To explain that there were a few years of my life that I could have easily left these guys behind is as much confession as boast. At seventeen years old the body's senses, reflexes, strength and resilience are more developed than the mind's awareness of mortality. This phenomenon combined with most of my adolescence spent on the seat of a bike either in midtown traffic or the peleton made me really damn fast at riding around Manhattan. I submit this bragging with some embarrassment and lots of gratitude I survived... Columbus circle to alphabet city in less than 10 minutes during rush hour. Try that in anything other than a helicopter to understand just how good I was at dodging, weaving and passing cars, truck, buses, cabs, horses, pedestrians and other bikes all crammed into the countries' busiest city. Or just watch this video in double speed.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Stupid human tricks
This video illustrates what happens to people who are too nuts to be fighter pilots. It starts to get good about 50 seconds in as they ride down Broadway through times sq, then down seventh ave.
To explain that there were a few years of my life that I could have easily left these guys behind is as much confession as boast. At seventeen years old the body's senses, reflexes, strength and resilience are more developed than the mind's awareness of mortality. This phenomenon combined with most of my adolescence spent on the seat of a bike either in midtown traffic or the peleton made me really damn fast at riding around Manhattan. I submit this bragging with some embarrassment and lots of gratitude I survived... Columbus circle to alphabet city in less than 10 minutes during rush hour. Try that in anything other than a helicopter to understand just how good I was at dodging, weaving and passing cars, truck, buses, cabs, horses, pedestrians and other bikes all crammed into the countries' busiest city. Or just watch this video in double speed.
To explain that there were a few years of my life that I could have easily left these guys behind is as much confession as boast. At seventeen years old the body's senses, reflexes, strength and resilience are more developed than the mind's awareness of mortality. This phenomenon combined with most of my adolescence spent on the seat of a bike either in midtown traffic or the peleton made me really damn fast at riding around Manhattan. I submit this bragging with some embarrassment and lots of gratitude I survived... Columbus circle to alphabet city in less than 10 minutes during rush hour. Try that in anything other than a helicopter to understand just how good I was at dodging, weaving and passing cars, truck, buses, cabs, horses, pedestrians and other bikes all crammed into the countries' busiest city. Or just watch this video in double speed.
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thats an awesome video - sort of miss those rides from the upper west side down to the lower east side - especially the sweet downhill down broadway from 57th through times square...nice
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