Chasing Strangers in Manhattan on Bicycles

Chasing Strangers on Bicycles in Manhattan
I felt like it was time to give the bike lane a chance. In this series of short video compilations I follow unsuspecting strangers around to find out just how “easy” it is to ride around the big apple. I am in no way the authority on the subject of cycling or commuting. The statements and views expressed in this video are just like my opinion, man.
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[@TerryB]

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[@tassielondoner9200]

"I just ran a red light sorry bout that"... "these people are going even though it's my turn" 😂

[@mudflap2020]

LMAO facts

[@iamf6641]

sorry about that

[@MannequinOngaku]

the give and take

[@ansel_]

Going through a red when the intersection is clear and you're not blocking anyone is different than blindly j-walking into traffic

[@sirmixalot3332]

You ain’t never lied

[@borisb.5024]

I'd love to see more strangers chased, angry commuter was 10/10

[@pangpengmaster]

I love how he cursed with passion

[@Brian-bg3sv]

@@pangpengmaster and then gingerly peddles around town.

[@Cesar-cm4if]

So many people without helmets! I wish they started wearing nta helmets like xnito or bern hudson, they're better than cpsc helmets, and def better than no helmet at all

[@rockshox71]

looks like he's been riding for many years in the city, But damn, he's passing parked cars way too close,. Guess he never got doored. Yet.

[@BrandonScales]

This is the realest version of street photography I've ever seen in my life

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

This is videography not photography, idiot

[@josephxkendrick]

"Pushing a fast cadence between 30 and 40 RPMs." Lol.

[@joesutherland2017]

@Wayne Bryan Fast meaning sarcastic......

[@robertnussberger2028]

He's actually pretty fast with that bike. I wish I have a bike with thin wheels.

[@Anjuroo]

“I didn’t have any time for that.” - Terry Barentsen 2019

[@Orijuno]

10:42 spicy

[@McMarvin42]

Greatest line

[@dannyr333]

Lmao

[@sixtwenty2181]

The commentary is gold in this one! 100% accurate representation of riding in NYC.

[@gaspring12345]

SixTwenty2 ••• nigga you stupid you Ain’t from ny aren’t you

[@TheBirdThatKnowsWhatsGood]

@@gaspring12345 And he's probably glad he ain't, NY is a overpopulated shithole and the people there have no respect at all, oh and getting to work and back is just a complete clusterfuck of traffic, it takes you 30 minutes to go 1 mile.

[@gaspring12345]

RICARDO MILOS nah best city in the world if you ain’t from here your life sucks dead ass

[@cuztanksrule4774]

It’s always gonna be 2 clashing perspectives. Best place vs worst place. I happen to see the details of both

[@gaspring12345]

cuztanksrule47 tru

[@sidnum]

I found this very relaxing for some reason. But also... 4:29 - "These people are all going even though it's my turn" 4:00 - "Yeah that was a red light. I do apologize." 0:32 - Runs red light 1:05 - Runs red light 3:52 - Runs red light 6:09 - Runs red light 7:05 - Runs red light 8:38 - Runs red light 9:10 - Runs red light 10:40 - Runs red light LOL.

[@nykolazjoya]

sidnum yeah so lame lol

[@leonardouliano4896]

guy's basically a self-absorbed jerk.

[@robbiemaddisonftw]

@@aume5763 yeah no ur wrong

[@sidnum]

Aume - Asinine thinking

[@robertnussberger2028]

The cars really don't drive fast in new york city. People say they do. But that's just because they make a lot of sounds on the crappy bumpy road. They do like 15 or 25. Mostly 15. And a red light there is a red light. Or else the nypd will smoke you with a super expensive ticket. I've been to nyc many times before. I just never rode my bike there.

[@brandoncornel7080]

Yooooooo do more of these!!!!! Thanks for highlighting the experience of riding in a NYC bike lane

[@fahrradmittelfranken8207]

I second this. Must have more!

[@mudflap2020]

Yes please I wanna see more

[@sirdavid1458]

it's awesome to see how people ride when they don't know someone is following and filming. just them doing their true, everyday thing. great video as always and looking forward to more of these.

