Burrard Bridge Bike Lane - Helmet Cam Thriller

[snakehips12345]

I'm not opposed to what you're doing as I'm 100% pro-cycling in every aspect of it, but I do dub thee a good Christian, as you obviously choose not to accept Darwin's theory of natural selection.

[trampolinist2]

where about is this? so many sweet cars!

[Dkhan23]

@trampolinist2 Vancouver, Canada

[SargentoPessegueiro]

That was some pretty stupid route..Choosing to go between cars when there's so much space at your left, with no incoming traffic..You are just waiting to get sandwiched between two cars.

Don't get me wrong. I do it too, but only when there's no other safer/faster route.

PS: You can see it's just pure show for the camera. The bike lane still had plenty off room.LOL

[CarpMagic95]

years of experience makes no difference at all, each driver you pass is a new driver. Drunk, Learner, old.. Soon you will learn, the hard way.

[T0Y3R1SM]

I ride fixed gear and think its pointless to ride like ur in sf when ur not.

[lemonrind]

Why would you ride in traffic if there is a bike lane? I think most cyclists have a death wish.

[ramoncano20]

shiiiiitt i would've purposely open the door, just so you know ur place

[ramoncano20]

NOT ONE PUSSY HUNKED AT HIM????? PATHETIC......

[bulletproofcourier]

@ramoncano20 - I was passing cars and rush hour drivers faster than their honk reflex could reasonably kick in. By the time they became enviously jealous of me breezing through traffic and raised their hand to their horn, I was already gone, out of their sight.

TL;DR No honks because I was moving fast and never in anyone's way.

That's the beauty of this video. I'm moving through unoccupied road space while not inconveniencing anyone.

[ramoncano20]

@bulletproofcourier WELL SIR I WISH, YOU DONT EVER RUN INTO A JERK LIKE ME cause i will F*** Y** U*

[derickw757]

@bulletproofcourier You are in inconveniencing them. The fact that you, a measly bike rider, can have a far more productive commute than they can with their two ton, gas guzzling hunk of metal is causing an absurd amount of stress from jealousy that they otherwise wouldn't have to deal with.

[envoy3]

Thank god they put those lanes in. People do over 80km on that bridge, you'd be retarded to ride in the traffic lanes now.

[hyper080]

i open doors for people like you

[phillydwight]

@hyper080 hahaha



[GypsySlide]

"I have years of experience which keeps me safe." Douchebag, not that I give a fuck if you get run over, nor do I think you're some kind of idiot for riding through traffic, anyone can do this. So you put your little caption in to make you feel like a hero! But honestly, years of experience keeps you safe on a closed course where the vehicle drivers know you're there, not in the middle of a public road where drivers are startled. to see you! You're a fuckin' loser, get a life fucko!

[bemorecarefull]

@GypsySlide Sssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[sammyjgrillandbar]

Like Austin Powers, you also live dangerously!

[sammyjgrillandbar]

Like Austin Powers, you also live dangerously!

[usernameisrobert]

what an ass robertson is...green agenda nazi...wasting tax payers money on a project that does nothing other than kill business...i live/work downtown and see little bike traffic in those lanes even on sunny days...and i see as many bikes riding down any other street or sidewalk as on the dedicated lanes....on the sidewalk even on the streets with a bike lane (figure that one out)....what a shill...selling us out to the f'ing tides foundation/agenda21/ICLEI/euge­nicist bastards...

[baldes]

you ride like an italian on a scooter (is a compliment i am italian :))

[bulletproofcourier]

@baldes Thanks!

[gadaffiable]

he had to ride fast to get away from the burning cars at the riot

[VIDEOZAL]

@baldes All italians ride their scooters like this guy ride his bike

[baldes]

@VIDEOZAL I dont get the difference, is more grammatical correct your comment?

[VIDEOZAL]

@baldes that was a joke... nevamind... lol

[stopglobalswarming]

I love my little pickup, but I support cycling. I like to cycle for fun, but hey, the more people are on bikes, the easier traffic is. Why can't cager ragers get that? How hard is it to pass a bike in a 300hp car? Oh wait, it is hard when you are looking at the ass end of a 3 mile traffic jam. Bikes are great. Some anti-bikers are so lame, they yell at you for not "waiting in line" behind them in their Selfish Useless Vehicles.

[zamoranyc]

Look at all the cars in the video, how many of them have only one passenger in them? Taking all that space causing more traffic creating traffic, while cyclist ride past them. I think most of the anger at cyclist is due to the fact that they hate being stuck in traffic burning gas and money away. Face facts people gasoline is not going to get cheaper.

[BigMillFO3]

I drop my kid off on a tandem bike every morning and ride down the center of the street between cars going opposite directions every day. Better than trying to park. I don't stop at the stop sign because my bike weighs 55 pounds but if you don't stop I'll catch up to you at the school and yell at you.

