Baldwin Street is officially recognized as the steepest street in the world by Guinness. With an average slope of 1:5 and a section of the hill measuring at a 35% grade, the 1,150 ft. long road in Dunedin, New Zealand attracts all kinds of daredevils who wish to trifle with the effects of gravity for their own amusement. In this case, three drift trike riders got the chance to take the trip down the hill. Equipped with hydraulic disc brakes on the front wheel for safety and wearing “protective clothing”, the team of SLIDE Christchurch made sure the street and the lower intersection was clear. The team got to make two runs down the residential street before calling it a day. Team leader Harley Jolly noted that he’s been as fast as 96 k/ph (over 60 mph) on the trike before, and that this run felt “significantly faster”. From our standpoint, we’d like a little more distance between the road surface and our ass when driving that fast, but it does look like a riot.
Why the Hell is this shite in BangShift?
These idiots are on children’s toys which don’t even have a motor!
I hope they all crashed and suffered hideous injuries for the ghost of the great Bert Munro is surely spinning in his grave!
Shame on you!
Geordie, we’ve covered downhill Power Wheels racing before. Grown adults clinging to lifeless Power Wheels as they fling them down an off-road trail. These guys went to an extreme road, with trikes they designed, and honestly put a good amount of skill into riding them down.
BMT…would you like to come out one morning to be greeted by a set of bloody teeth or a smear of brain matter on your car’s bumper??? This shit belongs on a mountain road far from residential areas. Young people think they are immortal…they’re not. Hey kids…if you want to kill yourself, don’t do it in front of my house
Yea I remember when I was 80….
I.Q.?… you still are. 🙂
I rest my case, mate – and the ghost of Bert Monro has very sharp teeth and claws and he doesn’t like spinning in his grave….
Lighten up old man
That looks fun, but I’d definitely want to wear full motorcycle gear if I tried it!
Most of the people I know who are seriously fast in cars were pretty nuts on bicycles etc. once too and would still find this interesting. Yeah it’s risky, way beyond any ability I ever had, but it could also seem crazy driving 60 mph six feet away from some stranger going 60 in the opposite direction (no amount of safety equip. would save you in either case) and we do that every day. Agreed I wouldn’t want to be the guy hosing some kid’s brains off my mailbox.
Ouch John…. I deserved it
I remember an article in Hot Rod about these guys in the hills in California, somewhere. They had these home made, soap box, derby type cars and would launch down those winding hills. I don’t remember what they called these things but one of them kissed a car bumper and it all disappeared. They had videos on you-tube and others
The name of this bunch was: “San Fernando Valley Illegal Soap Box Federation” check it out on you-tube – these guys would get out on the road before traffic got heavy and zoom down the hills. all fine and good until one guy struck a car and got killed……
ace…..! i want one..
got to have something to do when your cars off the road…or if you have not got a car..
…..and if it winds the hippies up more the better.
Yeiks, not for me but dang thats cool to watch. And if these guys take themselves out of the gene pool its their own fault, just say no to the Nannies out there. There is a long 17-18% windy street in my home town that Ive been down a few times on my bicycle, but 35%!
That looks like an absolute blast!
Now when the hell did so many scared, crotchety old men start coming here??? Lighten up and learn how to live again, folks.