is a beautiful, well edited, compilation of GoPro shots from the streets of New York City.

Nothing particularly groundbreaking here, but it's a nice watch.

Mullholland Drive

We're elongating our stay across the pond with this moody video of a cyclist bombing down the famous Mullholland Drive.

Wearing all black, carrying no lights, without a helmet, flying round bends on the wrong side of the road, this video is a beautiful little snapshot of the roads around Los Angeles.

Given the fame of the road, this isn't the first time it's featured on road.cc. We covered a spectacular piece of video back in 2013 in which a British cyclist was rear-ended by a motorcyclist.

No bones were broken, somehow.

- Watch: British cyclist rear-ended on Mullholland Drive

Stunning Six Days London documentary

Six Days London is an elite level track event mixed with a massive six day-long party. What's not to love?

This beautiful documentary covers cycling team Maloja Pushbikers' journey to the Six Days London event back in October.

Cyclocross Tokyo highlights

Finally, check out all the action from Tokyo's Cyclocross championships.

Everything you'd expect from a cyclocross highlights package features here. A drum and base soundtrack, cowbells galore, mud, crashes, loads of sweat, and a few smiles too.