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First fixie footage (and first 'BMX bar-spin', too)

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HI-RES LONG-PLAY VERSION HERE ON iTUNES: http://tinyurl.com/yrf278 Thomas Edison, the American inventor and businessman who developed key devices such as the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb, also worked on an early motion picture camera, the Kinetograph. More than 300 of his early films survive, starting with a camera test dated to 1891. This clip of a trick cyclst riding a fixed wheel bike was shot in 1899 by the Edison Manufacturing Co.. It's the earliest known footage of a fixie and the earliest footage of a BMX style bar spin, too. http://www.quickrelease.tv http://www.condorcycles.com

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Uploaded: June 7th, 2007 @ 4:57 pm
Author: carltonreid

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