[@ashleycraiglozada2550]

Your wide angle camera always give me anxiety when you're squeezing into the traffic

[@Lalfy]

I love love love your videos. Aside from the excellent biking it also makes for great site seeing. High up camera angle, super crisp footage, and mostly centred in the street so I get a good view of all the surrounding buildings, people, and traffic. Makes me wants to visit NYC so badly. You guys should make a video ripping around on Citi bikes just for fun. Keep doing what you do. It's perfect. I'd like to see more of Terrys face now and again.

[@jadamane]

It’s not suped up as it seems to be.

[@inflinirator]

Runs a red but gets mad when the peds do it to him - yeah I'm guilty of that too

[@MrTripsJ]

I flipped a guy off and then realized he had the right of way to walk hahahaha

[@liamsimpson8233]

I think his point is that people shouldn't get so mad when cyclists bend the rules bc everyone is constantly doing illegal shit, getting in the way of bikes

[@crowncontrol3637]

i dream of this, looks so fun to cruise around a big city, dodging and weaving

[@mizaelenciel]

The first guy is on drugs. Obviously

[@mizaelenciel]

@Greg Méndez Lmao you wouldn't believe.

[@Mrodriguez231]

That last guys riding style was chill.

[@SeargentFirestone]

That last guy delivered us the hottest of lines. That's some Cooper Ray level shit right there!

[@McVella]

Like when you start to follow any car in GTA randomly

[@pudelmuetz1]

i like this style of videos, super chill and relaxing i could watch for hours

[@thechipparoute]

Hey Terry I’m one of the most realist e-bike rider out there... I think you can’t keep up with me...🚴🏾‍♂️💸 but I love your work you inspired me to do my own filming... You can’t put a videographer and bike rider together... This is the best thing I ever did!!! Look out The Chippa Route brand!!

[@ArjanGroe]

Love how you gave out Hotline stickers! This is GOLD.

[@TheShmekler]

Your videos make me want to move to NY and learn how to do this! So Awesome.

[@ckmusic419]

This video really shows the awfulness that is NYC traffic.

[@singlespeedsoulja8415]

This is better than a movie

[@stevebillingsley2262]

Terry what you do is so cool I live in the country in Kansas city area new York is so nice I love the tree lines streets and what you do is nothing short of amazing I did not know know your city could be so nice in spite crime etc what you do is amazing thanx its so cool to watch I am 76 but I think I could make it happen to a certain degree thanx again for vlogs

[@Tedb1975]

I'm cracking up at the dude sitting in an office chair in the middle of the bike lane at 5:31. C'mon man!

[@TheBlessedOwl]

😂😂

[@iwontsubscribe]

Wonder it'll be cool if you can get in touch with the shirtless dude and do a hotline with him just so he can make it up to the embarrassing fall he made LOL

[@Lalfy]

I would be honoured if you followed me. Although it would make for some boring footage. Oh and please more following strangers. It's fascinating. Make it a weekly monthly series. I'll watch em all.

[@andrewnorris5415]

lol

[@angelcarlos8041]

Dat shit creepy

[@Lalfy]

@@angelcarlos8041 I meant on a bike ya dingus 😅

[@backdoorslam]

hey Terry I could've listen to you for hours. Following normal bikers is a great idea. Cant wait for your next upload.

[@rogerrtewwr4723]

"shuddup azzhoooole, faaaack yoooo! " hahahha

[@adamweb]

This one's great haha please follow around more sketchy people!

[@smokonlytree]

I never seen New York like that. It was a cool video seeing everything. The city is so big!!!

[@irratiophant]

Super interesting to watch as an european, and strangely soothing watching someone Else commute through this madness!

[@churchmember4484]

First time watching. Keep doing what you’re doing. It’s cool to watch the different riding styles of each rider. You can easily tell the difference in experience vs no experience riding.✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽

[@sommelierofstench]

i’m dying this is so funny. i love these

[@brickmastertube]

Urban anthropologist Terry B doing field research.

[@beckyb6115]

This was very entertaining 💜. I enjoy this experiment 😄

[@sentientuser-s8x]

You should keep doing this format. Good stuff!

