Bike Messenger Riding Fast and Fluid Through NYC Traffic
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2020
- Meet Cooper Ray the cyclist in this video and Terry Barentsen the camera man riding behind him.
Now you might think this was filmed as a once off, for some kind of stunt, movie or commercial, but in actual fact Terry is a freelance cinematographer based in New York, and often films Cooper, himself or various other people, riding around new York City for his RUclips channel.
What makes Cooper’s riding style even more amazing, is he does not have any gears or brakes on his bike.
When it comes to braking, I’ve seen Cooper jump off the bike and slow down on foot, also I have seen him use his foot on the back wheel like a brake, but otherwise he just keeps riding.
Also the bike Cooper is riding is a track bike made for racing at a velodrome, it is a fixed gear bike with no brakes and no freewheel. Which means the rear wheel drives the pedals, so as long as the bike is moving the pedals are turning.
To all those who think this form of riding is reckless and dangerous, I agree, but that does not change the fact people all over the world ride like this every day, Terry just wanted to say “everyone crashes from time to time, even with brakes, we believe staying focused and aware of your surroundings is the best way to stay safe and having no brakes forces you to be in the present. These videos aren't made to encourage bad cycling, so please ride at your own risk and skill level.
Thanks for watching.
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Thanks for making intro’n me to you viewers. I’d also like to point out that we love and ride all bikes over on my channel 💕
My pleasure Terry, you do amazing work filming while riding and keeping up, I can't believe how stable, smooth and on target you filming is, and it's so captivating to watch. I have never seen these types of videos on youtube before, so I was happy to be able to share it with my audience.
Riding the Wave? I thought this style of cycling was called "Roughcut"
Many names for the same thing.
New subscriber here, Brighton, England. This is not something everyone can do obviously & looks really dangerous. Which at the same time makes it all the more special.
Definitely bro. I've been watching you to for awhile. You got some great footage. Keep riding. Keep filming. CYCL🌀MANIACS
“Riding around cars like they’re not even there…” *cars honking and slamming on the brakes*
Rider has no brakes
@@numbaoneg101 it was his decision to put no brakes
@@numbaoneg101 I believe Phillip is talking about the cars slamming on their brakes. Due to his dangerous stupidity.
@@EmmaLiess-qz6zw 😂 ‘Ah now I see’ said the blind man
@@numbaoneg101 Single speed, you stop pedaling wheel stops
everyone's a gangsta until someone opens the door while in traffic
someone did that to me when i was riding between cars on my motorbike, lucky i was going slow I was able to stop in time,
it was intentional as we were stuck in traffic on a freeway at the time.
@@WonderWorldYTC if it was intentional then you should have hit that door harder and controlled way such that you wont get injured and damage his vehicle ... Next time he will look in mirror before opening door..
@@pranavchaugule1448 I never hit the door, i was going slow enough that i was able to stop in time.
@@pranavchaugule1448 You have to stop if involved in an accident. It's a felony in many USA states if you don't.
Been riding my bike in Amsterdam where dooring happens often. It amazed me how you develop some sixth sense for that.
His skills are amazing. His respect for other people? Non-existent.
THIS comment should be pinned, my exact thoughts whilst watching this - and also how im sure the rider in the video finds this thrilling, which I don't blame him for.
The same could be said for nearly every person driving a car... except for the skills part
@@tay-lore very true.
Non existent? Why? what did he do exactly that was disrespectful? Nothing, he's just riding a bicycle minding his business, I didn't see him do anything disrespectful at all.
@@eliasnyc1 then you my friend, are deluded.
Amazed at his skill and cameraman's skill; can't excuse the patent disregard for other road users. Road safety hierarchy starts with predictability.
The nice background music only purpose is to cover the swearing of the pedestrians and drivers.
🤣🤣🤣 its the new bleep
Oh that's definitely a fact in this fucking city smh lol
Is you play the video at 0.25x speed you can see the pedestrians 🖕 flicking off the bike rider, at normal speed it blurs out.
