Bike messenger race
mapryan
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Wow, just came across this video from 2006 called "London Calling - Bike Messengers Race"
I'm speechless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLzGj10fg2g&feature=related
I'm speechless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLzGj10fg2g&feature=related
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I was speechless to start with but then words like "stupid" and "reckless" sprang to mind0
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Look on the bright side, most of them are probably dead by now<a>road</a>0
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el_presidente wrote:Look on the bright side, most of them are probably dead by now
I'd take that bet...
Also, remember that these guys feature in the cycling accident statistics that get cited every so often... How many cyclists died riding in London in 2007? Now, how many of them were messengers riding like this or POBSOs undertaking Artics and jumping red lights?
OK, so what are the odds for sane, experienced cyclists.... looking a bit better now, huh?
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they are the most brainless people on Bikes BUT maaaan you gotta love it! lol
i noway will ever support this kind of riding but watching it on youtube like that makes it seem better then it isCoveryourcar.co.uk RT Tester
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Is this the vid where they are diving on the pavement and bowling people out of the way?Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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Alleycat racing!!
It would appear Bikeradar caught up with the man behind the video a couple of years ago........http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/i ... aker-11858
His site www.digave.com has a couple of other videos all with the same general theme!!!!0 -
The lens angle makes it appear faster than it really is. Having said that though, its a foolhardy cyclist that rides down Oxford St (at any speed) with no brakes.
Interesting to see how much the stretch along New Oxford St and Oxford St has changed in the last four years though.0 -
Awesome song
Hammerfall, Heeding the call!
It's a little like Gumball racing, you don't condone it, no no no. But the unrepentant cyclist in me....Food Chain number = 4
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Dangerous, dangerously irresponsible, foolhardy, socially reprehensable.....the whole lot of it.
But SH1T that looked like fun 8)The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle. ...Stapp’s Ironical Paradox Law
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Seen it before - mad as spoons the lot of them :roll:0
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Think this is one of the original ones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNgJrfgXijg
Dodgy stuff, but I like the background music :oops:0 -
W*nkers! I've seen a similar one with mopeds and I think that's pretty pathetic too.0
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Actually closed the window half way through - bored. See enough people riding/driving as though they've been lobotomised on a daily basis. Not even convinced they were going that fast.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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