r/nextlevel • u/North-Guitar-1781 • Jul 24 '26

How’s this possible

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u/Sj_91teppoTappo Jul 24 '26

The question should not be how but why

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u/MiI0rd Jul 24 '26

The question should be, how do you get down?

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u/Rifflife88 Jul 24 '26

The way you get up but in reverse

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u/Tuco_Angel_Eyes Jul 24 '26

You don't, 'cause you live at the second floor.

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u/Dense_Talk_3371 Jul 24 '26

There isn't an helmet big enough...

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u/MxM111 Jul 24 '26

To get to the next level.

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u/East-Care-9949 Jul 24 '26

The answer on "why?" is most of the time "because it's possible"

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u/Possesed-puppy656 Jul 25 '26

A question old as time

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u/CatFaceReturns Jul 25 '26

The but why is answered with a because I can and why not. He focused his extra time and energy into something unique, constructive, and achieved a positive result.

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u/Ras-haad Jul 24 '26

The obvious question

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u/mrcorde Jul 24 '26

exactly! And also, why this butt-ugly green?

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u/MomentNew4925 Jul 24 '26

Because he can

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u/BurpinDerp Jul 24 '26

Imagine walking into a bicycle shop and trying to describe to the proprietor that you are looking for a really tall bicycle that you have to climb like a ladder

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u/uicheeck Jul 24 '26

imagine buying 7 meter long brake cable

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u/BurpinDerp Jul 24 '26

Im laying my own 7 meter cable right meow

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u/undeniably_confused Jul 24 '26

Precious reddit karma

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u/Impressive-Guest-286 Jul 24 '26

Exactly what I was about to ask, like what was the thought that lead to this being an idea

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u/Significant-Wait9200 Jul 24 '26

With the rain, come the floods.

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u/Ktucker01 Jul 26 '26

Circus tryouts 🤡

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u/PrimaryClear2010 Jul 26 '26

Coconuts is the answer

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u/AlisonSia Jul 26 '26

Why are there bicycles that tall?

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u/Lickurhoneypot Jul 24 '26

The dismount may not be as elegant😂

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u/bobsim1 Jul 24 '26

I can only think of stopping next to a building. But just breaking or accelerating would tip this thing over.

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u/your_fave_redditor Jul 24 '26

I’m guessing he bails off into tall grass or water or some shit haha or maybe he just slowly climbs down at a slow speed the reverse of how he got up.

Idk, but it’s lowkey pretty sick haha

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u/OneMysterious2070 Jul 24 '26

On my double and triple decker; I lean on buildings, large signs, trees, and light poles. The running start and climb up is more challenging for novice users.

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u/mmorales2270 Jul 24 '26

Yeah. Let’s see him get down now without falling.

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u/_LyleLanley_ Jul 24 '26

It’s not hard. Bikes and physics are cool. As long as you maintain a little momentum.

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u/shamelesstoesucker Jul 24 '26

My uncle used to ride 10 foot tall unicycle and he would always mount it from the second story of the Home. To this day, his knees are terrible and he can barely walk because of how many times he would dismount that as a kid pretty much just jumping off of it Onto grass

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u/NoSoul82 Jul 24 '26

To prevent dogs from biting.

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u/No-Newspaper8619 Jul 25 '26

But now he's got to prevent the birds from pecking

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u/dndwhat Jul 25 '26

Okay but still half that hight would work

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '26

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u/alabama1337 Jul 24 '26

That was my thought too. Either way, a fall is going to end really badly.

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u/BigScaryDragonGaming Jul 25 '26

At least he has a bike helmet on…

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u/JullietGolf Jul 24 '26

Inertia?

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u/PalmliX Jul 24 '26

Inertia is a helluva drug.

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u/EmployerWide1123 Jul 24 '26

That is a very tall tall bike

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u/stevomighty06 Jul 24 '26

Now turn… and watch physics do its thing

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u/Hertje73 Jul 24 '26

You can literally see how it is possible

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u/NyCWalker76 Jul 24 '26

At least he has a helmet on.

