We use Slack as our workplace communication tool at Pinkbike and we have a #randoms channel which we use to share an assortment of videos and stories from all corners of the cycling world and beyond... We thought a couple of the moments from the past week were too good not to share with a wider audience, so here are some of the highlights.
MTBer vs MooseWhat do you do when you meet a moose on the trail? Tell it to "f*ck off" apparently! This video was posted by the rider on Reddit and they later clarified, "This was a young cow. I could tell she was a little small to go bouncing through the alders, so I figured those two small side cuts were my best option unless I wanted to get pushed halfway down the mountain."
A Bicycle Powered CarThe Life OD YouTube channel specializes in repairing second-hand cars but they did something different with this one. Instead of fitting a new engine, they instead decided to make it bike-powered. Skip to around 3:30 to see them take it to the streets for a trip to the McDonald's drivethrough. It's not long before they attract the attention of large crowds and the law...
Will Ferrell's Ready to Take on the next Downhill World Cup
An ebike inspired by skeletonsWe love weird concept bikes here at Slack Randoms and this week we've found another one. The world of ebikes seems to be a never-ending fountain of these leftfield designs and here's yet another. This one was designed by industrial designer Gary Liao from Taipei, Taiwan who wanted to create not just a commuter bike but also a work of art.
The design was inspired by the human skeleton. Liao says on his
Behance page, "There are different hardness and shape to human bone. The structure was built according to its function and shaped organically. A hollow bone pillar has te equal strength to the solid pillar and weighs less. I came up with the idea of a bone shaped bike after learning about the fascinating human bone."
Other features of the bike include 20" carbon wheels for maneuverability in traffic and storage options for a laptop and coffee cup.
Red Bull's Forrest Gump | Double-tap if the cameraman deserves a medal—UCI Mountain Bike |
Citi Bike SendsThe CitiBikeBoyz are a New York based group of riders who collect some wild clips using the city's bike scheme and are well worth a follow. Here are some of our favorite posts from the past few weeks.
Rugby 7s cycling celebrationHere's how the Russian Women's Rugby 7s team celebrated securing their place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. No, we don't know why they went for a bike celebration either!
First proposed in 2008 by the New York City Department of Transportation, Citi Bike's scheduled 2011 opening was delayed by Hurricane Sandy and technological problems. It officially opened in May 2013 with 332 stations and 6,000 bikes. Annual expansions have brought the totals to 706 stations and 12,000 bikes as of October 2017, making the service the largest bike sharing program in the United States. Further expansions for Citi Bike are planned to extend its service area across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens, and increase the number of bikes to 40,000.
As of July 2019, there are 169,000 annual subscribers. Citi Bike riders took an average of 56,497 rides per day in 2019,[2] and the system reached a total of 50 million rides in October 2017.
I stand by my comment.
And before someone says „reeee iTs mY hEaLtH nOt YoUrS“, kids see this shit on insta and think it’s cool to ride without a helmet. Be a f*cking role model.
I agree it's the parents responsibility to raise their kids, but it's also not nearly as simple as "tell kids the risks and if they still do it, it's on them."
@barp : Was that your fault or someone else’s?
No. I love a good straw-man argument as well as the next guy, but what I'm "suggesting" is what I actually said: I agree it's the parents responsibility to raise their kids, but it's also not nearly as simple as "tell kids the risks and if they still do it, it's on them."
Amirightoramiright @doublecrownaddict?