The peachy and dreamy music should be replaced with your usual hardcore grind music that accompanies bmx and motorcycle races and such
Cars don't rule the road.
as a foreigner in Japan, when i get my driving license, the Instructor said "We dont test your skill, we check if you can follow our rules".....
Just like a sheep lol
@@srdjanbozic3827 Yes, you are very smart..
Same I heard in Germany when I needed to re-do my license. "I see you are experienced driver. But what I want to see is how do you follow the rules"
i love the part starting from 0:00 where she just disobeys all existing traffic laws!
I’m also a bike rider, but that's... crossing the line. I don't care if you get yourself in danger, but please don't let others be.
oh, so you're also a massive cunt? you fit in those 99% ?
As a rider, this guy makes my world more dangerous. The one thing we as bike riders need to be is predictable and safe.
Exactly this kind of driving is not ok
Are you a bike messenger
Your purpose on the road is not the same as a bike messenger. Unless you too are a bike messenger.
You could say “this is like water flowing around rocks” about nearly any unsafe behavior. Doesn’t make it impressive or worth praising..
How exactly? I'm also a rider, and Cooper's riding has no bearing on my riding. If drivers/other road users hate you for some reason, they will hate you whether or not riders like Cooper exist.
besides, he's more predictable that every Sunday rider out there- you can expect him to go fast, run red lights and cut between traffic. As not only a rider, but a driver as well, I'd rather see this dude on the road instead of say a girl wobbling down the road on an omafiets, not really understanding what's going on.
Is this guy super skilled? Hell yes. Is this guy also the reason many drivers hate bike riders? Also hell yes.
Does the guy give a shit? Probably not :D
He would give a shit if people started throwing rotten tomatoes at him and booing constantly as he rides, which he deserves.
@@walker-vj2zp probably would give a shit if he saw a driver who don't give a shit and ran through him🗿
@@walker-vj2zp he will when he goes OTB
And pedestrians
Back in 97' until 2001, I was doing the same with roller blades on, amazing feeling!😎
Sega made a game about that.. Skitch'in very fun.
While I can admire his reflexes and skill of finding a path, traffic rules still apply to all road users.
A red light means stop, plain and simple.
He is toxic. Worst type of cyclists that makes the world a more dangerous place.
Traffic rules apply to cars and similar vehicles with license plate. The worst offense he would be doing is the equivalent of a pedestrian crossing at the wrong time.
@@BlueLightningSky According to NYC Biking Laws, cyclists have all the rights and are subject to all of the duties and regulations applicable to drivers of motor vehicles. Now we know you are ignorant so please shut up and learn .
@@BlueLightningSky Actually not. In all 50 states, people on bikes are required to follow the same laws as other drivers.
For some reason many people think that only vehicles with license plates are required to follow traffic rules, but that's not the case.
Um, no. In some cities, running a red light is legal.
Also, studies have shown that cyclists who run red lights decongest traffic
As a bus driver of 5 years people like these cyclists are the reason i cant sleep at night because of the near misses and the guilt
I go to bed every night thinking about you guys. I sleep very well
This is a perfect demonstration of defensive cycling. This is the way we ride- quick cuts in and out with direct anticipation of who will go where. This is not bad cycling. This is good form.
@@DipTuckDive do you know what defensive means? this dude literally takes more than what he's supposed to be given. It's more like a perfect demonstration of defensive driving from all the cars he's passing. If any of those cars were as much of an asshole as the cyclist was, he'd have been in a coffin a long time ago.
@@DipTuckDive I would like to know what it is perfect? He does not respect any rules of the road, he must say that the other users are poor idiots who follow the rules and the rules do not apply to him! Fortunately, the others respect the rules because otherwise he would have died a long time ago riding like he does without the slightest respect for others!! Another one who thinks only of himself, poor humanity.
@@JohnSmith-nf5xd cyclists can ride any lane they do choose provided they don’t block traffic. He wasn’t blocking traffic. “He doesn’t have the slightest regard for others.” He does. Yup. That is one of the reasons he is riding that way. What you fail to understand is that cyclists can use any lane- he is riding legally here. He’s not breaking any laws or “rules.” He’s riding legally.