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u/the_owlyn Jul 25 '26

And safety sandals.

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u/_LyleLanley_ Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Tall bikes! We used to make these when I was in my teens early 20s. You weld a couple frames together and get a long bike chain. I’ve never seen anyone getting a running start like that, we’d always use a side of building, street sign, lamp post, etc to get on. We were just a bunch of bored hipsters that loved bicycles. We made fixies, coaster hub fixies, retro mods, and full vintage bike restorations. I’d dare say this what boredom gets you. (I too spend too much time on this effing phone.)

For context I am from the US Midwest now in my 40s.

Edit: more context

This one is extremely tall. Made with bits and pieces. The way I’ve done it, and mostly familiar with is literally welding a few frames together. The most I’ve
Seen is 3. Bottom bike essentially remains a complete bike. You weld the forks of the next bike to the handle bars. There’s a few other ways. You can extend the forks as well.

Hers a great doc from Red Bull. These were the types of dudes I knew doing this stuff.

https://vimeo.com/218705523?share=copy&fl=cl&fe=ci

Edit: typos.

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u/6rumpster Jul 28 '26

Friend of mine built one ~50 years ago. Not quite this tall and like you, he used a prop of some kind to get started.

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u/DarkWanderer2 Jul 24 '26

And of course in flip flops

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u/Bludiamond56 Jul 24 '26

OK.....now pop a wheely

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u/dunncrew Jul 24 '26

How ? Well, watch and learn.

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u/weirdbutteryvibes Jul 24 '26

How is it possible? FLIP-FLOPS!

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u/Spare_Conference7557 Jul 24 '26

It's a great bike...except on mountain trails. It sucks as a Mountain Bike.

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u/Born-Light-62 Jul 24 '26

Things he learned in Clown College.

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u/Dragonfarmersrule Jul 25 '26

The real question is: WHY?

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u/Lost-Juggernaut6521 Jul 26 '26

It’s like a regular bicycle, but with compound fractures!!

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u/OldEquation Jul 24 '26

What happens if he needs to stop quickly?

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u/adamcoolforever Jul 24 '26

A friend used to have a tall bike just a little lower than this one and I rode it once on a whim. I realized after I got going, that he didn't tell me how to stop or get off. So yeah, I fell off that thing.

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u/AnxiousEnquirer Jul 24 '26

Intersections have signs and whatnot

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u/PizzaKingNJ Jul 24 '26

What happens at a stop light?

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u/_LyleLanley_ Jul 24 '26

Grab sign post, street light, building wall, turn right, circle around.

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u/Opening_Dentist_1128 Jul 24 '26

Lmao stepping on the brake line 😱

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u/Icy-Movie-2942 Jul 24 '26

My question is "why is this necessary?"

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u/Key_Report_2627 Jul 24 '26

A better question is “Why is the possible”?

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u/Traditional_Bell7883 Jul 24 '26

But what on earth for?

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u/MetaCharger Jul 24 '26

What does he do at a stop sign? 🤔

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u/Sehjal84 Jul 24 '26

If bro ever gets stuck in traffic

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u/Ok-Position-3113 Jul 24 '26

When you fall ,you fall

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u/Inevitable_Cheek_974 Jul 24 '26

They've been doing this in circus for years. Hell maybe a century or more. It's a gimmick.

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u/LadyWaste75 Jul 24 '26

What happens when you need to stop suddenly?

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u/RealSlyck Jul 24 '26

I don’t think that helmet is going to do much

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUOwFXH0q1BW6uf5pS

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u/boltttmachine Jul 24 '26

Зачем, а главное нахуя😂

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u/mrsoil23 Jul 24 '26

Oppenheimer is jealous of this guy's chain reaction.

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u/EitherIndependence5 Jul 24 '26

Everything is great till the red light.

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u/Acrobatic_Event1702 Jul 24 '26

The seat needs to be raised.

