If it were not filmed, nobody would believe │ Short Documentary
Writing & Editing:
Hamza Boutasmit
Voice Over:
Christopher Harvey
Music:
EpidemicSound: share.epidemicsound.com/60gwd5
The study mentioned in this video:
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Summary:
A lot of people think cycling is boring, but it can sometimes give us crazy, unexpected, funny, and some of the greatest sports moments.
-Dan McLay gave us one of the most epic cycling moments when he out-sprinted everybody. Although it wasn’t at a tour de France stage, but rather a small one-day race in France, but the whole world saw it as it went viral. It was one of the craziest sports moments of 2016.
-Also in 2016, Dafne Fixed used the “superman” position to overtake his colleagues on a descent in Italy. He did it on a fixed bicycle.
-This is a crash that you will never see in crash compilation, because there is no video footage of it, and the only thing we have is a still image. In a 2016 Tour de France stage, French rider Julian Alaphilippe was hit by a strong wind gust that lifted him and his bike in the air and threw him against the rocks. Unbelievably, he was able to continue his tour de France with no signs of a crash. This crazy moment reminds us of how dangerous wind can be in a bike race.
-Road bike riders are not known for being good bike handlers, but there are exceptions. Peter Sagan gave us some of the most memorable sports moments, including when he saved himself from imminent crashes. These examples show why is a special bike rider.
-At a 2017 Tour de France stage, we had one of the closest finish margin ever. There is also a strange phenomena can be seen in every photo-finish.
-In the 2002 Tour Down Under. One of the best sports moments took place, when Michael Rogers borrowed a road bike from a fan to win the tour. It was a crazy coincidence that never happened before in pro cycling.
-Most people that were watching the race live didn’t notice what exactly happened to Mark Cavendish’s wheel in this crazy crash in 2010. After the race, this photo was circulating among global cycling networks, and it shows the moment before the disaster.
I tried to make a short documentary about 7 of the most mind-blowing moments in cycling. Leave your suggestions for part 2 👇. Hit Like 👍 & Subscribe 🔔 if you enjoyed this video.
Fantastic video, as always. Thanks!!
Very interesting video
Very interesting video
Very nicely made and narrated video. Enjoyed
Nice video that makes cycling more famous and interesting 😎🤜🤛
The first Video i've seen where such a title is not just clickbait
...and your narration adds value to the clips. Thanks!
Agreed 100% thank you for the video and thank you for being genuine!
Daily dose of internet never clickbait in his video
@@bunwat223 yessir!!!
Wow 👌 👏 😍 👍
OK this is some epic material sourcing, narration and editing. I've done one or two bicycle races myself, and to see these events unfold and discussed and video/photographed/edited like this is just incredible. Thank you.
glad you enjoyed it sir.
The dude is on a single speed
not to be that guy but at 10:09 the name of the photographer was misspelled. so its no epic editing, merely legendary :p
@@RIFIANBOY i thought this gonna be another bs clickbait video u have to skip through to just see the pictures but this turned out to be an excellent informative n entertaining video where i watched every second with interest
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 are we supposed to say that to Jesus, or what?
I came into this video expecting it to be a simple clickbait compilation of overused cycling clips - but I was more and more pleasantly surprised, and when the explanation of the "photo finish", I was astonished. Great quality video, I loved it from start to finish. The narration and repeated replays of the important moments are something I've never seen done so well before!
I think it missed that each "slice" corresponds to a view of the finish line itself. That also explains the lines of the road since each is the same patch of road per slice.
I came for the clickbait, but stayed for the well researched, well written commentary that shows in depth knowledge. Here, someone really put in real effort to explain to others why something he thinks is awesome, is awesome, because he can start to unfold just a tease of what hapend.
@@sarowiesame. Amazing video over all, looks like clickbait lol. But at least there wasn’t any red arrows or circles in the thumbnail.
@@Lee-One there is the one red arrow, which is a classic sign of clickbait as you imply, but the video stands on its merits.
Concussion 10:57
Not a cycling fan... but may I compliment this content creator for exceptional editing, sourcing, music choice and most importantly narration. All class.
Thank you 🙏
Fr. Im not a cyclist but still enjoyed this video. It reminds me of the shows I watched on Nat Geo and Discovery Channels. Very well made and professional
Me neither, although my brother-in-law was into BMX racing. These moments were interesting. Really surprised the injuries weren't more severe.
