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On The Verge: Man on the Street: Citi bikes

2013-07-07
it's been just over a month since Mayor Bloomberg and Citibank have unveiled the city bike bike sharing program I am thrilled to declare that as of this moment city bike is officially launched then met with a lot of criticism and praise all we want to know how the people of New York feel sir sir you just got off the city bike how was it that's cool I like it's tough when you're wearing a suit sometimes right and it's it's really hot excuse me sir you have a giant tennis racket what do you think about a city bike you have a giant spoon how do you feel about the city bike about the city bikes yeah I think the city bikes are awesome at yeah parking sucks traffic sucks but the bikes in out in out and then you don't even got to worry about you can drop it off somewhere and call it a day you just wrote a city bike for the first time yeah I wrote it all of about 15 feet because I just got my key oh oh you're an animal why don't I test it do you wear a helmet no you do not wear I should wear a helmet the only thing to start carrying the helmet around as a pain yeah yeah but you know what else is the pain is yeah yeah yeah I do you wear a helmet with it no but I'm gonna get wound up would you use city bikes at all no but I wouldn't wear a helmet either No what is it knock it's not cool to wear a helmet it's the hair you don't want to mess up the hair those two lovely folks came prepared have a safe trip so you said you've been riding for a while you have a bike helmet you're are you pretty up to date on those new yorky by Klaus a big show we joined if I ask you for it sure yeah we lost the plan okay how fun and freeing is it to ride without any hands on the steering wheel it's kind of like you're in an indie movie yeah that's awesome it's also very much illegal looks like this month in at least one hand on the handlebar at all okay Oh keep that in mind let's see here how many earphones is a cyclist allowed to wear while riding a bicycle the correct answer would you would enter well your you're allowed to wear one do you realize you're only allowed to have one earphone in it's New York state law excuse me sir sorry sir how do you feel about the city bikes no okay it's just I only like to have one year phone in by law it's against the law what you're doing people all right so our first attempt at obtaining a city bike was unsuccessful okay English get a bike in 24 hour one pass yeah I'm an adult stop I hit my neck get this bad boy just want to get on the bite sir if you wait I'm getting a bike here now it is gone back to zero nope nothing yes I want to pass yes I'm an adult dip oh that was it wait it just worked that quickly your ride code expires in five minutes we're gonna go three three two one three ah there we go I finally have a city bike and I am absolutely terrified now to ride it also I just realized now I have this bike in one of the busiest places it's been many years since I've ridden the bike and I've forgotten a little bit excuse me sorry sorry sir first time on a city bike okay I am I'm on the bike no bike lanes over here yeah but this one's so much closer to the cars okay I'm just gonna ride to the end of the street I'm gonna do it I'm riding my first city bike in New York City I'm riding my first city bike guys first time on a city bike thanks thank you that was absolutely terrifying and exhilarating I did it okay I'm gonna walk it back when I first came out here I expected to find people hated city bike that they found them to be a nuisance to litter the streets he's be sorry first time welcome back to Citi bike sorry I'm sorry I was surprised people love that people use them to get to work they found it convenient they found that it was a great way for them to get exercise my experience on a Citi bike has taught me that there's no better way to experience this and surrounded by 8 million people who will support you through your first steps I love them when they love me
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