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Old 08-12-14, 06:53 PM
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The way I see it, that BMX rider simply shouldn't be in the road.

Given the nature of a BMX bike, he would get the jump after a stop at every light but would spin out early because of the low gearing. These means:

1:He gets ahead of everyone else at the beginning
2:Gets passed by everyone else almost immediately after/or holds up an entire line of faster cyclists due to dense traffic

Being a BMX bandit on a commuter lane just doesn't work well. If he can't handle being mechanically limited by his bike, he needs to deal with getting passed and not being a violent sociopath. Even if he did pass successfully he had to pump pretty hard. I can't imagine him pumping the whole ride just to stay ahead of the camera cyclist, who would have inevitably caught up and passed him again anyways.
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