+1 to that. Same exact comment from me tol
Concussion 10:57
The fan giving the racer his bike that just so happened to be an identical bike was the coolest thing, heart warming and mind blowing at the same time. He even gave him a push to get him back up to speed. I really hope if the racer could afford it especially after winning the entire tour he gave the fan the damaged bike. That would be the perfect gift of thanks, getting one of his heros actual race bikes that he already has the gear for, he probably has some spare parts already too. Well actually if he wanted he could cannibalize his own bike to fix it lol.
Yeah great one but it is not him but the motorcycle guy who wrecked his bike giving him a push , which is still cool.
@@Retinueretinue I also considered that it might be the motorcycle guy that crashed in to him who was giving him a push! What a crazy sequence of events! And I'm glad he didn't get penalized for having the motorcycle guy push him - its not like he asked for it!
Unless...
Maybe the Motorcycle guy and the guy who borrowed his bike worked together and all was planed, lol. 👀😂
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 go away, post this stuff on a church KZhead channel, not a place where people are having normal discussions. People like you are why I left the church
So cool to see these clips of Sagan avoiding crashes. He definitely has mountain biker reflexes. Those same movements he used to avoid the Gaviria crash and the corner slip are the same I’d use while mountain biking. When descending you constantly have to move the bike in that same motion to avoid trees, roots rocks and more. When then dirt in a corner has less traction than expected, you similarly have to briefly touch the ground with your foot. He’s better than I could ever be at it though!
the best Sagan manoeuvre was on the dirt when he hopes over Cancellara ( I think) in a split second ,not only avoiding the crash but continued with the ride. Amazing.
Peter Sagan started in cycle sport as mountain biker in cross country. In 2008 (in 18 years old), he won the Mountain Bike Junior World Championship in Val di Sole. Sagan was focused on continuing his career as a mountain bike rider, but his management company Optimus Agency approached several professional road cycling teams.
@@vladislavy.8778 I mean mountain biking is cooler but im sure road biking pays alot more, so i can see why they went in that direction.
It’s better than that. To turn left on a bike, you have to shift your weight by briefly swerving right. He anticipated the crash and completed the swerve before the other rider went down. It’s like he was using the Force.
They also ban the superman and all of those cos Sagan was so dominant using all of that while the other cyclists couldn't do that
Love how this could’ve been a lazy collection of clips but instead you masterfully edited all the necessary context and storytelling to make it super engaging for a non-cycling fan like me. Super good job man this was really interesting
This guy's voice and narration style are absolutely perfect for this sort of thing! I didn't even realize this was an independent KZhead creator video, I thought it was a professional video that was re-uploaded or something. Great work!
Thank you
Great stuff. You avoid the over-hyping I see on lots of youtube videos. The stories are amazing by themselves. Especially the borrowed bike!
Glad you enjoy it.
This is one of the most incredible sports videos I have ever seen. It is remarkably done, and bringing attention to such breathtaking moments is a public service.
Thanks Austin P
7:59 Nah, the guy with the "spare" bicycle was just a gift from a time traveler who once heard about his gran grand grand father's life, which become a mess after losing at that race, so he decided to help him even knowing that it wouldn't change the future, but instead create a new parallel world.😉
His gran grand grand father no longer had to sell the house after losing that bet
Well, you cannot say that's impossible :D
Yea you know what that makes more sense cause it's just too great a coincidence otherwise
@giru09 I was thinking he was a super fan that put out thumbtacks. LOL but it is a really cool story I don't want to take away from it
Or it was rigged. 🤷♀️
That Michael Rogers story! Truly amazing. As a cycling enthusiast and fan I have had a few experiences but nothing like that one. :) For a long time I have been passionate about training on a road racing bike and ofcourse I get inspired by following the world tour aswell. Late in 2011 I was visiting some family for a few days and since I couldn't ride I chose to go for a spinning class at a local fitness centre. When I saw the name of the spinning instructor I realized that it probably was the same man who had previously won medals on the track at the last olympic games. This was actually Michael Mørkøv himself before his 2012 debut at Tour de France. I had a brief talk with him after the spinning session was done. He is a very calm guy. I mentioned something about my passion for cycling and he even gave me some advice. In the following years Mørkøv established himself as the number one lead out rider for some of the top sprinters. Mark Cavendish was one of them. Amazing rider! :)
That must've been one exhausting spin class!
