A Perilous Bike Race Through Manhattan
Ever wonder what's it's like to race a bike from one tip of Manhattan to the other? Now you can practically sit on the handlebars as one rider takes you on his winning obstacle-laden journey downtown.
Vimeo user crihs and his friends compete annually in an event called "Broadway Bombs" which, as far as we can tell, is a race from the top of Broadway in upper Manhattan all the way down to where the island ends in the financial district. He was quick enough to win the race by pedaling the route in just about 38 minutes, and he distilled the experience down to about four minutes of footage, full of whizzes past cars, pedestrians, and other riders. Now all of us who are too lazy (or chicken) to actually ride the race can see just what it feels like. Thanks for doing the hard work so we don't have to.