Cyclists cannot sit at red lights. That will kill us. You ever sit on the right hand side of the road while idiots in cars can’t or won’t see you- they’re all taking a right hand turn? Nope. I will not sit there. No thank you. I’d rather be in the middle of the road, legally, where you guys can see me.
Glad to see most of the comments aren’t positive. Blowing red lights is reckless and I would assume illegal under NY state law.
Who cares
Blowing red light is illegal but not always reckless, I blow them as a pedestrian and as a biker if nobody is there. But at moderate speed.
That's what I thought until he literally did it ran in front of a police officer and didn't get pulled over
@@Don4L_ people who don't want to be hit by some random bike running a red light. Clown.
@@Omariau you can blow them as a pedestrian because you can look both ways and see nobody is coming. You can’t do that riding 40+mph on a bike.
as a Tram driver, these are the kind of cyclists that end up under my tram through their reckless riding
There's no trams in new York mate
@@joshking5210 did i say im in new york? cyclists are a pain internationally
Your tram? You bought it? Wow. Money bags over here. Actually owns a tram instead of just driving the tram his employer owns. What's your secret. ?
Thank you tram driver for driving one of my favourite modes of transportation ever. Trams are awesome.
But you know what, this type of riding style was at least safer than riding on the bike lane😂
0:32 "Flowing effortlessly through traffic like they weren't even there" Clearly, as he almost hits 2 people in a crosswalk
They decided to change their direction midway, which the messenger didn't expected
@@smittafitta8344 the rider ran the red and the peds had the right of way
He nearly mullered that little girl !
I enjoy running downhill like this n passing mountain bikes at high speeds like this…it’s fun
Nah, he was going to miss them. The AA bruhman grabbed the female thing that was blindest…the #3 female was just surprised.
Sometimes when traveling at certain rates of velocity executive decisions must be made. It’s usually worse if he slows down as that hesitation alone may kill you in traffic or certain life scenarios period.
Way to test what he had left in the tank instincts wise.
@@stephen7690 run reds. Kill peds
I've been riding in London for a couple of years, and it's a cool feeling to go fluid, jump some traffic lights, anticipate cars' movements, and blablabla, but there are limits and this is well beyond them. It's just stupid and selfish to ride like this...
Precisely
I agree.......100%
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Mate he probably won't even be allowed on roads without two independent brakes.
He broke so many laws I was baffled
you are african yes ????
I tried this once in LA and almost turned into fast flowing fluid on the pavement
Good.. I hope you never did it again. This guy needs to get arrested and fined for reckless endangerment.
Hi!
Great walk.
A very beautiful city
Thank you for the video!!!
Would love to see these highly skilled people in Indian traffic
“Highly skilled”
ruclips.net/video/DuVUBsBEYMQ/видео.html not India, but I guess it would look somewhat like this...
@@stickybarry4770 whoa this dude's crazy man. But it was not a fixie..it was geared and had brakes. Even though he was reckless so was the traffic..brakes were there.but fixies in India and even in Jakarta like in this video would be dangerous. I want to ride it so badly too but no can do.
@@stickybarry4770 dude Terry and the riders he posts with are so sick ! They are very skilled. Also I've checked many of hs vids ... can't recall safabrian let me check it out
"God-like Skills"
This type of riding fuels anti-cyclist hate which sets back efforts by decades to build cycling infrastructure which will allow all cyclists to move faster whilst being safer and reduce car congestion. It's also directly dangerous to pedestrians, other cyclists and car drivers.
This so much.
+1000
How didn’t police stop him @1:30? Red light, enforcing priority on pedestrians changing lines without signaling list goes on and on.
People are going to hate cyclists regardless. Stop giving them excuses.
As a cyclist myself I agree on this 100%. This is very selfish way of riding, not "cool" and not impressive at all. Just fuels hate towards cyclist, as you said. Stupid and ignorant guy, goes on red lights when kids are on zebra crossing.
Getting the shivers just watching this as a cyclist myself
This has always amazed me,good content,THX
At the beginning he almost hit a pedestrian, they actually stopped for him.
0:32 ?
@@irlcupcake yes about 32sec
Everybody stopped for him, that is his only "skill".