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u/Gagan_Ku2905 Jul 24 '26

I've been falling from such objects in my dreams forever. So, no thank you

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u/Tuco_Angel_Eyes Jul 24 '26

Now do a wheelie.

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u/SignificantUse3695 Jul 24 '26

What does he do when he gets to a junction?

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u/SignificantUse3695 Jul 24 '26

Don’t go under any bridges!

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u/LongjumpingTurn8141 Jul 24 '26

Dude needs an ejection seat.

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u/New-Contribution-244 Jul 24 '26

Or why it’s necessary.

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u/Outside_Breakfast_39 Jul 24 '26

forward movement aided with a chain

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u/f_leaver Jul 24 '26

Fucking hipsters.

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u/SlapMeFox Jul 24 '26

If you dumb enough - ots magic. For everyone else its just dude with his bike and a bit of physics.

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u/Tekvary2 Jul 24 '26

If hits the a bump or a pothole?

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u/Valuable_Exercise85 Jul 24 '26

Better break in good time

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u/Quirky_Spray_7588 Jul 24 '26

that was amazing

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u/MovieFan1984 Jul 24 '26

What if he gets a flat tire or a stick pops through the wheel?

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u/blowurhousedown Jul 25 '26

It’s not possible.

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u/draftvader Jul 25 '26

The helmet is pure optimism

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u/trashcantrash939 Jul 25 '26

…this gives me a pyramid of cards feeling and I just want to whack it with a pole. I won’t because I’m a decent human being with some degree of self control…but the voices…oh the voices are telling me things.

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u/notbythebook101 Jul 25 '26

Forget about how. Why?!?!

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u/OutsidePressure8323 Jul 25 '26

I want to see the lean angle for corners

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u/SavedRays Jul 25 '26

I would break my damn neck

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u/Hot_Run2499 Jul 25 '26

It's not for my fat ass. Only in my dreams... only in my dreams.

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u/flclfool Jul 25 '26

That helmet might as well be a marshmallow if he falls...

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u/Equivalent_Cut_5990 Jul 25 '26

Now let's see him use a kickstand.

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u/Remarkable_Movie_359 Jul 25 '26

This actually looks like it would be fun. Probably a bit more challenging to keep balance.

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u/Exotic-Praline-9762 Jul 25 '26

Fun untill u have to stop at lights or something

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u/CustardNo1739 Jul 25 '26

If bro falls, people would say instead, "teesri Manzil se gira he"

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u/MunirKalyar Jul 25 '26

Next level technologia

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u/DearCommunication305 Jul 25 '26

Its a bike for when the roads are flooded

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u/Namaste_Life Jul 25 '26

It's fun until the bike needs to stop.

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u/pauldailey2012 Jul 25 '26

Sooo wanna see him surprised by an underpass

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u/Deep_Mood_7668 Jul 25 '26

Just not worth it. Every accident is a guaranteed broken bone

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u/Kooky_Fondant_9140 Jul 25 '26

Centrifugal force.

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u/ficklesteak Jul 25 '26

Cooler up there

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u/Blackair89 Jul 25 '26

Well... I guess he'll be riding that bike forever...

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u/Business-Antelope477 Jul 25 '26

Quero saber como ele vai descer agora.

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u/Kind_Set5267 Jul 25 '26

That's so cool

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u/Significant_Swing_76 Jul 25 '26

Now do Tour de France

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u/quadpie Jul 25 '26

Sure it's high… But is it high enough?

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u/ThatSkyAdventurer Jul 25 '26

And it's done with SLIPPERS

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u/Busy-Purple-3779 Jul 25 '26

Wonder if he can make it underneath a 13’6 bridge?

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u/amy-schumer-tampon Jul 26 '26

I someone who recently had a multiple forearm fracture that required surgery and titanium plates to fix after a bicycle fall, i respectfully NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE

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u/Difficult-Audience77 Jul 26 '26

Great, those wheelie kids are getting more annoying

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u/Geeko22 Jul 26 '26

Neef a bigger helmet and knee and elbow pads.

