Comment by opengrass

I love how the brake lever positioning there makes it look like they're grabbing their crotch the whole way down.

makes me a feel a little bit better that they deigned to show a fall (~1:46mins in).

some of those slopes I would have problems just hiking down (the scree, the pain)!

Normally your top speed is not really very fast as the pedals are fixed to the wheel, so you get one rotation per pedal (extremely low gear) and slowing down is not often necessary.

You can overtake bicycles easily going uphill, but downhill is hard on your knees!