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The best video you'll see today of a goat getting a backie on a bike

He may not win King of the Mountain Goats - but he seems to be having fun

Ask a pro cyclist which type of rider they think will do best on a tough mountain stage, and often the answer will be "a mountain goat."

We're not sure whether this particular goat, filmed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, is aiming for a podium place in a Grand Tour, but in this video he seems to be okay with the whole bicycle thing as he clings onto his owner.

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Couldbefaster | 10 years ago
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This bloke is quite well known in Addis Ababa. The photos that I have are of him with a different goat.....read whatever meaning you wish into that....

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FluffyKittenofT... | 10 years ago
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Totally irresponsible!

The goat is wearing neither high-viz nor a helmet!

I'm not sure about the rider - its possible that controlled studies would show that wearing a goat is more effective at giving protection in a collision than wearing a helmet. This needs further investigation.
I mean, if there's even a chance it will save your life, why wouldn't you wear a goat?

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chokofingrz | 10 years ago
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On the plus side, he just took a clean sweep of GOMs on that ride.

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zanf | 10 years ago
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Where the hell is its helmet & hiviz? Completely irresponsible and dangerous.

I bet it rides on sportives, disregarding rules of the road and giving the rest of us cyclists a bad name.

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levermonkey | 10 years ago
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I think you'll find the goat has misunderstood what was meant by 'invitation to dinner'.

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redthing | 10 years ago
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"That's what friends are for..."

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merckxman | 10 years ago
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Is that legal, I bet he wouldn't make it down Manchester's curry mile....

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movingtarget | 10 years ago
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No matter how he got up there, that goat looks strangely calm on a bike in traffic. Now if they had a mountain lion ...

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Sara_H | 10 years ago
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The goats paws are tied together. No likey.

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portec replied to Sara_H | 10 years ago
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Sara_H wrote:

The goats paws are tied together. No likey.

paws?!  24

I think you mean hooves. Not making fun of you; I just found that really funny.  1

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Notsofast | 10 years ago
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How? just how do you train a goat to do that?

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IanW1968 | 10 years ago
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You get to a certain age and think you're unlikely to see something new..then along comes a goat on a bike.

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