I wish you had covered the time Aaron Gwin won a downhill mountain bike world cup event with NO CHAIN ON HIS BIKE (it broke in the start gate with the first crank). Absolutely insane run because he knew he couldn't use any breaks the entire run to have any chance of winning, and by god he did win. Insane stuff.
DH only needs a chain on the first 10-20 meters after the start and the last 20 ;) He had it for at last 10 :P
I think there was another downhill race where one of the jumps landed on a steep downhill, and one person over jumped and essentially fell the entire length of the downhill section because they were falling at the same slope of the hill they were trying to land on. They eventually landed at the bottom of the descent and managed to handle the bike and make it across the finish.
Weight reduction
@@caralho5237, weight reduction when going downhill is detrimental, since it makes the ratio of acceleration due to gravity over aerodynamic friction less (though a chain may have significant wind drag - might be an interesting experiment).
@ don’t downhill racers pedal basically every opportunity they get? I think gwin‘s speed had to do with the increased send it energy and the fact that the lack of pedal kickback made his suspension more active
One of my favourite memories was a finish scene in the 90s, during one of the big nationwide races like Tour de France or Giro d'Italia. The leader entered the final straight and raised his hands to cross the line, like many cyclists do. But the guy in scond place does a final sprint, passes him, and raises his hands in the same gesture, winning the race. This taught me to not celebrate too early
They should forbid the raising of the hands as you go across the finish line because it ruins the race, and is very dangerous when you get past in the last few moments. It’s also kind of pathetically needy.
I loved how you don't just show the clips, but actually explained how and why it happened!
Not my usual subject matter, however, dam you put together an incredibly informative, well presented and captivating video. Kudos.
Thank you
Great great video! Thank you for your work and time to put this together and narrating it in such an interesting way, as always. You deserve a lot more subs!
Thank you Rui
I clicked on this expecting just some fails and unusual falls compilation What I got is great naration and education Such a great video, learned a few interesting facts
6:20 Keep in mind this isn’t the actual image. It’s close in terms of how it looks but the final timekeeper image is RIDICULOUSLY precise. I ran track in college and did some work for a timing company after. This is just the press image. It’s hard to quantify how detailed they can be but when they say “pixel” they mean it and it’s clear as day. You literally can see pixels and it’s not even grey at that point but they don’t show the public these
Top level production, thank you for the high quality content.
Glad you enjoy it
That spectator bike deal is just unbelievable...
9:30 I do wonder if that specific bike owned by a spectaror became extremely valuable because of its historical significance. And one aspect not mentioned in all the "coincidences" was seat hight.
The most unbelievable thing is that this wasn't clickbait. Well done.
Thank you for this masterpiece of summarizing some of the most interesting stories in bike racing history.
Wtf is happening?!? A classic clickbait title, except the content is amazing, the sound is superb, and the editing is excellent. The revolution has begun.
Absolutely insane. The superman position is very funny, but also impressive!
This is the opposite of clickbait!! Way more than I clicked for. GREAT footage, GREAT narration, GREAT stories! Be proud of this, RIFIANBOY!
What an excellent video! Although I'm not a big fan of cycling, the narration was so brilliant that I found myself enjoying every second of it.
Wow, Sagan is probably the best bicycle pilot ever in road cycling, really incredible
This is very good. No clickbait, clear informative commentary. This was uploaded some time ago, but I'm liking and subscribing!
Thank you for taking the time to explain as precisely as possible what exactly happened in these videos. Finally I find something new that's not clickbait because of something like a title.
Great video. Very well edited. Thank you! I am relieved the frenchman in the 2nd case ended up with only minor wounds. That was crazy to see
While other cyclists practiced cycling this guy studied physics
He didn't invent this posture
The Rollie Free position.
Then he tried to go uphill :)
I'm not even interested in cycling and I watched the whole thing. Very well made!
I really wasn't expecting the immaculate editing and quality of the video. 10/10
10:54 And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why you never ride without a helmet.
Great video. Always look forward to your big uploads. Keeping the cycling community going! Best cycling content around… looks professional
Thank you. That means a lot
Refreshing! Truly a video that is not click bait. Your narration and the stories that you choose are very nice!!! Nicely put together too! Good job!
