CitiBikes are a Pain in the Ass

[Music] New York City is the greatest place on earth but living here is a huge pain in the ass paramount that pain in the ass is getting around the city many options none perfect the subway is good but you have to wait around for the trains and generally I don't like being underground you could drive but traffic tickets suck parking is impossible and if you do find a spot it cost nineteen dollars and forty three cents for a half an hour their bus is but if you're under the age of 70 ain't nobody got time for that I rode a bike which is a huge pain in the ass always getting stolen flat tires and I'm always crashing into everything now we have bike share city bike so I figured I'd try it out see how big of a pain in the ass that is [Music] so I'm gonna test the city bike versus my personal bike versus a taxi for good measure looking at four factors comfort speed cost and ease of use all on a scale of one to ten one being easy as pie ten being a huge pain in the ass the test will be on my daily commute from my apartment in Greenwich Village to my office and Tribeca first up is the taxi okay I am now going to commute to work taking a New York City Taxi the hardest part of taking a taxi in New York City it's finding attacks the hardest part of using a taxi is finding one that's a big pain in the ass you end up chasing a car a block and a half heels I like your shoes hey doing your city taxis aren't very comfortable get your own AC control get TV comfy yes cheap no this ride cost me eleven dollars and thirty cents so if I did that twice a day five days a week 52 weeks a year that's a pain in the ass and speed the ride was actually pretty quick 14 minutes and 55 seconds all in the taxi got a pain-in-the-ass factor of 23 that's a pretty big pain in the ass next up my bike I lock it right outside my house so that's not such a pain in the ass as long as it's not raining it's pretty easy to use so this bikes extremely uncomfortable the handlebars are narrow see really hard and the pedals never stop spinning it makes it Viking has always been pretty economical figure 300 for the bike 80 for the lock average about 18 months before it gets stolen divide that by two-thirds add 50 per repairs not bad what this thing is is fast there's nothing faster than racing around this city on a fixed gear and stop going a door on the fifth gear nine minutes two seconds all things considered owning a bike isn't that big of a painting yes which brings us to city bike now full disclosure I'd never ridden one before and I didn't really know what to expect sight there's a city bike station a few hundred feet from my front door I glossed over the directions and then got to the touchscreen it was slow and not super responsive plus there were way way too many screens to cycle through [Music] eventually I got a code and snagged the very last bite that process was a huge pain in the ass it's a very smooth ride the grips are comfy handlebars solid brakes feel responsive the seat is mushy like a marshmallow like a grip shift situation here nice right I paid $10 for the day but an annual pass is only 95 bucks total deal I wouldn't call it a fast bike but it felt sturdy and safe I did spend five minutes looking for a station to return it which made my total commute 16 minutes and 7 seconds I really like the bike share but paying and returning it was a huge pain in the ass when I got back to my office I did about 30 seconds of research turns out if you register online you get a key and can skip the entire touchscreen credit card mess and there's an app showing you where to find and park the bikes this would have saved me about five minutes turns out city bikes not a pain in the ass at all it's great all you have to do is learn how to use it [Music] [Music] you

Channel: CaseyNeistat

Views: 6,511,684

Rating: 4.8665891 out of 5

Keywords: new york city, citibikes, bloomberg, greenwich villiage, tribeca, chinatown, neistat brothers

Id: po85lER-qRo

Length: 6min 19sec (379 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 17 2013

Reddit Comments

[u/Stabilopan]

I really have to appreciate the care and effort he puts into these little productions. A real class act. Yes, he's got an agenda, but it's mitigated with a real sense of objectivity.

[u/idiotdidntdoit]

i wish he had compared it to the subway.

[u/mbnyc1118]

He works a block away from me! I ride my bike from Queens though :(

[u/CaptainCompost]

All the pains in the ass of his own bike were his own doing, and by commuting the way he does (non-stop, fixie, little displayed regard for traffic rules) are a big pain in the ass for others.

Source: Daily bike commuter who respects all traffic laws.

[u/kempton]

What happened to Van, did the brothers divorce?