Most of these bikes don’t have brakes.. it’s ridiculously unsafe
@@lucaharbison367 just a different riding style. Not for everyone.
0:31 Cooper almost hits a child at a crosswalk when he didn't have the light, saved by the parent/guardian/friend.
0:51 Cooper crosses another red light and makes an unpredictable left turn, causing an SUV to slam its breaks during traffic flow.
1:12 This is just plain disrespectful.
Guys like Cooper are a menace to the road, and should be banned from being able to own a bike in New York city. As a law abiding cyclist, guys like Cooper offend me, because it's people like him that make it harder for the rest of us to own bikes in New York. New York city is one of the most unpredictable places to be a cyclist, and the way Cooper was weaving in and out of traffic like that was super dangerous. I can't tell you how many times people have suddenly popped out of nowhere to cross between non moving cars, and had I been moving like Cooper, I would have nailed them. And yeah, they shouldn't be J walking, but the number one rule about cycling in New York is that even if you're doing everything right, you have to take precautions for other people. It's the random guy that you don't see coming (like Cooper) that you have to look out for. Also, Cooper himself seems to be an arrogant pr*ck.
Agreed
You are pretty right!
This is completely inaccurate. Turn left turn right bike lanes. Completely unpredictable, do you bike on 3 trillion milligrams of lsd. It's so easy riding in nyc. Against traffic in front of the police, no complaints no tickets, just look sensible.
I was riding at full speed in between stopped cars in traffic, I was pedaling next to a bus which had blocked my view - just then some guy appeared who decided to jaywalk in front of the bus... I hit the rear brakes going into a skid, leaned back to moved my center of mass to the rear so that if we hit I wouldn't go over the handlebars... he saw me braking, turned towards me, spread his legs to straddle the front tire and put his hands out to cushion my handlebars...
Luckily, acting together, nothing bad happened, but riding this way is a coin-flip, it works until it doesn't and an accident waiting to happen.
I've been riding like this for 3 years and I haven't crashed once, this might be dangerous but people that ride fixed like this know what they are doing. You can criticize us but you wont change the way we ride ;)
many years of experience riding like this... and no insurance.
these guys are nuts!
This video with the presentation and the music made it so relaxing!
It's not just his riding skills, it's also the caution other motorists take.
No, 90 % of motorists take no caution and don't even look.
@@drister007 Yes?
This guy would of ended up in a lawsuit within the first 12 seconds of the video had the pedestrians not been paying attention
He attempts to swerve and merge lanes and other vehicles quickly move out of his way to avoid hitting him and getting a lawsuit
@@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 Yes. As i said: 90 % of motorists take no caution and don't even look. 90 % is not 100 %. But it is 90 %. Atleast that is true for my country: Slovenia (and most countries as well).
Love this video. A lot of scaredy cats commenting lol. Please more
@@jaylucas8352 Scaredy cats? What are we 12?
Dude gonna win a darwin award its only a matter of time
yeah, strange he has not yet.
yeah fully, bye bye cooper 👋
"the closer you are to dying,
the more alive you feel."
Better he do that soon - and before he knocks down some innocent, helmetless, pedestrian and kills them or leaves them a vegetable...
He should be jailed.
@@highrider9168 Only some kind of degenerate moron would think that infantile platitude entitles them to put others at risk.
No-one is stopping them from throwing themselves down flights of concrete stairs whenever they like - in fact, I'm sure they'd be encouraged: they can get their, dunce, existential thrills - but no-one else has to suffer the consequences.
both of them are so good!
They will be lots of fluids flowing freely from this cyclist one day soon...mostly of the red variety.
Seriously this type of aggressive bike riding drives me nuts. Very little regard for anyone else around.
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That's what i thought the whole time watching this. If he wants to put his own life at risk that's on him, but he could have easily smashed into a pedestrian or caused a car accident like a bunch of times just during this video.
Maybe it just looks more dangers than it is. The guy said he had been doing that most of his life. If he never hurt another person doing this, it's still reckless but i guess it's not so bad. But if he ever hurt one person doing this, and he still is doing it, than fuck that guy.
