Support road.cc

Like this site? Help us to make it better.

news

Video: When riding a bike down an escalator, check there isn't a wall at the bottom

"After a night of drinking, my friend thought it would be a good idea." Wrong...

"After a night of drinking, my friend thought it would be a good idea to go down the escalator with his bicycle," says YouTube user Pr0uditalian, posting the above footage shot at the Pacific City shopping mall in Huntington Beach, California.

As  the video shows, it wasn't so much the ride down the escalator that caused his pal to come to grief - rather that no-one had employed sufficient foresight to work out he'd head straight into a glass wall when he got there. 

Not one to try at home ... or indeed at the Trafford Centre, Bluewater, Westfield Stratford City or whatever your local shopping centre happens to be.

 

 

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

Add new comment

9 comments

Avatar
i_am_stewart | 7 years ago
0 likes

Absoultly wrecked the forks! Check the first and last frames of the video! 

Avatar
tangledfeet | 7 years ago
0 likes

There was a crash..?  All I saw was him start to go down the escalator and then all I could see was the blonde... angel

Avatar
fenix | 7 years ago
0 likes

Actually that went a lot better than I thought it would...

Avatar
Paul_C | 7 years ago
0 likes

bl00dy Hipster fixie risers...

Avatar
Yorkshire wallet | 7 years ago
0 likes

MURICA!

HELL YEAH!

Avatar
burtthebike | 7 years ago
1 like

How fortunate he had the foresight to wear a helmet, otherwise he would certainly be dead.  Most certainly.  No doubt about it.  Dead.

No, hang on, wait a minute.........

Avatar
wycombewheeler | 7 years ago
0 likes

neither a road bike, nor on the road, or racing or commuting.

Shame the young lady rushes ove to see if he's OK, she should have just made a gesture at the tool.

pretty poor planning, should have gone down the up escalator, a cetain releative speed between the bike and the escalaotr is required for balance, but the speed must be low enough to stop at the bottom. to ride down the down escalator he must exceed the speed of the steps.

Very lucky he didn't go through the glass

 

Avatar
brooksby | 7 years ago
0 likes

At least it was security glass: imagine if it was just window glass and he'd gone through...

Avatar
LegalFun | 7 years ago
0 likes

Might have got away with it if he had brakes!

Latest Comments