[@shroomcookergaming4843]

I love that video, watching the predators in there natural habitat 😅

[@KyleBenjaminTurner]

Dude I love this video - Kyle

[@smokie33]

Looks like his seat is too high up, he can't touch the floor.

[@clintnieves]

Chasing after commuters motivates me to chase too

[@tugazuga]

1:48 Shake it off champ... hope he is ok... Damn you said "i think he was a little embarrased" i would have left the bike and run home crying 😂😂

[@beatsandboots]

I love this concept of following random cyclists through traffic!

[@twenzyyedits7343]

I will shit myself if the next one of these videos Terry is following me.

[@nickdumais]

I had to start my day by rewatching this video. Your commentary is so chill and funny. So down for more of this.

[@WillMorgan89]

4:30 common dude, you can't complain about other people when you blew through several red lights lol. Love the vid though :)

[@carlosarias2011]

Woman: Why you late, you cheating on me? Man: No hun, I was on 7th ave chasing strangers. PSA to women: Before you go canceling boys, please understand we like to go outside and do nothing, feed pigeons, and chase strangers, it's a normal thing to do. And no, we are not cheating.

[@Sicaoisdead]

broooo c'mon that's just an unwriten cycling law, if you're skipping red you can't get mad at people when they do the same!

[@seanrich7969]

Whenever I cut an aggressive line through traffic I like to think there's some cyclist that notices the effort. You should come to DC sometime man, we can rip through the capitol on a night ride.

[@Lvx13]

Sean Rich damn i miss night rides so much, exploring every bit of the city and riding up and down parking garages after checking out the roof top views. used to ride every day in atl.

[@fast.biking_freddy]

I bike in DC daily!

[@koolmotor420]

Sean Rich Dc BAby we love slash runs and chill mash_+ once I going north on 16th st. By Malcolm XxX Park. And this guy on the hill was like pass!! Wtf pass. So I slapped him with my track bike.. I don’t do shot like that anymore but DMV cycling is flagged with trash commuters

[@koolmotor420]

Frederic A. Truslow same_+

[@jamesmitchell6209]

ayyy DC represent. We need to see a hotline DC

[@nickdumais]

Wow this is absolutely beautiful! I could watch this all day 😂 The older gentleman is majestic riding down the streets of NYC.

[@jimmyschmidt14]

I am watching your vids muted with dark techno cranked up. 3,000 watt receiver. big speakers. Se magnific!

[@michaelkephart8239]

feels like I'm playing GTA

[@yodaslehrer4930]

I have been waiting for a part 2.

[@OllyKilo]

Last guy was the best. I need to learn from him.

[@leonschumann2361]

geez in germany you would go to jail for riding like that, looks like you've got no traffic rules what so ever

[@CHECKER3378]

@Ettore Villani no you dont lol

[@kaseycarpenter73]

last dude clearly of the Jan Ullrich school of cadence/gearing...

[@Leorgo]

This is very interesting. Found this at random. I ride a very fast ebike and my nerves are on high when it comes to splitting lanes or even riding between a car and the curb. I only do it at stop lights and very slowly lol.

[@AlexandreRoty]

What kind of "ebike" that second dude is riding? He's hardly spinning the pedals and it goes woooofffff 🧐Madness.

[@PRAYIMAKET]

Which one the delivery guy

[@Vitkovsky]

How are there so many obese people? I have never seen so many in such abundance.

[@TyrannoKoenigsegg]

"Damn I fell, hope no one saw that, how embarrassing. Good thing its crowded out here" **this guy recording him as he goes** *the entire internet now knows your failures*

[@karthimechify]

What brakes u use ? Id rather YOU put on best hydraulic discs dual discs on both wheels...

[@KennyCapo]

lmaoooo, one day you might catch me lacking on my bike

[@richarddx22]

These drivers aren't as aggressive as I expected. Here in Sheffield England if you get that close to drivers they will go nuts! Beeping, shouting and swearing like crazy.

[@justinecitelli7240]

Walking in the bike lane? That’s coo...