Totally agree.
Sort of like car drivers who are literally killing the planet. stop playing.
That's incredibly rude and dangerous driving. Fluid or not, nearly rides into pedestrians, slows traffic and one unsuspecting move and he can easily cause an accident to himself and others.
Agreed. Go slower, take other people into account. I cycle a lot and we have just as much responsibility to be safe as everyone else.
This is normal in New York
@@EthanDossett Just because it's normal doesn't make it acceptable. Underage brides are normal in some countries too...
Hazardous! This is one reason we cyclists are hated so much! It’s sad, but everyone pays. We
The recording is three years old. He's definitely not alive anymore because a taxi ran over him.
Bike messengers from the 80s-00 were like this. They were amazing to watch
Runs multiple red lights even in front of the police, while doing that almost getting run over by cars and endangering pedestrians.
Way to go man...
Nope. He’s riding defensively and doing a great job. That is how cyclists stay alive in cities.
@@DipTuckDive 0:50 bruh
@@toallitashumedas5819 he did that to save his life and I would too. No issue. I do not care.
of course you dont care, you're as selfish as the person in the video
@@DipTuckDive you mean he's riding aggressively. He's filtering through active pedestrian crossings. A defensive rider would do the opposite of what is shown in the video 😂
i have no words to describe that how dangerous this is.
some cars may be forced to emergency break and possibly cause a chain crash, ending with people injured or even killed, just because one douchebag decided that he wanted to earn extra $1/hour by showing how suicidal he is
Yeah it seems like nyc needs to put actual bike lanes in so this isn’t needed
If you drive right there shouldn’t b a problem traffic is at a crawl bike lanes suck and doesn’t exclude riding in lanes a bike should have right of way over cars !
@@adamlynch9153
BS, they have. No reason to be this wreckless.
@@42luke93 lol saving time can mean being this wreck less
@@charliechan8063 no. You don’t get to ride wherever you want AND have right of way. People like you are a cancer.
Superb. Thank you.
Love this video!!! 🔥🔥🔥
I have been cycling for a very long time too. It’s one my coveted hobbies but this type of riding is selflish and apathetic to other pedestrians safety. I can guarantee that he won’t be around for a few more years riding like that
he should try this in india and see what happens
@@xedgelord75x65 But he's not riding in India.
I would love to see that moment
the fact that he is riding like this is NYC with NO BRAKES is really all you need to know. what a douchebag. this kind of riding is not to be celebrated. going fast and being aggressive is one thing but he can't even stop properly. this is reckless.
@@amjan rides as if he is though....no rules for him......
42 seconds in, he almost hits some children who have the right of way. What fluidity.
Children should pay attention crossing the street TBH...
@@DUNGSTA and the rider shouldn't, i presume.
@@DUNGSTA Yes, but children shouldn't get penalized with brutal injuries for not entirely paying attention.
the keyword is *almost* , basically anyone in traffic is *almost* killing someone else, but doesn't :D
@@walker-vj2zp he has the option of not almost killing someone else or don't, but he chose almost killing someone else, cause he a bitch
The number of NYPD cars I saw in this movie gave me anxiety for the cyclist running red lights
As a German, I would like to remind you once again of the function of a RED light: It means standing still and waiting for green.
Ok they're just like the French, chaos, disorder, idiots students jaywalking.
The corporate-synergy-douche stock music makes this video even more hilariously infuriating
I know right. I wish I could make myself believe that it was intended to be ironic but I think I get as much joy out of knowing that it wasn't.
That's one example on how usages of music can manipulate ppl on being dangerously exposed. And we tolerate it cuz we know it's part of our nature. We will always find perspective in doomed scenarios. Like the video you watched right now. It's cool to have his pov tbh. But I wouldn't replicate any of his actions on my day-to-day rides.
Guy darts through a red light almost hits children... *facepalm*
Hilarious 😂
Indeed, the only think I wanted to hear was the sound of the narrator getting slapped in his ignorant face.
There's nothing amazing about this recklessness
It’s amazing mmf
Still takes skill to do.