8:58 he has the power of time travel and he did this with it...
Amazing work, that's something special! 🔥
Thanks Jose
Very cool. Thanks for sharing. That "superman" position was epic
This is one of the best put together video's I've seen on KZhead in probably a decade.
Thanks 🙏
This is a lot better than I thought it was going to be. Been riding for 30 years. Great commentary
The last clip is just fascinating, first time I've seen a carbon fiber gets deformed then comes back to its original shape. A Carbon fiber in general once it reached its critical point (catastrophic failure), it will just snapped and shatter into pieces.
Common misconception. Carbon fiber does not shatter. It will tear and become flexible like the cloth that it is. A broken carbon rim or frame is absolutely useless, but the pieces almost always stick together and just become extremely flexible at the point of failure. I've seen a number of broken carbon frames, and none of them had missing pieces because the broken pieces all stuck to each other like that. It is way easier to bend a piece of metal back and forth until the parts separate than it is to bend a carbon part back and forth until the parts separate.
Importance of good helmets too. Almost all of them had hard hits.
@@AlexandarHullRichter nope carbon fibre usually snaps, i guess it didn’t cuz there are some other synthetic fibre reinforcement
@@yorkoxmaul66 dude I'm a professional mechanic who has seen many broken carbon frames. Carbon does not just snap, it becomes the cloth that it always was. At least, that's what every broken carbon frame I've handled looks like. The only frames that snap apart into multiple pieces are metal frames, because only metal frames have uniform strength through the material that can fail suddenly.
I think there's 2 categories of classifying carbon fiber based on preparation, I think the carbon fiber that shatters is the type that is cooked in an autoclave, example is pagani chassis and panels, the Zonda and Huayra parts are molded and formed, then are vacuum packed, then cooked in an autoclave in high temperature and pressure for at least 12 hours, this type of carbon fiber is very strong because the atoms line up when cooked in high temp (similar to how diamonds and granite get their strength) but the caveat is these materials tend to shatter when they reach a breaking point, now the other category is probably carbon fiber that is not cooked but just glued and molded together then probably vacuum sealed, but this one skips the cooking part, I think this is the type which is more prevalent in the biking scene, and this probably explains why this type of carbon fiber does not shatter but acts almost like a cloth when breaking....
I'm not a cycling fan, but you made this stuff really interesting. Great work all the way. That superman pose looked cool, I was wondering how they got back to sitting position so thanks for providing that as well. I can just imagine what that one cyclist felt like getting caught by the wind like that. Overall I learned aerodynamics mean a ton in cycling.
I have never realized that the first video of the guy doing the superman tug is on a fixie 😂. Brings a completely new level of insanity to it.
It hurts to watch those guys….men of steel😂
That was a superior presentation - informative and entertaining. Great work.
Thanks 🙏
Great quality as per usual. Keep it up!
much appreciated
9:54 if you want to see the thumbnail incident. Don't rush it though, the entire video is gold.
Learned what a photo finish is today, apparently! Excellent video and narration, really appreciate the extra details added.
Aw Marco...I'm glad you added him to this amazing video.
brilliant content, very apt editing and perfect voice over! Thanks for bringing such marvels for us.
my pleasure
Love your videos mate, so high quality and amazing narration, keep doing them!
Fascinating compilation! Thank you so much - from South Africa 🇿🇦 🤙
@8:35 that's absolutely REMARKABLE!! Same make, same model, same size? And he was in the right spot too? Come on, that's like one in a million!
Nah that is time traveller levels of coincidence.
When there are too many coincidences surrounding something, it becomes impossible to call it a coincidence
@@shannonjaensch3705 indeed.. I wonder if the whole "accident" was planned ahead and the "random" guy gave him an electric bike. And how come it was possible? do rules allow riding a ramdom bike that hadn't been checked? If the bike is not in a good/right condition for such demanding race, it could have caused an accident or an injury.
@@helenab9973 Well said Helena and great points/questions to raise that I did not consider but appreciate your enlightenment too. Always trust your senses over everything else as they are your default safety mechanism programs to keep you safe, alive and Prosperous. If something doesn't add up then always question it till it makes sense and truth to you.
