video: NYC commute via Fixie: POV
An art form. A study showed the average car in NYC goes about 5 mph or something…bikes can beat that, easy (as long as you ride like this guy, going from Midtown to Chelsea). A little harder than my commute in Boulder from my lil’eco Victorian to elephant’s lil’eco office or the Trident Café.
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Reminds me of my commute down Comm Ave in Boston. Fun times!
That’s amazing he hardly stops!
I counted about one car passed per second in the first minute, if you count all three lanes.
This is _exactly_ why bicyclists get a bad name; there are multiple times he could easily have caused an accident, intentionally cutting off vehicles, etc.
This is, by no means, something to be proud of — It's just another case in point of reckless driving on a bike, to prove a point of being able to get from Point A to B in x amount of time, with obviously little to no regard for those around him.
I would have chosen to go down the West side highway bike path myself. I like cheap thrills, but biking through midtown is not one of them!