Feels so amzazing your prolly just old and cant bike
@@catgirlow And death doesn't even take 1 sec to kill
City slickers can work if they take risky jobs.
Dang that is beautiful to watch. It's like an art form
Kudos to the cameraman following him like his shadow
I can only imagine how many people curse this guy out a day
The rider shows utter contempt for everyone around him, including pedestrians.
So you're saying he's a new yorker?
@@tiberiu_nicolae lol
Hello and thank you for the post. Totally Fantastic. Im a two wheel commuter in Seattle. Stay Great and health . Peddoll On
wonder how long it'll be before theres an opening for a bike messenger position?
Nevermind the cars, this guy's an absolute menace to pedestrians. A nearmiss was literally shown in the first shot
Edit: 10/22/2022 I became a city cyclist half a year ago (half a year after writing this comment) using my trusty second hand road bike to ride everywhere because of these gas prices, so I'm finally able to speak with some experience. I still stand by what I said. Absolute menace
And kids say "oh he calculated that near miss".
@Whiteboy14 until he doesn't.
@@trollgag5221 Especially the two kids he almost cleaned up
Just the way NYC is. It's a hellhole of epic proportions.
Not just pedestrians, cars behind him constantly hit breaks to avoid riding him over creating breaking snake reactions who knows how far away. 1 minute of this guy cycling on road probably slows down traffic by some 1hr if time of everyone who suffered chain reaction is added up. Dumbest thing I've ever seen on road.
As cool as this LOOKS, I'd rather stay safe when I ride. I always assume everyone is texting and driving.
because 90% are.
I just saw an idiot today on her phone veering into the bike lane. It's amazing what you can do to a window with a bike chain.
@@bullballsallday Ah yes, criminal mischief, a great thing to admit to lol.
@Seaworth who are you even talking to lol.
@Seaworth yes, but who ARE you replying to?
I must admit it has emboldened me! 😀😀
It would only take one dooring incidents to have him paralyzed.
I dug watching the skill of this rider. I'll bet there are no old riders doing this, because they all are dead or seriously injured.
I’m 46 and I ride like this everyday.
It’s the safe way to ride.
Imagine rushing like this between vehicles and suddenly a car door opens 💥💥
serves them right xD
Way impressive footage 🏆 Kudos to Y'all ❣
Cameraman never dies
No. Riding the wave is when cars don't even have to acknowledge you, this dude is leaving a mess in traffic behind him everywhere he goes.
You know why these cyclists are rare? Because their luck and skill runs out eventually....
I'm a sane urban cyclist
I hope the only one they injure is themselves...
You must be the only
@@dcb976 There are more stupid pedestrians than stupid cyclists.
You sound like the kind of cyclist who quietly wishes harm on everyone who doesn't ride like you.
@Ryan Davis Imagine being so mad on the internet that you're cheering for another person's death. Get a life.
Amazing!
I'm trying to find this RUclips bike messenger but I think RUclips took him down a few years ago. I think it was called "ride or die" or "suicide run NYC" or something like that. He wore a square shaped messenger bag & always had music in his videos. I remember in one video, he gets behind another bike messenger & the guy tells him "Don't rush me, bee!". Anyone remember what channel that was? I used to watch his runs all the time back when I commuted in 2017.
Manners guys. Respect everyone around when you re moving
So true
Respect that they can kill you.
This is New York, manners?
In all seriousness tho, he’s an absolute asshole this guy.
But if I honestly hit you on accident I won’t feel bad. By this logic you think the roads belong to you and if somehow you get hit your supposed to get sympathy. Boo frickedy hoo
He nearly hit a group of pedestrians. That's not fluid. That stupid and dangerous arrogance
yeah
And mad cars had to slam their brakes or swerve to not kill him
He knows what he's doing. So almost hit them is out of the question.
@@KingDeadMan bullsh*t you arrogant tool. Those people had to stop mid walk.
They were not hit because of their actions. Not his.
People like you and with that arrogant self absorbed attitude shouldn't be on the roads.
In their perspective, Peds are menace, Cabs are killers.
I learned how to ride a bike in less than 10 minutes.biking is like therapy and peace and adrenaline. Lots of personal fun
Fantastic…! Red light jumping, terrifying pedestrians and other road users..