@@shannonjaensch3705 and it would be easy to arrange a collision with one of the marshals’ motorcycles. 1000 Francs goes a long way.
gotta love how everything gets banned
that superman position got me thinking, a light road bump would certainly hurt 🤣
I usually don't like these compilation videos but this one was very informative, entertaining and well put together.
8:13 this story is incredible. wow
8:45 this is so cool
I'm not into cycling, but the quality of this short doco kept me watching from start to finish 👌
I'm not into sports, least of all cycling. I have no idea how I ended up watching this but I'm glad I did. Very interesting and entertaining.
You publish the most amazing cycling videos! I told you before, Netflix should hire you.. Thanks.
Wow, thanks!
I usually get bored of videos pretty easily, but for some reason couldn't look away from this one. Awesome narrating and video footage, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it
I enjoyed this, and although the events were interesting in and of themselves, it was the writing, the sourcing, and the credit to those involved that made it a great watch! Well done!
I think this is the best video to surface on KZhead. The editing and narration is phenomenal.
Physics: EXISTS UCI: We need to BAN it! It's too powerful!
yes lol
I'm always having goosebumps while watching your videos. Good job you never disappoint us. . Keep making beautiful videos like this. .😍🙏💪🔥☝️💯👌
Thanks Mark 🙏
I don't even like cycling, but watched this from start to finish with enthusiasm! Great production quality!
It was a pleasant surprise that this is well made , see y’all in the next bike video the algorithm will recommend
you Sir, make the greatest cycling videos of all time!!
I appreciate it 🙏
Not just the aerodynamics tho, since the first bike was a fixie he was basically going as fast as his legs would let him. By taking his feet off the pedals, he allowed them to spin faster than they were before.
why was he riding a fixie though when everyone else is riding a geared bike?
He wasn’t riding a fixie
Not sure why he's riding a fixie, but it's a fixie because the pedals just keep spinning when he lets off. They even start to spin a little faster.
It's just because the pedals are spinning when he lets go of them and in the right position to catch the wind. Keeping up with a fixie in a pro race is impossible.
He is riding a fixie! Look at the bike. No derailleur, no brake levers, no shifters. It's a fixie, or at the least a single speed.
Cycling was never my thing but this video made it so interesting. I could watch more videos like this about anything!
This was some good stuff for sure. Kind of hard to believe in simple coincidences when buddy not only got in there right away to lend his bike, but that it was also virtually the same one the rider had break down.
I still can't believe that your channel has less than 100k subs. For the quality of the videos you make, I'd think you would have at least 500k.
much appreciated
10:45 Haussler had a lot of luck, when I see his helmet sitting so loosely on his head..
11:23 the magic is when the wheel snaps back.
Damn-another great little mini-doc. Much respect.
I almost didn't recognize a younger Julian Alaphilippe without the facial hair!
I've been chipped up into the air off a t bone and continued riding, my feet came off the pedals but I kept my forward trajectory and my hand and ass in place. Pretty sure the drive side pedal of my fixed gear drive train caught the bumper from above and lifted me up over a foot into the air and to the left with the momentum of the car hitting me from the side. I'm in a full sprint to get thru this intersection I had the right of way on and this car starts coming across the road right as I'm getting to it, so I'm either t boning them or they are t boning me. Was able land in the shoulder and ride out a short section that led into a crunchy snow bluff that filled the rest of the shoulder. That brought me to a cruising speed and back onto the street.
This was an excellently put together video. Very entertaining
Hi! This video popped up recommended, watched it sans audio for half and realized I was hooked and needed to listen. Very well produced video, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
I was pleasantly surprised by this video. I was expecting another one of those stupid compilation of clips. Here you actually bothered to explain what was going on and what makes these clips so interesting. Good work
10:15 my man nearly clipped into backrooms.
Rare to see such a quality video about sports, awesome job 👍
Hahah that dude doing the superman past them is a crack up. Takes balls bro, going that fast lying down would be scary
I am surprised that Michael Rogers did not get disqualified for this or at least a time penalty. I remember when Richie Porte, riding for Sky at Giro 2015 had a wheel from orica’s rider and had a penalty for this because the rule is that you can have assistance only from your team or the neutral car
That makes sense, because if the rider takes a ramdom bike that hadn't been checked it could be an electric bike or something, or it could be not fit for such race and break and cause an injury or an accident. Indeed strange that they allowed him to finish the race on somebodys else bike. Why his team didn't rush in to bring a team bike?
