Another totally, totally awesome Danny Macaskill street trials biking video: Industrial Revolutions. The railroad tracks! The flip! The ROPE! Good god.

Remember that great parkour-on-a-bike video, Inspired Bicycles? Danny MacAskill us back with a new also-great video, Way Back Home.

Inspired Bicycles just vaulted onto my top five Parkour videos list. Having “bicycles” and “Parkour” together doesn’t seem right, but there’s really no better way to explain it. I wouldn’t have imagined some of that stuff was possible. Really great. (via waxy)

• Ross Enamait put up a compilation video. Every time I think I'm in shape, watching Ross reminds me how much more I could accomplish. Ross's videos always get me psyched for my next workout.
• On the lighter side, Average Athlete vs Olympic Athlete. Funny, but also really puts it into perspective. Those guys obviously aren't olympians, but they look pretty fit.
• Even lighter, the Tour de Donut. Mmmm... Donuts...

My wife found this browsing The Onion's back catalog (from last year, posted about a month after the tour concluded): Non-Doping Cyclists Finish Tour de France. Hysterical. I won't ruin it by posting any of the funny bits here, but wait until you get to quote that comes right AFTER this bit:

"It became most difficult for us on the 7th stage, which was almost 200 kilometers and the first stage through the mountains," Kvistik said while accepting the non-doping victor's 100-franc check from his stretcher.

On the serious side, today Mark Sisson reposted on his site his piece, Should We Allow Drugs in Sports? I linked to it before when it was hosted on Art De Vany's site, but it's worth the re-link. Whether you agree with the conclusions or not, it's a must-read. Very thought-provoking.

If I [a] lived in a city, [b] took public transportation, and [c] were shorter than 6'4", I'd be all over the A-Bike.

Wow, good link day. Drop what you're doing and read these three:

• The Year I Did Everything Right
• Physical Strategies: Don't Be A Sissy
• Why Pull-ups? by Ed Thompson

This is a bit outside my area of expertise, but holy cow, look at this guy handle his bike! (WMV, 488KB)