Cycling Underwater: Can It Work? - Mythbusters - Science Documentary

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  • Dive into a quirky adventure with backhand knowledge, underwater cycling, and a glass piercing needle challenge! Will hands reveal secrets, can bikes swim, and do needles break glass? Tune in to find out!
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Komentáře • 85

  • @whitewolfy
    @whitewolfy Před měsícem +19

    The needle shattering by the guy. Damn. That's some force.

    • @ComicusFreemanius
      @ComicusFreemanius Před měsícem +3

      metal fatigue, hard brittle steel, the bend was already max deflection, feel like a monk really can do this they just have standard Chinese glass.

    • @idontknowu231
      @idontknowu231 Před měsícem +2

      @@ComicusFreemanius k

  • @OreoHT
    @OreoHT Před měsícem +8

    36:56!!! 🤣🤣 Wow this show was golden 😂 Tori's face 😂😂

  • @jubuttib
    @jubuttib Před měsícem +5

    It's interesting to see years and years after this episode the SloMo Guys actually getting a Shaolin monk on the show to do the stunt, and show what happens. Doesn't seem to be any foul play involved, just a combination of the right kind of needle, right kind of glass and a really fast throw. Even then it doesn't strictly speaking go THROUGH the glass, but rather causes a crack that launches a few tiny shards of glass on the other side that pop the balloon.

  • @josephkarl2061
    @josephkarl2061 Před měsícem +5

    That sight gag at 8:37 always makes me smile 😃

  • @tylerbailey9329
    @tylerbailey9329 Před měsícem +35

    Cycling underwater feels like an allegory for my last braincell

    • @Chris-hp9km
      @Chris-hp9km Před měsícem +8

      Second to last, the other holds the word 'allegory' lol

  • @Joh447
    @Joh447 Před měsícem +8

    28:45 I bet the firefighter had a bit of ceramic or equivalent in his glove

  • @anisaguine
    @anisaguine Před měsícem +3

    About dental ID, I believe it's used because it's the part of your body which you have most likely had a scan of that also will not disintegrate when burned, or when all the fleshy parts are gone. Has nothing to do with them being more distinctive or not than the back of your hand.

  • @Reuraku
    @Reuraku Před měsícem +25

    The problem with the needle through glass is it's not just about raw power but also technique, when they showed the pitcher's throws the needle seemed to be hitting side ways which gives the lowest odds of working. Personally going with something that shoots the needle like an air cannon would give more definitive answers and not just, 'throw hard and maybe work'

    • @maltesefalcon85
      @maltesefalcon85 Před měsícem +7

      darts player would probably be more appropriate

    • @ice-coldspear9193
      @ice-coldspear9193 Před měsícem +3

      And a pointier needle.

    • @JP_3912
      @JP_3912 Před měsícem +3

      I also think they missed something with the way the panes of glass were held. The monk clearly holds it on its side, top and bottom whereas they had it clamped from below.

    • @the_zib4592
      @the_zib4592 Před 16 dny +3

      Would the balloon also not have an effect? Similar to the rehbinder effect, preventing shattering.

  • @simplyhard
    @simplyhard Před měsícem +2

    These mythbusters episodes takes me to my happy place. Such a nice show ✌️

  • @drewb427
    @drewb427 Před měsícem +2

    36:56 goodness gracious this one is over the top 😂

  • @DrBarbequeSauce
    @DrBarbequeSauce Před měsícem +12

    Buoyancy says 'No, you can't'

  • @caitc3837
    @caitc3837 Před měsícem +4

    Third in line? I'll take it lol. Jamie was like a grizzled old dad by this point. Like he's thinking: *Adam doing the walrus mustache fingers* " Well, this seems kinda silly, but lets get it over with I guess." 😂

  • @mbak7801
    @mbak7801 Před měsícem +2

    Tory was loading and firing the needle eye first not point first. He always came across as not the sharpest tool in the box but this proves it.