[@kroeff_san]

"He seems pretty chill" 🤣🤣🤣 Great video 🔥🔥🔥

[@FreekaPista]

Watching the angry commuter was the least stressful thing I’ve seen on this channel so far haha

[@brandenray9587]

Blows red lights but gives passive aggressive, “thank you” to people crossing on green

[@TerryB]

It’s about not stopping the flow of traffic friend as well as be aware of your surroundings

[@markbuckley811]

Bullshit

[@joesutherland2017]

@@TerryB So is "being aware of your surroundings" another phrase for "I'm better than you, therefore I will cut off peds, vehicles, blow red lights on a whim(I counted 9 you rolled in roughly 10 mins) and do whatever the fuck I want"? *EDIT* that said, your cadence comment was hilarious.

[@jawsjawsjawsjaws]

Yes the guy’s an idiot and is definitely not from New York

[@keycapslapper7080]

Why people only ride front brakes on single speeds is a mystery to me

[@2Petya]

Prolly bought a fixie and changed the cog to a freewheel, but didn't get to put on a rear brake yet

[@SaMiChi]

Majority of riders just ride what they have. They could care less and about putting money into their bike, or even safety into biking. Just look at how many people can't be bothered to wear a helmet.

[@aim2go975]

Woah new york is such a fascinating city and manhattan really is beautiful

[@cheesyrider6914]

Don't understand the foot drag on the e-bikes either.

[@markdotcomau]

Not sure how bad bike theft is in NY but here in Sydney, many of the E Bike delivery riders leave their bikes unlocked on the street when collecting food, upon returning they find they 1K plus E Bikes gone...who'd have thought?? This happens all day, every day...are all E Bike delivery riders slow learners?

[@louissteven8862]

Could lock wheel maybe

[@andrewnorris5415]

You can quickly see why he has his foot out. It saved him there. Looks like he has only recently started to ride a bike, to be honest. As you said maybe was late for work. Dude needs to take it easier either way until gets better at it! Edit: one more look - he did not have his feet out when he fell ! Just seems to lack co-ordination - maybe not much sleep last night?

[@NoecilloRandom]

FRANCISCO BORRERO ✌🏼

[@MrBEasy24]

I usually ride in the Bronx because it's lot more spacious. Manhattan is very densely populated, allot of people and traffic makes for Very scary riding experience. I like your video and the commentary 👍

[@lebulkEnjoy]

i gotta say though this does look more peaceful than german bikeroads, where people dont respect you at all, especially on normal roads. Generally car drivers here have the mentality that bikes have no right to use roads and therefore dont take road laws to serious in that matter, which can be pretty dangerous caus most underestimate that cyclists can achive an average speed of 50km/h or 30 M/h. This video made me feel more secure than i thought riding a bike would be in new york and next time im there im gonna rent a bike and also lear about the traffic laws prior, of course.

[@fatmanscoop9417]

Im new to biking but i love it i have a cannodale

[@ronniebiggs4026]

Loving your vids dude Being from the UK where the standard of driving is horrendous this looks like a ride in the park ! We don’t have people walking all over the roads though .I thought you had a “Jay Walking “ law or is that well gone ?

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

"hes goin one way and I'm like fuck that" lol

[@thedestro187]

is like i'm seeing a movie

[@paulweezy138]

5:39....sweet little "FALSE" tag real quick. Yo man I dig your videos allot!!! Keep doin dope shit my man. Ride fast....ride true....ride safe...ish..lol.

[@alexanderaudiance]

Damn I hope this guy tails me, I'm really gonna give him a run for his money. He's gonna find out the real definition of sketch.

[@methylmike]

if i want to see the city i come to terry

[@FlyinColorz]

We need more of these man. This is such a pleasure to watch and listen to. Great footage

[@BruceChastain]

cool video. I want to ride in NYC someday.

[@expensivewaste559]

Badass dude. The traffic in my city is too fast for any type of riding like this u less you're in the neighborhoods.

