While most of us passed the polar vortex curled up in our warm offices or standing in the cronut line, 6,669 show-offs leather-skinned mercenaries defied their shrieking nerve endings and mounted Citi Bikes, marking the most sweeping display of indecent behavior since Santacon.
Drumroll, please... 6,669 #citibike trips were taken yesterday, when the temp dropped to 4°F in NYC (a 118-yr record for Jan 7). Well done!
— Citi Bike (@CitibikeNYC) January 8, 2014
Riding a Citi Bike in subzero temperatures is the pumped up version of those people who insist on running when it's pouring out. You know we have a thing called the subway and that you can take it, right? Yet there they were, zipping around the city with the 40 mph winds slamming against their faces. This guy:
4°F on my @CitibikeNYC at the top of the Manhattan Bridge this morning. pic.twitter.com/3r3DHNq9Am
— Joel Potischman (@jpotisch) January 7, 2014
Of course, anything is possible with the proper gear, but the same logic can be applied to walking on the moon. Still, what's a few hours of facial paralysis for a lifetime of smug internet gloating?
I rode CitiBike. It's -18. This should give me a CitiBike prioritization when it’s nicer and all the posers take the bikes.
— Jay Yarow (@jyarow) January 7, 2014
Posers? Maybe. But were you wearing shorts?