  • @landtechnik4k
    @landtechnik4k Před měsícem +9

    the Hand Test was incorect, the first 2 Ladys had the Button placed between middle and Point finger... while the rest had it between Thumb and Pointy. It was not hard to pick for them, they knew how they placed theyr Fingers on that Camera.

    • @bobbah676
      @bobbah676 Před měsícem

      Seems like they are placing the female hand with only male hands.

    • @d4slaimless
      @d4slaimless Před měsícem +3

      Yeah this was incorrect way. But at the same time others picked their hands correctly as well (apart from one person). So the conclusion stays the same.

  • @Spheredalai
    @Spheredalai Před měsícem +2

    i think the bike underwater theory would be better if the pool floors has better, grippier texture

  • @freohr42
    @freohr42 Před 3 dny

    Just a question: in the scene with the rifle and the needle, you can see in the slowmo if you go frame by frame that the blunt side of the needle comes out of the rifle first. And the blunt end is also the side, that punches a hole in the glass. WHY didn't they fire the pointy end first??

  • @jakecrocker4006
    @jakecrocker4006 Před dnem

    I was sad when this show ended I ues to wach it every morning before school

  • @champyton437
    @champyton437 Před měsícem +1

    as if grant passed away, RIP my fellow mythbuster, hope you're busting myths in the sky

  • @BellaKarim23
    @BellaKarim23 Před 22 dny +1

    Honestly I'm a nurse. We hold it for long. Longer I've been able to hold it was 6 hours. Literally started at 5 in the morning and didn't go till just before 2 when I went to lunch, didn't even notice and infact went because I decide to go only to then really need to. So just not thinking about it does help. Pee dance just makes u think about it but it is hilarious

  • @jocax188723
    @jocax188723 Před měsícem +6

    I believe the current theory is that the needle doesn't actually penetrate the glass, but instead, cause the glass pane to chip. The needle impact causes very small glass shards on the other side, and that's what pops the balloons

  • @seanhickey8102
    @seanhickey8102 Před měsícem +1

    Everyone in the comments checking the backs of their hands lol

  • @BarkeepD
    @BarkeepD Před měsícem +1

    my great uncle pitched the first perfect game in a world series. Christy Mathewson

  • @nickyoung9108
    @nickyoung9108 Před měsícem

    Did the uploader change the opening music or was there a season when Mythbuster change out their opening music? Coz I remember the signature Mythbuster tune as the same every season.

  • @carbonconstruct
    @carbonconstruct Před měsícem

    Seen the needle-through-glass trick live and there definitely was a hole in there that wasn't in there before. But even the monk who did it, a trained performer who does that day in and day out, needed a bunch of tries. I suppose it's just THAT hard.

  • @PlutoTheSecond
    @PlutoTheSecond Před měsícem

    "Already got mine." 🤣

  • @ThatGuy-sd3zl
    @ThatGuy-sd3zl Před měsícem +3

    Monks bought the glass from Wish.

  • @hiddenxalpha7053
    @hiddenxalpha7053 Před měsícem +3

    I wonder if a front wheel propelled bike would've been better for underwater.

    • @Wings_of_foam
      @Wings_of_foam Před měsícem +1

      Just lower the tyre pressure for better traction.

    • @Wings_of_foam
      @Wings_of_foam Před měsícem

      I think you got a point!

    • @TheNone724
      @TheNone724 Před měsícem

      Also this test could be redone now with 5 inch wide soft fatbike tyres with winter compound. Fatbikes can ride in very soft surfaces and those tyres have impressive traction and they can be run with very low pressures. Also having lower gear can help to climb hill underwater.

  • @stephenmoncrieff2056
    @stephenmoncrieff2056 Před měsícem

    For me I can easily pick out the back of my hand . I have some pretty specific scarring .
    As far as a window shattering on their own , as a mechanic I have seen a couple of windows shatter while driving .

  • @HebuTheLoneWolf
    @HebuTheLoneWolf Před 23 dny

    anyone else noticed that on the last shot the needle was backwards in the rifle? it comes out the barrel with the loop end and not with the sharp end xD
    and i doubt that it has room to go 180 in the barrel :D

  • @monofame
    @monofame Před 3 dny +1

    is it true that they don't just tell the myths?!