Brilliant…. You must be so proud 🙄
...so proud and so stupied.
@Seaworth on second thoughts, I agree
thats the best feeling ever, fuck all !
This is the guy that causes car drivers to hate us.
Yeah like those that don’t use lights at night.
With good reason. You ignore traffic laws, and then whine about people not "watching out" for you, or "sharing the road". Same with motorcycles.
Exactly, these are the kind of people which make us look bad
@@jamesrobertson9597 you don’t own the road, you want to drive on a private road with things operating as you please then build your own road.
To be fair, most bicyclists are why car drivers hate you.
That's why NYC is getting crazy, these guys are crazy! How could you ride like that in ? You have an angel up there.
That music playing in the background sounds like some kind of instrumental version of U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name."
33 seconds in and we witness a near collision with a child, which was avoided only thanks to the awareness of another pedestrian. You couldn't have picked a worse image to show against the commentary of "effortless riding".
Terry's footage is thrilling to watch, but very often the people that he films are reckless (and following such people seems even more dangerous, because you have less control over timing and trajectory... I'm amazed that he has been able to do this for as long as he has without a major accident). Give other road users the respect that you want for yourself.
Lame. Very lame. So many red lights run, dangerous passes. This is like watching a reckless SQUID who just got a new motorcycle and doesn't know how much it hurts to be hit, or to hit the ground yet.
lmao this man has been riding for years you can predict traffic and learn how to run red light safely its all about the flow you should respect his riding talent.
@@owenpotts9697 I've ridden motorcycles for years and honed my skills on the highly aggressive streets and freeways of Southern California, so I know what it is to ride through stopped traffic and get around quickly. This guy does a lot of "cyclist" stuff that enrages people. He did nearly get hit a couple of times. Nearly hit other people several times. And totally ignored traffic signaling. No; not calling this riding talent I'm calling this reckless and lucky.
@@gymkhanadog agreed. He may be talented/good but he's being an ass. Just because he doesn't get hit doesn't mean there wasn't damage. He made so many people had to slam on brakes for this guy
@@owenpotts9697 You can't always predict traffic. What if a bus blocks his view, so he cant see if a car is coming in the intersection? The car might not be able to stop, because there's no way some1 is expecting a cyclist to blow a red light going 25 mph on a bike. Also, at that speed, it's impossible to stop a fixie in a few metres. If he gets hit by a car that is going 30-35 mph, he has a pretty high chance of getting serious injuries or even dying. What he's doing is stupid and dangerous. I like cycling, but I hate people who ride like this.
what to respect??
He made other in danger
pretty cool. that is how i ride but gapping stairs as i ride and doing one footed manuals at break neck speeds.
I enjoyed this video good Job.
That guy rides his bike like his dad never said “I’m proud of you”.
That guy rides his bike to save his life. Has nothing to do with whatever you’re talking about
My dad never said that to me as well, so I ride my bike almost the same way as him. The only injuries I’ve had so far are minor cuts on my hands
@@chunkemonke398 my dad also never said that to me, I ride just like that, onyl I get many injuries because I am not skilled
@@irgendwer3610 am writing this a week after getting a hit-and-run from a road raged driver. Hit the right side of my head pretty hard and hurt my hands and ribs. Also had the flu. But it was when I was riding “safely” which further validates my need to ride dangerously as it forces me to be alert and actively avoid major accidents.
@@chunkemonke398 Yeah somehow injuries when going slow are always worse
This cycling "style" is illegal and stupidly dangerous, this is wrong and really bad model for the public
agree, between 2 cars is not a lane.. goin through red lights will get you killed one day, and it only takes one mistake.. you or one of the drivers...
Agreed. Absolute clown, going to hurt himself or someone else.
No brakes either. Moron. There’s no way he’s not been in accidents
I don't think you guys understand this kind of cycling.
The level of awareness and skill makes it conversely safer than a normal cyclist in a city
Beautiful way of ridges the bicycle on heavy traffic specially in New York nice video guy😊😊😊😊😮😮😮😮
Gotta love the old daredevils of city cycling. This is why we need more cycling lanes!
