Dec 10, 2020
Bike Messenger Riding Fast & Fluid in NYC Traffic
Meet Cooper Ray the cyclist in this video and Terry Barentsen the camera man riding behind him.
Now you might think this was filmed as a once off, for some kind of stunt, movie or commercial, but in actual fact Terry is a freelance cinematographer and often films Cooper, himself or various other people, riding around new York City for his Youtube channel.
What makes Cooper’s riding style even more amazing, is he does not have any gears or brakes on his bike. Also the bike Cooper is riding is a track bike made for racing at a velodrome, it is a fixed gear bike with no brakes and no freewheel. Which means the rear wheel drives the pedals, so as long as the bike is moving the pedals are turning.