  • @user-yp6nc3te1s
    @user-yp6nc3te1s Před měsícem +1

    it is in fact a special needle, sharpened a special way

  • @deadcentre6926
    @deadcentre6926 Před měsícem

    17:34 effort less .wow impressed

  • @colli1980
    @colli1980 Před měsícem

    The only thing I see different with the needle throwing is in the video the glass was held top and bottom but the MythBusters only held the bottom which you can see gives the glass room to flex as seen the the high speed shots.

  • @ximorro5247
    @ximorro5247 Před měsícem

    Curiously enough, for "like the back of my hand" in Spanish we use "como la palma de mi mano" that translates to the FRONT of the hand, not the back. Very similar ideas but not exactly.

  • @_J.F_
    @_J.F_ Před měsícem +2

    Why is it called "back fo the hand? It is not as if the palm is called the front of the hand.

    • @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407
      @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407 Před měsícem

      Hahaha. In my language the palm is "hand heart" and the back is "hand back". I think the back-ness is quite universal

  • @mike-kg2op
    @mike-kg2op Před měsícem

    11:01 he woud have lost his eye without safety goggles.. needle bounced from the glass straight to his right eye

  • @niceneasyraps
    @niceneasyraps Před 22 dny

    Should have put paddles on the bike wheels

  • @TheLastPhoen1x
    @TheLastPhoen1x Před měsícem

    I haven't seen this episode before...

  • @1SaG
    @1SaG Před měsícem

    They still weren't able to penetrate the glass like the monk-video showed/suggested. At least not in the slow-mo clip they showed, since the needle "only" punched a hole (hitting with its eye-side, not with the tip) but it doesn't go all the way through. All of which might just be splitting hairs since the glass was clearly penetrated without shattering, but: They had to use an air-rifle to get the needle up to the super-human speed that was necessary for penetration. I don't doubt the physical abilities of shaolin monks, but if one of the best pitchers to ever play baseball isn't able to throw the needle at 180mph, I don't believe for a second that a shaolin monk can do it. For one thing: It's gotta be a matter of leverage/physics. The monk dude was pretty small and had shorter arms compared to the rather substantial looking pitcher who made Tory look like a little boy when the two were standing next to each other.
    No idea if they tried to prove/demonstrate that it was real glass they were using in the monk-video, but I would suspect it might have been something much softer (and less prone to shattering) than glass that they were penetrating. Super thin plastic/plexiglass, perhaps?
    Or perhaps it was just a simple magic trick. Notice how they're using two other monks to hold the glass and the balloon. Wouldn't be too far fetched to suspect that balloon-monk popped the thing with a concealed device on his finger/hand and that glass-monk triggered some sort of device that either punctured the glass or simulated a puncture.

  • @nicks4802
    @nicks4802 Před 17 dny

    Lol embarrassing to admit, but I know for a fact the pee dance works, because the times I wet myself at school when I was little were specifically because i was refused the opportunity to use the washroom and was told to sit still.
    I'd ask to go, get told I didn't actually have to go, then told to stop asking and raising my hand while the teacher speaks....... After 10 minutes of the teacher blabbering on and on as I tried to hold it, my weak 7 year old bladder would lose the battle.
    It really wasn't fair at all.

  • @saleembarmania5295
    @saleembarmania5295 Před měsícem

    What you need is more weight, but without more mass.

  • @kevinmorrice
    @kevinmorrice Před 27 dny

    9:45 wrong, you can no spin throw a knife

  • @jedcasillas5171
    @jedcasillas5171 Před měsícem +1

    11:10 did he really say that????

    • @TheTyisawesome
      @TheTyisawesome Před měsícem

      Lol right narrator with the penetration satisfaction joke 🤣

  • @dudebandit83
    @dudebandit83 Před měsícem +1

    The shit we do for science and entertainment 🤣

  • @myztklk3v
    @myztklk3v Před měsícem

    why did they put the last needle in the gun backwards?