If one person opens the car door Buddy is done for. Like permanent injury 30kph(roughly) to full stop in an instant. As a Mtn bike racer this scares the life out of me.
It’s called getting doored it happens. They don’t teach the Dutch reach in America :/
To be fair you're not gonna get doored while riding in the middle of the road, that's usually just a thing next to parked cars lol
Riding like this though you're pretty likely to get smashed between two cars.. definitely worse than getting doored
That's if he's lucky, if he's unlucky he flies over the car door and under a car that rolls over his head, neck, chest, or pelvis.
@@catherinecat6182 So nobody has ever been in a cab and there's nowhere to get over and they said, "oh just let me out here" while the car is stopped? I'm sure that's never once occurred in NEW YORK CITY.
the funny part to me is him getting upset when someones trying to "walk the wave" in front of him 6:50
Imagine a world with only bikes. Such smooth taffic flow. We wouldnt even need traffic lights.
I'm amazed that there is a cyclist who knows of the existence of such things as "traffic lights".
I am more impressed by the cameraman. how is he doing it? 😱
I don't care how skilled he is. He's totally crazy.
Flowing like a water you say. Yeah, except that time (00:32) when he almost rammed into a pedestrian.
There's nothing amazing about this guy breaking the rules and posing a real threat to himself and other people on the road.
I find nothing glamorous about promoting people's lack of responsibility and pure stupidity.
“nothing amazing” yes this is reckless and dangerous but this undoubtedly takes a lot of skill to do not easy man.
@@catgirlow
He should find a trail to do this kind of riding in
@@catgirlow Just because it's a demonstration of skill doesn't redeem what he's doing.
The world isn't your playground to rope the general public into a circus act they never agreed to.
Amazing
If this guy had seen what happens to bikers that slipped under a bus or truck, he would have chosen a less upbeat soundtrack for the video. Riding a bike can be cool without putting you life at risk.
This has so much potential for failure. It's not considering other people at all. I've only watched one minute of this and the guy has already nearly hit a child and went though a red light making a driver brake hard. When on the road you don't only think of yourself but others around you.
Agree he is an inconsiderate person who rides to be cool
Wait until the comment section sees Terry’s Safa videos in Mexico City.
😂😂 even that one in Italy. Dude slapping asses as he rides by
Having a person or car stop for you doesn't make you professional or experienced. They just cared enough not to hurt you. If there was no repercussion for hitting a bike, cyclists would get injured in high amounts, I think.
Wow, so professional... I'm sure that the same level of respect seen in their riding habits would be put into taking responsibility for causing an accident, no doubt at all.
The sarcasm is strong with this one... :D
@Seaworth Send me a link, I'm open to your challenge
They'd probably just flee the scene of the crime.
I would stop. Yep.
Everyone he passes be like: I almost hit that guy!
Him: Just passing through
Great video thanks
Cooper if you're still alive you rock man, slick
Drives in front a cop while he goes through a red light.😂
And the cop doesn't care
@Mr. Zoomer I wish people would understand that. Oh and the fact that it's a fixie bike so no brakes are even needed.
@@shibainu6087 Not true, and you can get fixie bikes with brakes. I can send a link if you don't believe me.
This is what makes motorists hate cyclists, running red lights etc.
And yet somehow motorists are even worse...
@@error.418 Seriously. They act like motorists aren't constantly texting, not signaling, riding in the bike lane, not looking before turning, running red lights, pulling past stop signs onto sidewalks and crosswalks. Hypocrites.
@@DC-fu2hl Yep, humans gonna human. And when you're in control of something that literally kills others, the infractions weigh that much heavier.
Theres running red lights and then there’s running red lights. This video shows the second variant, shooting through, only quick looks to make sure, relying on reflex and improv to drive around obstacles.
Imagine if some guy gets roads rage and decides not to make way for him.
This is beautiful. He is one with the road. He is the road.
It's not about putting himself at risk. It's about him risking the lives of others with his riding style. In London, a few years ago, a woman was killed by a cyclist riding that same type of bike.