Safa Brian: Filmmaker and cyclist

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Brian “Safa” Wagner has carved out a niche for himself within cycling as one of the fastest road descenders outside of the pro peloton. Through his Youtube channel, he shares films of his most nail-biting descents that see him maintaining average speeds of nearly 50mph over the course of 15-minutes. Safa started out as a bike messenger, navigating the crowded streets of cities such as London, Sydney, Glasgow, and Mexico City as fast as cycling allowed. Over time, he elevated this to an art fo...

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0:00.0	People think that I'm going to get really hurt when I'm like, every single year, people die in sanction races.
0:08.6	It's not just about the speed. It's about cycling.
0:12.5	It's showtime, everybody. Showtime!
0:17.2	You've been living in a dream world, Neo.
0:23.6	This is the world as it exists today.
0:31.6	Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while. You could miss it.
0:35.6	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:38.2	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:40.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:43.4	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
0:47.5	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
0:52.5	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McElvin.
0:56.7	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the show.
1:00.4	This week, I am so excited to present Safa Brian.
1:05.9	Safa is someone that is completely unique in the cycling world.
1:09.8	He is someone that has struck out in his own direction, is doing his own thing,
1:11.8	and thus inspiring a lot of people.
1:15.4	Not without controversy, but we'll get more to that later.
1:19.1	First of all, I have some things to catch y'all up on.
1:21.3	I hate when these intros get too long.
1:29.6	So I'm going to be as succinct as I can, but there is a good amount of content that I need to let y'all know about because we have exciting stuff to announce.
1:31.3	So bear with me.
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