    • @mbak7801
      @mbak7801 Před měsícem

      Tory loaded all of them backwards. Says a lot about Tory.

  • @th-pw8pn
    @th-pw8pn Před měsícem

    The kung-foux guy clearly used a pane of sugar glass! If anyone in the world should know what sugar glass is, it's people that work at a movie prop workshop...

  • @doldrums8084
    @doldrums8084 Před 29 dny

    42:32 for Jamie's 🥜 🥜

  • @tfrowlett8752
    @tfrowlett8752 Před měsícem +17

    Needle through glass is possible, TheSlowMoGuys proved it, I’m guessing Discovery didn’t have the budget to get a real Shaolin Monk to do it.

    • @m2heavyindustries378
      @m2heavyindustries378 Před měsícem +6

      Monk stuff was faked though, so damn faked

    • @SgtLion
      @SgtLion Před 16 dny

      @@m2heavyindustries378 ?? It really wasn't. Needle through glass is a lot more about the technique rather than raw kinetic energy, as well as a very specific choice of glass and needle. Absolutely doable and proved.

    • @WALKIEtalkieKID123
      @WALKIEtalkieKID123 Před 16 dny

      Doesn't actually go through with slow mo guys just splinters the glass... kinda a big difference tbh it's just an illusion of the needle going through as it bounces off the glass keeps going

  • @idontknowu231
    @idontknowu231 Před měsícem

    25:53 is that jamies balls?

  • @hazardtriplezero
    @hazardtriplezero Před měsícem +1

    @21:19 Monk video : Hand above balloon has something sharp attached to it. As needle hits, that's what pops the balloon.

    • @KhoaTran-md5ou
      @KhoaTran-md5ou Před měsícem +2

      nah, it just a plastic film. There nothing on the hand of the one holding the balloon

    • @Halvblodsprinsen100
      @Halvblodsprinsen100 Před měsícem

      czcams.com/video/aRdJ0T-vEno/video.htmlsi=v8XbiqlbfA3Q3xaI

  • @jonathangorrie2402
    @jonathangorrie2402 Před měsícem +4

    He puts on a FACE shield, then turns his FACE away from the needle lol c’mon man

  • @champyton437
    @champyton437 Před měsícem

    i got stabbed in the palm with a pencil in 6th grade so i might have an advantage, also i have a big gap in my teeth lol i'd be an unfair test subject

  • @zzhughesd
    @zzhughesd Před měsícem

    GCN did this at xmas one year. Bikes can take it. The oily bits bearings dont like it after they dry out !!!!

  • @uriituw
    @uriituw Před měsícem

    Who’s the pinkhair?

  • @AnnaCurser
    @AnnaCurser Před měsícem +3

    i love Jamie but at this point he is so over the show

  • @young3nsinglej
    @young3nsinglej Před 15 dny

    "We tried everything WE could and couldn't do it, so it's busted" is what I hated about this show. It IS possible to pierce glass with a needle, I've seen it done. You need the right glass and the right needle + a LOT of practise but it is possible.
    Also, tapping the car window with the finger, it amazed me they didn't understand how 'easiest' to break that kind of glass. There's a reason that in the virla clip the guy tapping movea from the center to the coner as that's where it's eaaiest to break that kind of glass. Carry had the right idea with a punch but SO much less force is needed in the corner. MAN I wish this show would come back!

  • @ssjhilfling
    @ssjhilfling Před měsícem

    Did they just confirm a biological different between men and women, that make so most sense?
    Women was the caretakers of the settlements when the men was hunting back in the Stone age.
    Taking a pee break, makes you and the offspring a easy prey

  • @Tyler_82
    @Tyler_82 Před měsícem

    the teeth was just stupid nobody i know looks at thier teeth for an extended time, but would still be easy as if ya got a gap or crooked tooth u know it and could pick it out easy!

    • @SirHorned19
      @SirHorned19 Před 24 dny

      Most people in the western world brush their teeth twice every day.. What kind of cretins are you hanging out with?

  • @A1readyDead
    @A1readyDead Před 20 dny

    They shot the needle backwards..