[@vidiia]

On running red lights, from a person who's experienced riding bikes in cities: A lot of the time, it's about evaluating risk. If you run a red light when pedestrian lights are green on all four crossings, it's safer, because all cars are stopped at the intersections. Same for if there's a red light without an accompanying crossing, which is used to help filter vehicle traffic and allow people to cross. No cars will be crossing your path, so it's safer to do (like 7:09, or 9:10). If there's a red light and no upcoming crossing on your side of the road, it's generally safe to run the red and hug really close to the kerb. Also, it's a bit safer to run reds on quieter, slower city streets (like 6:09). At these times, you can listen to hear if there might be cars coming across that you can't see. At 3:52, it was his right of way to cross as he couldn't have stopped in time. At 0:32 he didn't run a red, look closely at the lights. It's really risky to run a red light going left on a T junction like at 1:05, and situations like 8:38 and 10:40 are really inadvisable. He should have stopped. These are the only three that I think are terrible decisions. People on bikes mostly run these kinds of red lights if they're distracted, inexperienced, or stupid. We all make mistakes on bad days. *All of these decisions to run red lights can lead to collisions that can maim or kill you, and they're all illegal*. Videos of people weaving through heavy city traffic without wearing helmets and running reds indiscriminately are terrifying to me, not just because that could kill them, but because of the message that sends, and the behavior that encourages. There are so many chances for you to get caught between cars, or under a HGV. Running red lights, weaving and riding on pavement can be done more responsibly. As the guy says at 8:38, there really are a lot of grey areas in responsible bike-riding, one being running red lights. I also agree with what he says about being fine with people walking in the bike lane, as long as they don't do anything extra stupid. Being wary of these situations is a big part of riding a bike through a city. There's only so much you can do, you just make your way past when it's safe, and try not to have a collision. The sad truth is that if people on bikes stopped at every single red light they came across, bike journeys in cities like this would be infeasible and really slow. In my opinion, bike infrastructure like segregated cycleways and more sophisticated traffic light systems are most important solution, but until then, people on bikes have to make do, and sometimes that means running red lights when it's safe.

[@coreygolphenee9633]

Its day and night on the west coast for me the traffic when I'm riding in the day is too fast and unpredictable but at night I blow reds like its going out of style

[@dannyhengel7645]

I would love to see more old heads getting shadowed. more slice of life videos like this. It was very therapeutic in a way.

[@camposjuan2049]

Nice concept!

[@Clipzyy9401]

next vid narrate live when they can hear you

[@The--Ghostspider66]

I had my couple crashes Yes i was embarrassed But then i told my self that it's totally normal And we need to keep it simple if we fall down we get back up that's it No embarrassment No hard feelings No fucks given Just keep on rolling:) Sorry for my bad English btw

[@anthonycarstensen1842]

Great vid. How can I get my hands on hotline stickers?

[@blitzcrank1459]

You can't blame People for Walking on the cycle way if you don't stop on a red light man haha :D

[@TerryB]

Walking out of turn is fine, it’s New York. It’s more about being aware of your surroundings while you’re doing them :)

[@blitzcrank1459]

@@TerryB cool that you're answering. It's fully understandable to cross some red Lights on a bike when you're Looking to both sides but when I would be the pedestrian like in this Video, I would be Pretty Angry haha. Just Keep yourself and your surrounding safe bro. Pedestrians and cyclists share a big part of traffic and we have to stay together to stand up against annoying cars. Peace :)

[@NonLegitNation2]

I wish i could cut through traffic like that with my 780mm handlebars lol I even have trouble riding on sidewalks trying to dodge garbage cans.

[@geletmote]

6:20 language warning LOLL i laughed so hard

[@Nouciable]

please more of these! :P

[@steffens.1734]

But why ignoring red lights? Is this normal in the USA?

[@drifterdogs]

2:58 Such an oddly beautiful shot (freeze frame at "shake off the hand a bit") The buildings in the distance just fall off.. the subject is dead center and almost interacting with the traffic.. the city is so complex and if you just freeze it at 2:58 it almost looks oddly simple

[@saleemwaheed9956]

Great vid!

[@solitaryrefinement6787]

I ❤ these pre-Rona days with no masks and everybody's just walkin' around.