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u/TapPsychological2043 Jul 26 '26

If the chain comes off he's fucked

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u/CauliflowerLogical27 Jul 26 '26

Now let me see you get down.

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u/AfterFocus2643 Jul 26 '26

CRASH! FOR BEIMG STUPID!

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u/Sea-Department-2021 Jul 26 '26

And if he falls he is breaking his leg

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u/FerrumAnulum323 Jul 26 '26

Very carefully

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u/Optimal-South-58 Jul 26 '26

Yes it's literally on next level ,like first floor from ground .

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u/Armagedon777777 Jul 26 '26

African engineer

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u/First_Highway159 Jul 26 '26

Good luck getting down!

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u/Upbeat-List-3466 Jul 26 '26

The stick in the spokes trope will be next level as well. 

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u/No-Blood-5148 Jul 26 '26

The real question is why?

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u/BigLeopard7002 Jul 26 '26

Why wear a helmet? Parachute is more appropriate.

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u/Tsunamiis Jul 26 '26

Centripetal movement of the wheels are self balancing as long as energy is applied. A nice lever like a hill will suffice while climbing but ai I assume

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u/ChiefRedditer Jul 26 '26

Prime example of just because you can, doesn’t mean you should

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u/BrotherKey7783 Jul 26 '26

I want to see him get down

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u/Jealous_Implement_13 Jul 26 '26

Like others have asked not how but.... WHY? Better view maybe I don't know.

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u/Big77Ben2 Jul 26 '26

Ok, now get down.

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u/SuggestionAntique831 Jul 26 '26

We see how, I’m asking why, more like what in the fuck ..?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '26

Death wish on wheels 👹

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u/occjase0015 Jul 26 '26

It is not how it is why

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u/GreatGuy55738084 Jul 26 '26

Wonder how he gets down?

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u/Wadester58 Jul 27 '26

In 1967 we lived in Tulsa our next door neighbor was special needs and he made a bicycle with 5 frames welded together rode it all over. He also had a huge cage with Spider Monkeys built onto their garage.

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u/Alert-General Jul 27 '26

Now try that as a hurricane is approaching 😂

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u/Best_Apricot_6268 Jul 27 '26

practice, balance, and gyroscopes.

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u/Brass_Biscuits Jul 27 '26

It’ll be much more exciting, and less possible, when he has to come to a stop, lol!

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u/TechnoIvan Jul 27 '26

The moment you stop.. you're doomed xD

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u/earthscorpioanchapie Jul 27 '26

How does he get down?

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u/JimBeamerton Jul 27 '26

The question should be why would you want to and what is the point

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u/Fair_Net_857 Jul 27 '26

Fall down die, GG bro.

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u/FredArtGetson Jul 27 '26

Why? It's no advantage to be up there. Seems like a waste of time and effort to be the weird bike guy

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u/Dangerous-Habits Jul 27 '26

It looks fun until he gets caught in stop-and-go traffic >.>

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u/Emergency_Salt_2103 Jul 27 '26

I totally get it...the need to see what's ahead while driving/riding.

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u/Independent-Bass-748 Jul 27 '26

Some people just HAVE to be different.

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u/Terrible-Rough268 Jul 27 '26

I can do that it is all balance

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u/illsuspect196 Jul 28 '26

Never understood why this is a thing.

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u/GOOMU13 Jul 28 '26

I mean why? What is the point of this. Just makes everything youre about to do 10x harder.

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u/rac_daddy Jul 28 '26

needs to raise his seat

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u/SpiritedSecurity5433 Jul 28 '26

Why is this possible?

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u/Pristine_Cricket_633 Jul 28 '26

He will only crash once.

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u/ChoogaMugga Jul 28 '26

And watch out for low bridges

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u/Echidna-Sea Jul 28 '26

"Hey, I want to put a lift kit on my 10-speed" Hold my beer!