A cyclist in Bradford is set to be summonsed for careless and inconsiderate cycling – after police caught him pulling a wheelie for 180 metres along a busy road.
The male cyclist, who has not been named, performed his trick on a Genesis mountain bike on Queens Road at 3 o’clock last Friday afternoon, reports the Telegraph & Argus.
Unfortunately for the rider, a member of West Yorkshire Police’s Bradford district anti-social behaviour team was behind him on a motorbike and pulled him over after seeing him “weaving about.”
“He was stopped at the roadside and couldn’t really see what all the fuss was all about,” a police spokesman said.
“That’s not acceptable on busy main roads with heavy traffic. He was reported for the offence of careless and inconsiderate cycling (section 29 Road Traffic Act 1988) and will be receiving a summons to attend court for his selfish manner of riding.
“There is a time and place for that, and Queens Road at 3pm is certainly not one of them.”
Legal issues aside, holding a wheelie – or ‘manual’ as it’s also known – for 180 metres is getting close to the former Guinness World Record of 209 metres set by American Zachary Hutelin in 2011, and beaten last December by New Zealand teen Harry Denton, who rode 334 metres on his back wheel.
18 thoughts on “Bradford cyclist faces summons – for pulling 180-metre wheelie”
On a busy road? Not exactly
On a busy road? Not exactly crime of the century, but what a divot!
Talented divot admitedly.
Surly pulling a wheelie for
Surly pulling a wheelie for that distance indicates a heightened level of control?
Inconsiderate maybe – but I don’t see how you could call it careless?
Must be Mad wrote:
By that logic – someone driving a car on two wheels – a la Diamonds are Forever – you’d not call that careless either ?
Must be Mad wrote:
He did it in front of a police motorcyclist – those are normally pretty noticeable.
Isn’t that a unicycle (which
Isn’t that a unicycle (which I assume would be OK), with a spare wheel?
Slow crime day in Bradford?
Slow crime day in Bradford? Seriously though, how is this any different to simply riding a unicycle?
Was it a wheelie or a manual?
Was it a wheelie or a manual? We want facts godamm it!
Come on guys, everyone knows
Come on guys, everyone knows a manual and a wheelie are two different things. The world record for a wheelie (pedalling) in one hour alone is over 25km.
> holding a wheelie – or
> holding a wheelie – or ‘manual’ as it’s also known
Careful. You’ll have the MTB and BMXers in a tizzy
Wheelie = Front wheel in the air and pedalling to keep going
Manual = Front wheel in air, no pedalling allowed
I think I might move to
I think I might move to Bradford. So little crime that the police have time to bother with this sort of thing, sounds utopian.
Reading between the lines it sounds like the kid hasn’t worked out the 1st rule of authority: Authority never backs down.
Next time just say “sorry officer, yes it was stupid, I just got a bit carried away”…
FFS, another waste of
FFS, another waste of taxpayers money, go and doing something useful copper.
Some people saying the copper
Some people saying the copper should have something better to do and it wasn’t a major crime, which is true, but it’s not like he was out looking for manualling miscreants – this fool did a huge manual down a public highway, which he obviously shouldn’t be doing and he did it right in front of the old bill, so of course they stopped him for a chat and of course they charged him when he didn’t say sorry.
Deserves the book thrown at him, not for manualling, but for manualling whilst in the presence of an officer of the law. A stupidity fine, perhaps.
Speaking as someone who’s
Speaking as someone who’s never managed to even ride in a straight line on two wheels without at least one hand holding the handlebars, I think the rider deserves a bl**dy medal rather than a fine!
I wish that copper could be
I wish that copper could be seconded to where I live..the area’s infested with dickheads on bikes doing this in pedestrian areas. Pisses me off to see this clown labelled a cyclist tbh.
mikebelluk wrote:
Well, you know, he was riding a bicycle…?
A bit stupid and clearly not
A bit stupid and clearly not a good idea in busy traffic. Impressive though. Just pick a better time dude lol. It’s just a pity that such police diligence isn’t shown with far more dangerous cars being driven weaving in and out whilst on phones in busy traffic. This is much more common. I had a guy driving behind my car for about 2 miles on his phone the whole time recently. The number of girls doing makeup and hair is quite unbelievable also. Yes, dickhead ‘cyclists’ are all over the shop too but at least they are likely to just put themselves in A&E instead of some innocent. Priorities etc…
180 metres? what’s that in
180 metres? what’s that in white lines? the standard measurement for wheelies back in the day when i had a bmx
Coppers a knob. Get a life..
Coppers a knob. Get a life..