I’m now not positive I’ve ever noticed any individual glance as uncomfortable on a motorbike as NYC Division of Transportation Ydanis Rodriguez does as he white-knuckles a Citi Motorcycle over a typhoon grate:

The spectrum from “foolhardy” to “overly timid” is a large one. On one finish of it you will have that man who constructed his personal submersible and headed immediately to the ground of the ocean to gawk on the Titanic, with disastrous effects. At the different finish is Ydanis Rodriguez, who seems to be about as sick comfy in his personal “secure” motorcycle lane as he would in a cage filled with hungry tigers–despite the fact that in equity to Rodriguez, that motorcycle lane seems to be much more shoddily constructed than the submersible.

This isn’t to mention the video isn’t totally with out advantage. For instance, the enhancing is impressive–understand how they lower to a brand new scene simply as the girl at the mixte is ready to run a pink gentle:

Even so, it’s difficult to shop for the commissioner’s declare that driving a bicycle in New York Town “relieves rigidity” and “reduces the danger of hypertension” when he seems like he’s having a panic assault:

In a similar way awkward and visibly uncomfortable bicycling in a swimsuit in July for some reason why is Dr. Ashwin Vasan, probably available to manage sedatives and/or resuscitation to the terrified Rodriguez:

Even though he does set up to journey a Brompton off a curb whilst telling you to put on a helmet:

Anyway, it’s excellent to look our tax greenbacks at paintings, as a result of this video is certain to persuade any individual who used to be at the fence about driving a bicycle in New York Town that they must in truth rent a Hyundai as a substitute.

In additional vital information, I latterly discussed I used to be experiencing ghost-shifting, which I suspected used to be coming from my wiggly rear derailleur:

Neatly, after an exhaustive seek, I in any case discovered a alternative derailleur that used to be now not most effective inside of my modest funds but in addition matched my body:

On the other hand, simply ahead of I clicked on that “Purchase It Now” button, I figured I’d perform a little troubleshooting. So, on my subsequent journey, I tightened the wingnut thingy ever so quite:

Disappointingly, that looks to have solved the issue totally. Now not most effective did I now not get to shop for a brand new derailleur or anything, however I additionally didn’t get to make use of any gear. In truth, I didn’t also have to prevent and dismount the bicycle, and all the operation used to be more uncomplicated than retrieving one thing from a jersey pocket. (Even though it did require in brief putting off one hand from the handlebars, so don’t try if you’re Ydanis Rodriguez.)

No marvel the motorcycle business hates friction moving.