[payday510]

I do the same shit in van, I'm not a courier though. My trick, is to hold a bumper on the way up the hill, that can be a sketchy though people really like to speed on that bridge. Fixies and road bikes are bunk, 4 yuppies who like spandex. gimme 20 inch wheels, no brakes, and 1 gear and I'll own anyone on city streets

[tipper1232]

@mentalmonkey:

See, there's the problem right there. Attitude.

You obviously think yur special or something.

You're not.

[tipper1232]

This kind of shit should be illegal!

What gives you the right to be so close to, and possibly damage peoples cars?

With NO insurance no less.

If I drove like that with my car, between transport trucks, I'd go to jail. Plain and simple. It's NO WONDER so many of you are hit and killed every year.

Stay on the side where you belong. If you swim with the sharks ,you're gonna get bit.

[mentalmonkey26]

@tipper1232 what a joke.

[payday510]

@tipper1232

WTF gives you the right to destroy our planet with your gas guzzling suvs...get your cars off my bike lanes, lazy asshole. the whole downtown core of vancouver should be a car free zone, with only transit and commercial vehicle access

[area51er6]

You suck! I fucking hate you hipster idiots riding in traffic, get a fucking car! how do you drop your kids off at school? on a bike, go jogging if want cardio that's what i do. You fucking bike hippies are scum and I fight ppl like you in traffic, I better not see you in Vancouver, get back to your job at Starbucks!

[tylannasaurus]

@area51er6 BAHAHAHAHAHAHA, that is quite honestly one of the funniest posts I've read in my life. I must say, "bike hippies" are so much more enjoyable than people like you. I just ask, why all the hate?

[stopglobalswarming]

@area51er6 Maybe another cager rager will plant your car, then you can be a "bike hippy" till it gets fixed.

[longwave2007]

Dude if any one of those motorists did something unpredictable, you'd be road gravy.

[chrisahn]

This is totally soft. I do stuff like that every day. Not dangerous, not reckless, just fast and sensible riding. Search for "Bike messengers are on crack" if you want to see something really insane. :-)

[DarkoBWM]

What kind of bike are you riding?

[bulletproofcourier]

@DarkoBWM 2008 Specialized Rockhopper with slicks and shortened handlebars.

[DarkoBWM]

@bulletproofcourier Courier on a MTB? Isn't that rare? The ones here in Los Angeles are either on road or fixed.

and I've always wanted to be a courier just for a week to try it out

[bulletproofcourier]

@DarkoBWM I grew up on MTB, those skills transferred well to being a bike messenger able to cross the city fast while having fun - riding up and down stairs, hopping curbs, jumping over urban obstacles, show-off wheelie drops off bus stop benches etc.

My trademark move was jumping my bike over small dogs on the sidewalk.

Can't do any of that on a roadie or a fixed-gear. Those bikes move in 2 dimensions only. For short trips, a road-tuned mountain bike moves faster than a fixie in a 3D city.

[DarkoBWM]

@bulletproofcourier That's cool man. I grew up racing BMX then went to MTB/Road bike so when I'm on my roadie I always want to bunnyhop/jump up curbs but I have to remind myself I'm on my roadie hahah.

Nothing like messing around on a MTB through the city though

[suxxatguitar]

You're just in a rush to get to that open hearth bagel shop just around the corner. Don't forget the Winnipeg cream cheese. :) 

[bulletproofcourier]

@suxxatguitar Lachaim!  LOL

[Dalrock1]

it's no big deal, most of the cars are predictable here and moving quite slow. What he does is same old same old for any cyclist in any city. Move onto a major thorofare where the traffic is doing 90km/hr and it's another story... really you're just making honest bike users look bad. Typical idiot bike User if you ask me. .. and how many red lights do you run through daily ? ..Irresponsible moron, not bullet proof.

[Thewestcoastshooter]

Ballsy, stupid as hell... but ballsy. I hope this doesn't try to blame anyone else if he gets hit. Looks like a real rush though. 

[jrh00ker]

I'm a regular bike commuter and I try to ride responsibly and predictably. As much fun as it was to watch your video and feel the excitement I rather think that this video is not doing much to promote safe cycling.

[bladder1010]

This makes me want to punch a courier.

[SkitForBrainsDotCom]

That's crazy cool dude.

[septicmedia]

kinda makes me miss biking in vancouver

[MrBishopss]

make the drivers mad by going in front of them

[TheDangerJoe00]

You sir, have some balls.

[arcwoodland]

If it just you, and no one cares about you, the only thing at risk is the public expense to scrape you off the road and get you fixed up in our wonderful public hospitals.

But if have children relying on you to come home in one piece, or loved ones who care, you should reconsider the risk reward tradeoff of such behavior. The probabilities of serious injury arising from no fault of your own are significant and the payoff of getting of that bridge 45 seconds faster...

