I can't ride a bike. How fast can Mike Boyd teach me?
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Published 2021-11-27
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Series Producer: Cambria Bailey-Jones
Assistant Producer: Sophie Newton
Editor: Pierre Blanc
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Camera Operator: Kim Boyd
Executive Producer: Guy Larsen
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0:00 How have you never learned to ride a bike?
1:22 The basics of bikes
3:57 Day 1, Hour 0
8:51 Try, try again
All Comments (21)
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There was a brief moment, while planning this video, where we thought about stabilisers. I'm glad we didn't do that. And I'm glad I crashed at least once.
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Tom is likely the only person ever to have learned to fly a jetpack before learning how to ride a bike.
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I feel like Tom Scott not knowing to ride a bike is just the universe making sure it's one of the mildly interesting things he can do in a video
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So nice to watch a father-son bonding experience. Tom's a great kid
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Today i learned to ride a bike at 18 years old because to this video. I had no interest in doing so but realizing that even someone like Tom who has experienced so many things didn't know how to ride a bike was very encouraging. Thank you!
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What I love about this: Tom has been in centrifuges, in Fighter Jets, strapped on top of airplanes, etc... but if you just put him on a bike, it's exactly the same energy.
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This is an awesome video! One of my friends at uni grew up never knowing how to ride a bike. His car got totalled and he needed a way to get to work, a 2 mile commute, but not spending two hours commuting on foot each day. So a group of my friends and I spent an afternoon teaching him how to ride a bike. He was bit by the cycling bug and now eight months later he's joining us on a 150 mile, two-day trip along the coast!
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Riding a bike is a very natural sensation, after you get the initial hang of it, your body just sorta falls into autopilot as the bike just becomes an extension of you. It's hard to describe, but everyone who rides a bike knows what I'm talking about. It comes as naturally as walking.
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Veritasium: “Bikes do not use gyroscopic motion to balance” Mike Boyd: “This is a GYROSCOPE, GO FASTER”
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Mike: "Do what a toddler does" Scott: "Cry and scream?" About a minute later: Scott making very convincing toddler noises
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Gotta say, learning that Tom doesn't (or didn't) know how to ride a bike makes me feel a lot better about myself for not knowing either. And actually, more motivated. This was infinitely more helpful than any person who teases or mocks someone for not knowing how to ride one. Thanks Tom.
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For some reason I only just now saw this video, but Tom is the definition of no ego getting in the way of anything. Admitting to millions of people that you don’t know how to ride a bike, and then actually doing something about it is admirable. Same with the rollercoaster. Thank you, Tom!
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Mike:"Hes got balls, this guy's got balls" Tom: "Im very aware of that thanks to the saddle" Just hilarious
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As someone who, at 48, has never learned to ride but always wanted to, this makes me think I could actually learn.
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Riding a bike is something that is quite hard to do before your body learns balance, but once it does, it takes zero effort to maintain that balance and it becomes second nature - it took me around 10 mins to learn with help from my father This video is so wholesome to me because it totally reminds me of my bike riding training with my dad and the joy I felt when I mastered it
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This helped me feel less ashamed of myself for not being able to do some stuff people consider "common knowledge" and proves that there is no age limit to learning new skills, thank you Tom.
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Thanks for having me on the channel Tom. Amazingly fast learning 💪
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As a keen and frequent cyclist, it almost feels a little weird how proud and joyful this made me. Congratulations on joining the cycle world Tom!
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This was so heart-warming to witness. Maybe Tom had felt a bit of embarrassment over the years that he couldn't ride a bike, so maybe it had built up in his mind a bit? Idk. But with Mike being so encouraging and full of praise, he helped Tom overcome his fears. For Tom to go from "I can't ride a bike" to "I've totally got this on my own now" in half a bloody hour is just amazing! Well done to both of them, but to Tom especially.
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I am Dutch and to have someone te live this long and not ride a bike is insane to me. I love his dedication to learn!
