There are wheelies, and then there are extreme wheelies. This video not only falls uder the latter category, but should also most definitely be filed under ‘Do not try this at home.’
Uploaded to Instagram by New York City-based self-styled “extreme bike rider” Rrdblocks, it shows a succession of riders popping wheelies as they negotiate obstacles including street furniture, the heads of friends lying in the road and, erm, oncoming traffic.
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People do ridicule cyclists for wearing helmets though They certainly do! I remember being mocked with shouted abuse for wearing a helmet (I had been after one ever since I saw Americans wearing Bell helmets some time before) on Maryhill Road in Glasgow in 1976. Somebody brought one back for me after a holiday in the USA.
You are correct, I was commenting on what the author said, not responding to Mr. Blackbird. Using the threaded view clearly shows replies versus separate comments. We are all entitled to our opinions, which is all I was giving in response to the article. I was also indeed only commenting on the Grenadier vehicles and the “wannabe Land Rover” term and not on the company or Jim Ratcliffe personally.
"My father undertook post mortems and attended coronors inquests until his retirement and early death. He saw the riders who died in accidents. He built up decades of observed experience. He made us wear a helmet." That is the very definition of observation bias. Did he also do post mortems on people who had died from obesity and diabetes because they didn't ride a bike? If so, he would have seen massively more of them than cyclists.
Don't know about you but when I've been hit by a motor vehicle I've fallen off my bike, and wearing a helmet intended to protect me if I fall off has mitigated my injuries.
They do exist, but they're expensive and they look something like this:- https://www.freepik.com/free-ai-image/war-zone-with-tank_67396907.htm
What a marvelously apposite name for someone taking on helmet-related cases.
700, 1000 and 1400 lumen flash modes. How to annoy the feck out of the International Space Station. The steady beams have only been increased to 650, 950 and 1350 lumens, respectively. Maybe increased run time would have been better.
"This is invaluable in so many unthinkable ways." I can think of several ways in which insurance might be useful. How do you know "so many of the ways" are 'invaluable'? -- if you can't think them, you can't count them.
Been using a Decathlon screw mount alloy one for many years. Cheap, secure and bomb proof. Just make sure you use a silicone jacket on your phone 'cos it may crack the glass - especially the rear. https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/cycling-smartphone-mount-metal/325682/c1c227m8587962
Why has this site swallowed my line breaks? Where has the 'Preview' box gone, and the Edit button? Has it been enshittified?
-1024x680.jpg "“Clear anti-cyclist bias”: Lawsuit filed against Toronto police after cop doored cyclist… before ticketing rider over incident")
4 thoughts on “Video: There are wheelies … then there are extreme wheelies”
Why the fuck are you
Why the fuck are you promoting this dangerous moron?
kevinmorice wrote:
I think he’s probably going to do it anyway.
I can’t even do a wheelie like that in GTA V never mind real life. I’d happily trade a few mph average speed for the ability to ride on the back wheel forever. It never gets old IMO. The po-faced don’t approve but I pop a wheelie everytime I leave my house. Just don’t go ever the balance point clipped in!
kevinmorice wrote:
You have a point in this. But still, it’s so crazy, it’s beyond being a moron, I guess…
Skill level approaching
Skill level approaching Godmode.