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Those cognitive dissonance-inducing multiple rider bicyles that you see tourists on in Midtown have a sworn enemy: A 50-something year old pianist who is woken up by raucous PartyBikers (the company that runs them is PartyBike) is waging a campaign to get them off Eighth Avenue. Sammy G. (last name withheld) tells the Post that PartyBikes have barreled into pedestrians because they are out of control and that other PartyBikes will race each other down the street. Hmm, Eighth Avenue doesn't sound like the best place to do that since many cars are zipping up to head uptown. While PartyBike says, "We just give rides...there's never been an accident, and it's a safe operation" and crows about being on The Amazing Race, Good Morning America and The Tony Danza Show, Sammy G. isn't convinced. Sammy G. has been "investigating" the operation for a couple months: "One time, I followed them to find out where they started from, and what their exact route was. Another time, I went undercover, posing as a guy named Joe who was 'interested in going for a ride.'" Sammy G. is two steps away from pure, vigilanteism!
Have you PartyBiked? Or do you just make fun of PartyBikers? Gothamist just feels bad for the PartyBike drivers, because whenever we see them, they are doing all the work and the overweight tourists are just having a grand ol' time.
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The PartyBike is so gay.
fat like the tourists on partybike's landing page.
Oh, geez--when I first read this story (without the photo shown above) I had the image of coke-crazed motorcyclists rampaging up 8th Ave.
It's only a bicycle? Okay, a 7-person bicycle but still just a bicycle.
I see those partybikes all the time around Times Square. If bike-riding tourists wish to jeopardize their lives by weaving around in that crazy traffic, let'em at it.
What's wrong with the PartyBikes? I much prefer them to walking.
I saw two party bikes racing through Times Square just the other day, so for someone to say those bikes never race each other is a flat out lie. Looked pretty reckless to me.
PLEASE!!!!
Pedestrians would be a lot safer if we had fewer cars and more party bikes in the city. I know of far more people who have been injured and killed by automobiles.
With a party bike, Sammy G. could pedal off some of his excess energy.
What the partybike needs is a direct head on with a 12 ton semi, hopefully with some fat tourists to go along
I live on 43rd and 8th. EVERY NIGHT, like clock work, 7 screaming girls, arms waving, looking absolutely ridiculous. Guys too! They must coax them into the screaming. One day, a bus will drive by to close... God forbid, but at least i'd sleep soundly just one night. Oh wait, the sirens would blare from that point on. nevermind.
As a midtown employee, these obnoxious creations are public enemy number 2 behind the double decker buses. These bikes obstruct traffic, they obstruct crosswalks, and contribute to the number of aholes trying to get me to buy something on the sidewalks.
was actually surprised to see these on the Amazing Race. Would have rather not though, the task was a bit lame.
I'm surprised we New Yorkers don't get more pity from around the world. People bitch and moan about famine, disease, buried landmines, poverty, dictators, inadequate healthcare? What a bunch of crybabies. They don't realize how hard our lives are. Partybikers? It doesn't get any worse. Where's our federal aid to combat this serious issue? Where can people go to donate money to our cause?
I love PartyBikes. My girlfriend bought a ride for my friends and I on my birthday, and we had a blast. The one thing that was NOT safe about the PartyBike ride was traffic's treatment of our vehicle. A car backed into us at a red light. (I think drivers forget, or just plain old don't know, that bicyclists - including party bikers - have the same rights and responsibilities as cars.)
I can't believe that some douche is complaining about partybikes. What makes more noise than partybikes on 8th ave? Hmm, let me think: cabbies honking, New Jersey folks screaming at traffic out the window as they make their way to the tunnel, cars screeching to a halt when drivers mistime the lights, did I mention cabbies??
Let the partiers have their fun. If you live near Times Square, you have no right to complain about noise. I know that we had the flask in full effect on our ride. If you can't ride a party bike around the Times Square area, then that's just wrong.
As if the police don't have enough dislike of bikers. I own a car -- I just keep it where it belongs: upstate.
As a city cyclist, I know how hard it is to get around the city on a regular bike -- and I avoid Times Square due to its excessive pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
So, a bunch of helmetless tourists on a round bike in the midst of Time Square? Pure idiocy.
I live on 48th/8th. Like the guy above on 43rd/3rd said, they are quite obnoxious. Even 18 floors up, I can hear them scream and yell as they round the corner on 48th. There must be something about cornering that makes all these tourist scream.
THOSE PARTYBIKES TIP OVER! i saw it happen on my home from times sq.
please be very careful....