@@helenab9973 it’s not as if his bike was unrideable so he could’ve kept turning until they caught up with a better bike. I would consider this entire incident very suspect, and I would be investigating until I found that sheet because I’m certain there is one here is just too much of a coincidence, especially since he clawed back victory in the series from the jaws of defeat.
Aw that sucks that they banned the Superman. It would've been awesome to see everyone start biking like that down hill.
I just got into watching cycling this Tour and WOW to these amazing athletes. Your video making skills are top notch!
Fascinating video with utterly flawless writing and narration. This is top quality people. The best of the best. So very rare on KZhead. You so deserve the views.
The first clip is a fixed gear bike which means the rear cog is fixed to the wheel. There isn't a cassette to stop pedaling, ever. Him letting the cranks free spin is what gained him the most speed.
I've seen a bike with so little friction that it would look just like that. It wasn't a fixie.
@@xuser48 I mean yeah, but this rider is Michael Guerra a known fixed gear rider.
tdf needs to hire you to bring in more audience to the cycling world. a lot of my friends ride bike, weekend warriors and everyday riders but they dont watch any pro races because they are overwhelmed by how many riders there are and the story behind them. your videos are a good start to watch the story of the racer like sagan and cavendish
This documentory simply deserve a appluase 👏
Great video and no clickbait whatsoever. Thanks a lot for this great cycling compilation.
I rode for many years in very hilly areas, eventually got where I always left it in 10th gear, made myself crank it out with my legs never standing on the pedals. Had this one damn hill, almost a 45 degree incline. Only a block long. Yeah, only. Finally made it from a dead stop at bottom to the top in 10th, butt on the seat. My other goal was getting "crazy legs fast" like if you're in 1st gear ...but in 10th. I would crank long hills till my legs literally gave out and I fell over. Get a little further next time. Then I moved to Florida for a while...flat as a pancake. I rode 8 miles to work everyday, I'd work all day Saturday, get off at 5 and be on the beach at Daytona 50 miles away by 7, 6:30 or sooner if I didn't get chased off the freeway. I got pulled over in Orlando for doing 45 in a 30 one day but they just gave me a warning...(dammit, I'd have framed a speeding ticket) $120 Murray 10 speed from Service Merchandise I think, big handlebar bag for my work clothes. I got some super skinny rims and tires, I only made like a 1/4 inch contact patch. Other than that just stock, lubed well and tuned to noiseless...you just heard the wind in the spokes. (you're chain, shifter, gears shouldn't make any noise as you pedal or you have drag.) Fastest I ever got clocked at was 51 mph, flat ground, riding next to a dude in a grey Ferrari (Magnum PI model). I was close enough to see his digital speedometer but he was yelling it out too. Ran out of good road or I might done more...I wasn't at "crazy legs" yet.
2:14 imagine being banned for using your brain and physics.
Nah the position got banned because it is even more dangerous than cycling already is. Getting into the position is one thing, getting out of it and landing your feet in sync with the pedals is super hard. If u fuck up, u might as well die
Yeah but its dangerous
@@cat_with_sunglass To be fair the entire sport is dangerous... Let's not forget they're doing likes 80kph down that hill.
This is the first video I’m seeing and I’m officially in love with you channel. The production level, presentation and content👌🏽
Thanks 😊
I never watch bike stuff but this is just a sick production quality, informative, interesting... Gj my dude
Why was the guy doing the superman on a fixie and did that contribute to the increase in speed once his feet left the pedals? He obviously lost any advantage he gained when he could not continue pedaling. Plus...good luck doing that tuck down a real mountain descent and multiple switchbacks!
It was probably just a video meant to go viral.
was wondering the same thing. Does he have an internal motor that is keeping his pedals going? that should not happen under these circumstances. He would have had to stop pedaling to unclip. What makes the cranks start up again? You can see he has trouble clipping back in bc the cranks are still going.
The worst thing is that he removed the only thing that could give him a somewhat controlled stop. He's probably familiar with the area, but it's still an extremely stupid idea.
@@prep1989 its a fixie. The wheel is pushing the pedals around.
@@prep1989 a fixed gear bike has no coasting mechanism. When the wheel is turning the entire drivetrain is turning with it no matter what.