It doesn`t add up!

[Zarley9]

Sweet, nice work... I used to ride that same route... it was always fun racing the cars home to Jerico... I'd always win. Biking is cool!

[adrianroam95]

when u were about to go by that bus, i was like "OH SHIT NO don't do that, head down the centre divider instead lol"

[bulletproofcourier]

@adrianroam95 It was indeed really close but I knew I could squeeze through. Thousands of hours experience, eh!

[pazangalang]

sha-ZAM!!!

you are one crazy mo-fo.

great vid.

[bulletproofcourier]

@pazangalang Thanks :)

[mcmarga]

i wanna shoot you and see how bullet proof you really are.

[bulletproofcourier]

@mcmarga LOL it's already been tried but I'm still here. :)

[smp22]

You call that scary? Try it downtown toronto with the streetcar tracks!

Much cycling love from the other side :)

I envy your weather!

[spacemanspiff33]

On an unrelated note.....how are you liking the new bike lane on dunsmuir? I think its a great idea....yet I am ALWAYS seeing cars blatantly ignoring the no right turn sign on Hornby street which pisses me off in more ways than you could ever know....not only does it completely STOP car traffic on dunsmu...but its a HUGE hazard for the bikers who think they have a dedicated lane and all of a sudden some lady in a CRV is blasting through it illegally.....sigh!

[bulletproofcourier]

@spacemanspiff33 My routine has changed so I've ridden the new Dunsmuir bike lane only twice. I think its pretty neat, I'm planning another helmet cam there next week.

Regarding the illegal, unsafe right-turns by cars: these separated bike lanes are new here; hopefully downtown drivers will catch on soon.

However, I would be interested to know if more prominent and "strongly-worded" road signage would elicit better compliance from drivers.

Please subscribe to stay tuned going forward! :)

[spacemanspiff33]

sigh, as cool as this video is, it scares the crap out of me when a biker lane splits like that.....thank god theres a proper bike lane on that bridge now :)

[bulletproofcourier]

@spacemanspiff33 Yes thank god for the proper bike lane. Filming that video was scary. :)

Generally, it is much safer to split lanes than to ride in the right-hand crunch zone... much less chance of a car door opening suddenly in front of you.

But of course, there's a trade-off - passing within inches of rear-view mirrors.

The secret is to cut down your handlebars to the width of your shoulders. Kind of like how a cat's whiskers help it judge if it can squeeze through a tight space or not.

[Wrenchbender412i]

You couriers are crazy. But riding in traffic does make you fast. When I lived in the USA I rode in traffic all the time. The training helped me win the 1000m time trial and 1000m match sprint in my district back in 1980. I don't have the reflexes for that anymore haha...

[bulletproofcourier]

@Wrenchbender412i Indeed I agree, riding in traffic compels one to ride fast. And it feels great!

[SCM5211]

I love lane splitting. And there are tonnes of opportunity to do that in Toronto.

[PeterPW]

I went "eeeep!!" at 00:32 when the taxi started to move - but you made it through - close one though!!

[johnrubidoux]

you think this is crazy? try walnut street in philadelphia during rush hour. the gap in the middle of traffic is almost the only place to ride

[baboontorture]

You've got balls of steel.

[bulletproofcourier]

@baboontorture thanks!  :)

[xxbondsxx]

i would absolutely KILLLLL for a dedicated bike lane in america!!!

[speier]

I used to do this when i lived in vancouver!! There's always people clogging up the bike lane. I heard that they were removing a lane and making it a dedicated bike lane? Is this true?

[bulletproofcourier]

Yes indeed, a 3 month trial that so far looks quite promising to be a permanent solution.

[jobbers7]

Ha.. you're good.

[bulletproofcourier]

@jobbers7 thanks.

[RoseFink]

Very adventurous! Thanks for taking me on a wild ride I'd never be able to do myself.

[NickG66]

so balls!

[LEXPIX]

Crazy, but awesome, footage.

[bowenbuoy]

sometimes they open a car door without looking....its amazing how far a car door can open when a bike is pushing it, all the way to the front fender.....

[trailertrashrnr]

Balls, big balls!

[bulletproofcourier]

@trailertrashrnr  thanks.

[bulletproofcourier]

@trailertrashrnr thanks.

[alexwarrior1]

You're a brave guy! I'd be too afraid of some random arm coming out of a window or something

[bulletproofcourier]

@alexwarrior1 thanks.

[EmptyTheRoom]

@alexwarrior1 HAH! worried about an arm? there are bigger things to worry about than an arm coming out a window.. namely the vehicles themselves (lane changes/ blind spots)

[alexwarrior1]

@EmptyTheRoom That too, lol more so than an arm of course