The Streets Are Yours! Mexico City Highway Bomb
I love riding bikes. I've raced, I've done some daft and dangerous things in my time on a bike. But this is just idiocy at it's finest. I really hope those guys stay lucky.
(, Wed 13 Aug 2025, 20:59, Reply)
Didn’t seem that dangerous
Though I didn’t see why they had to take up two lanes instead of one for sections.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 13 Aug 2025, 22:01,
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it's not quite as dangerous as you think, riding between cars
In traffic choked cities like sao paulo or mexico, motorists deliberately leave a channel for motorbikes. It's not just a courtesy, motorbikes are the main form of delivery in places where its not uncommon to get stuck in a jam for 2 or 3 hours, and they agressively enforce it. If you fail to leave an appropriate gap, they will kick your side mirror off or your panel in. If you try and retaliate, soon you'll find youre fighting 3 or 4 of them as others arrive, as they stick together.
These bikes are just doing what motoboys do all day every day, taking advantage of that channel. Of course, it's not without risk. saw my share of fatal accidents. But it'd be more dangerous in place like london where cars don't give a fuck about leaving space for motorbikes to pass
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 14 Aug 2025, 14:53,
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Ex Melbourne Bike Courier here
Seemed like a standard day. I used to zip inbetween trams, cross traffic red light split (hard to explain, but no slowing down for a red). Have a look at the New York guys/girls - they thread the needle a lot more than these guys.
(, Sun 17 Aug 2025, 22:53, Reply)
you'd be a better judge, though melbourne trams are something to avoid
had a boyhood mate of my brother's, a triathlete, who was hit by a tram cycling. got brain damage, semi-paralysis, had to learn to speak again. Died recently, but in those extra 30 years got married and had a kid. Told me it felt like two separate lives. Shit, sorry for the depressing anecdote.
That channel thing is real. When you're in traffic in those cities you're checking to see if you left a big enough gap between you and the car beside you, as the motoboys fucking fly through it. It's part of the culture/etiquette in those cities, that doesn't exist in London, New York and Melbourne, though it should
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 17 Aug 2025, 23:56,
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In Sao Paulo at the weekend the authorities close off a lane of the roads
for cycling. It's such a congested and poorly planned city that there are hardly any safe places for riding a bike so the best they can do is organise a leisure bike lane, though I did just read that Avenue Paulista has just got a 1.7m cycle lane which is incredible for a Brazilian city
www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g303631-d2519082-Reviews-Leisure_Bike_Lane_of_the_city_of_Sao_Paulo-Sao_Paulo_State_of_Sao_Paulo.html
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Thu 14 Aug 2025, 8:14,
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i rode my bike everyday in sampa, and was living there when they brought in the ciclovias for the weekend punters to use
bloody good idea.
The main worry I had was buses. They do not give a fuck and don't slow down. If you get in their way they will run you over. But most of the time I was going faster than the traffic on a bike.
One incident I remember:
"A road collision in Brazil has caused outrage after police said a motorist drove off with a cyclist's severed arm attached to his vehicle. The driver, who later turned himself in, told Sao Paulo police that he had dumped the limb in a stream"
www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-21736724
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 14 Aug 2025, 15:00,
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It's even more "fun" when some fat cunt in a car brake checks and tries to run you into the kerb. True story.
(, Fri 15 Aug 2025, 17:09, Reply)
