NY cycling video

Now I like riding through heavy traffic, but this video scared me witless.
http://www.digave.com/videos/red-web.mpg (50MB, so only for broadband or,
ahem, people at work).

It's a bunch of guys racing through New York, interesting at the best of
times, but I defy you to watch it without pulling your shoulders in to make
yourself narrower or squeezing your hands on brakes that aren't there. I'll
not pass any judgement on what they're actually doing, but it looks bloody
scarey!


Graeme

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:55:04 GMT, Graeme
wrote:


Now I like riding through heavy traffic, but this video scared me witless.
http://www.digave.com/videos/red-web.mpg (50MB, so only for broadband or,
ahem, people at work).

That's a great video, thanks for the link.

I think my favourite moment was the rider nonchalantly tapping the
front bucket on the digger as he passed, like he was patting a dragon
on the nose.
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On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:55:04 GMT, Graeme
wrote:



Now I like riding through heavy traffic, but this video scared me witless.
http://www.digave.com/videos/red-web.mpg (50MB, so only for broadband or,
ahem, people at work).


That's a great video, thanks for the link.

I think my favourite moment was the rider nonchalantly tapping the
front bucket on the digger as he passed, like he was patting a dragon
on the nose.

Good soundtrack too! I was also impressed by the camera work -
anyone care to guess what kind of kit he had strapped to his
helmet?

Scary moment towards the end when a couple of them ride up the
wrong side of a 3-lane road so they can make a faster left turn
across the traffic - yikes. A couple of very near misses with
jaywalking pedestrians too!

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Good soundtrack too! I was also impressed by the camera work -
anyone care to guess what kind of kit he had strapped to his
helmet?

Yes, this - http://www.digave.com/videos/how.htm

Scary moment towards the end when a couple of them ride up the
wrong side of a 3-lane road so they can make a faster left turn
across the traffic - yikes.

By then I'd reached the point where I wouldn't have been surprised if they
bunny hopped over the roof of a slow moving car!

Graeme

"Graeme" wrote in message
4.51...

Now I like riding through heavy traffic, but this video scared me witless.
http://www.digave.com/videos/red-web.mpg (50MB, so only for broadband or,
ahem, people at work).

It's a bunch of guys racing through New York, interesting at the best of
times, but I defy you to watch it without pulling your shoulders in to
make
yourself narrower or squeezing your hands on brakes that aren't there.
I'll
not pass any judgement on what they're actually doing, but it looks bloody
scarey!

I was hoping they'd get knocked off and killed. Deserve it cycling like
that. ****s.

Oh! why don't you live a little!



I was hoping they'd get knocked off and killed. Deserve it cycling like
that. ****s.

I think you mean:

In ,
Silverfox typed:
elyob wrote:
I was hoping they'd get knocked off and killed. Deserve it cycling
like that. ****s.
Oh! why don't you live a little!

I'm a bit torn. It looked pretty darn exhilarating, but on the other hand,
they did upset quite a few people and I'm surprised they didn't have any
collisions, possibly bad ones.

Worth watching, though.

A

Ambrose Nankivell wrote:
I think you mean:

In ,
Silverfox typed:
elyob wrote:
I was hoping they'd get knocked off and killed. Deserve it cycling
like that. ****s.
Oh! why don't you live a little!

I'm a bit torn. It looked pretty darn exhilarating, but on the other
hand, they did upset quite a few people and I'm surprised they didn't
have any collisions, possibly bad ones.

Worth watching, though.

A

There's another one there wher one of the riders (doing something rather
silly IMHO, but no doubt "Out There") collides with a little old lady in her
station wagon. She stop and gets out, all apologetic, to see if the rider is
alright. He, rather sheepishly, explains that it was his fault and gets
going again.

Kids, eh.

"Ambrose Nankivell" wrote in message
...
I think you mean:

In ,
Silverfox typed:
elyob wrote:
I was hoping they'd get knocked off and killed. Deserve it cycling
like that. ****s.
Oh! why don't you live a little!

I'm a bit torn. It looked pretty darn exhilarating, but on the other hand,
they did upset quite a few people and I'm surprised they didn't have any
collisions, possibly bad ones.

Worth watching, though.

A

Nah, what I meant was .. "have you seen 'New World Disorder' when they at
least do decent tricks without endangering peds, but just endanger
themselves".

That was a bunch of middle aged blokes who ... well .. I felt that was far
too dangerous to call fun. I also walk, and don't want to be crippled by an
idiot on a pavement/crossing.

If you feel that I don't have a life, then *plonk* me. I'd hate to kill a
ped because I cycle through red lights without a care. I spend a long time
defending cycling as a whole. That ruins everything I believe in.

That's my say, and I will still 'tut' people for cycling on pavements and
the rest ..

http://www.lesberries.co.uk/ccraft/ccraft.htm

"elyob" writes:
"Ambrose Nankivell" wrote in message
...
I think you mean:
In ,
Silverfox typed:
elyob wrote:
I was hoping they'd get knocked off and killed. Deserve it cycling
like that. ****s.
Oh! why don't you live a little!

I'm a bit torn. It looked pretty darn exhilarating, but on the other hand,
they did upset quite a few people and I'm surprised they didn't have any
collisions, possibly bad ones.

Nah, what I meant was .. "have you seen 'New World Disorder' when they at
least do decent tricks without endangering peds, but just endanger
themselves".

That was a bunch of middle aged blokes who ... well .. I felt that was far
too dangerous to call fun. I also walk, and don't want to be crippled by an
idiot on a pavement/crossing.

Indeed. Note I used the word exhilarating, not fun. I don't think it
was OK behaviour, but it was good to watch, if you imagine it's all
filmed by professional stuntmen.

If you feel that I don't have a life, then *plonk* me.

I definitely didn't say that. Indeed one of the main reasons I replied
was to make a subtle hint to SilverFox (who appears to represent the
company of that name) about how to properly reply on newsgroups,
attributing quotes, etc.

I'd hate to kill a ped because I cycle through red lights without a
care. I spend a long time defending cycling as a whole. That ruins
everything I believe in.

It does, and I'm sure I'd have had a much graver reaction if it'd been
somewhere other than New York, particularly if it'd been this
country. I guess I see respectable cycling as a lost cause there,
whereas it isn't here.

That's my say, and I will still 'tut' people for cycling on pavements and
the rest ..

So you should.

http://www.lesberries.co.uk/ccraft/ccraft.htm

A useful link.

Sorry if I offended,

A