This one's dedicated to all you's who ride bicycles.

September 17, 2013 8:42 AM

Citi Bike BMX [slyt]
posted by functionequalsform (15 comments total)

I saw this a couple days ago when my local city bike share tweeted it at my local bike advocacy organization. Their response was: "awesome BUT not sure we should be the one to promote riding on sidewalks, etc. we educate folks on how to follow the laws!"

I definitely agree that it's awesome, and the punch line at the last second of the video is worth watching the whole thing.
posted by asperity at 8:46 AM on September 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

the punch line at the last second of the video is worth watching the whole thing.

I don't think I caught it. What's the punchline? Just whisper so you don't spoil it.
posted by orme at 9:09 AM on September 17, 2013

The little wrench button indicates to the system that "this bike is in need of repair"
posted by Wulfhere at 9:13 AM on September 17, 2013 [3 favorites]

That was fun! You can tell it takes some serious effort to get that big heavy pig off the ground, but he does it!
posted by Mister_A at 9:13 AM on September 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

I don't know, guy's a great rider and all and this may be good for publicity/awareness, but my biggest fear for my notoriously-bike-unfriendly city's bike program is idiots doing stuff like this and trashing the bikes. That would prevent their expansion beyond the stations we have now and, probably, kill the program. If you want good user-originated publicity, I much prefer the guy riding the DC bike in a triathlon.

Also, bike laws, etc.
posted by resurrexit at 9:20 AM on September 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

I should make a video of all my CitiBike tricks. I stop at red lights! I ring the bell incessantly! I balance two not-at-all heavy Trader Joe's bags!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:21 AM on September 17, 2013 [7 favorites]

I much prefer the guy riding the DC bike in a triathlon.

Oh hey, that happened! I always wondered if that would be allowed. I'm also wondering who will be the first person caught figuring out a way to strap a child seat onto one of those beasts.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:23 AM on September 17, 2013

Music courtesy of Early B the Doctor:Wheely, Wheely
posted by Mister Bijou at 9:23 AM on September 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

These bikes are built to take quite a beating, I wouldn't worry too much about them getting trashed. People who want to do crazy shit on a bike have their own, and since these things are built like tanks, it's just not that fun to do tricks on them.
posted by antonymous at 9:28 AM on September 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

I don't know, guy's a great rider and all and this may be good for publicity/awareness, but my biggest fear for my notoriously-bike-unfriendly city's bike program is idiots doing stuff like this and trashing the bikes.

You have to be a BMX pro to even try doing tricks on an Alta bike.,
posted by ocschwar at 9:29 AM on September 17, 2013 [2 favorites]

Thanks, Wulfhere! I didn't know!
posted by orme at 9:35 AM on September 17, 2013

Very impressive considering how much those things weigh. As Public Enemy said, "My Uzi weighs a ton."
posted by exogenous at 9:46 AM on September 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

Related: Julie Klausner on a Citi Bike
posted by Cash4Lead at 10:30 AM on September 17, 2013

I couldn't find "Radical!", so here's "I meant to do that."
posted by Sys Rq at 10:33 AM on September 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

I should make a video of all my CitiBike tricks. I stop at red lights! I ring the bell incessantly! I balance two not-at-all heavy Trader Joe's bags!

Hey, we want to encourage rider participation, not kill it.
posted by 2N2222 at 12:40 PM on September 17, 2013