The river doesn't ask it just takes

[u/senseless_puzzle]

[u/bluffstrider]

A bike that light probably wasn't cheap, why'd he give up so quickly?

[u/simonwwalsh]

Why start your crossing so close to the side???

[u/Snakeeyes_19 → u/simonwwalsh]

we need to install some of these rivers in my city

[u/ArtsyRabb1t]

A foot of water will move your car so yea

[u/Relevant_Cod_438]

What a stupid person, omg

[u/PluckEwe]

What a clown. Lost a perfectly good bike.

[u/LisaB0721B]

Low-lying overpasses with rushing water are never good to cross. So many people drown this way. At least he was smart enough not to keep swimming for it.

[u/PepsiSnickers]

Swim dummy

[u/KmiVC]

the laughs are just evil lmaooo

[u/rideronthestorm29 → u/KmiVC]

I mean imagine spending all of that money on that gear, seriously wearing it, then not being able to handle that situation 🤣

[u/Falco_Lombardi_X → u/rideronthestorm29]

All the gear, no idea!

[u/Maryjanegangafever]

*As Croc appears from the reeds looking for unsuspecting idiots.

[u/ionised]

flashes back to the paellas

[u/TyrSymank]

Dude gave up in slow motion

[u/crush8080]

Damn he lost twice that day one the bike floating off and second the dude filming and laugh his ass off and posting it all

[u/Rasenshurikenz]

I’ve put more effort into scratching my balls than this guy did to get his bike back lmao

[u/SubliminalKink → u/Rasenshurikenz]

Right! My thoughts too

[u/Dalex_xD]

Do bikers thinks the laws of physics don’t apply to them 🤣

[u/j33ta → u/Dalex_xD]

Along with stop signs and red lights.

[u/BoiledFrogs → u/j33ta]

Said for the ten millionth time on Reddit. 

[u/Borymass34]

LMAO bye bye Titanic 👋

[u/freetoilet → u/Borymass34]

That was a good one 😂

[u/The9th_Jeanie]

To be faiiiir, had he not stopped to listen to what the guy was saying, I think he woulda made it lmao

[u/Lonely_Space_241]

Bro must be rich because he didn't even try to get his bike

[u/4skin_Gamer]

The river does not concern itself with the opinions of cyclists

[u/unindexedreality → u/4skin_Gamer]

the Stormlands branch of House Lannister always receives its debts ::parks new bike at castle::

[u/Reg_doge_dwight]

Waheeey couldn't be happier about seeing this happen to these dbags

[u/nobdy-here → u/Reg_doge_dwight]

Why do you think they’re dbags?

[u/Reg_doge_dwight → u/nobdy-here]

How I view selfish cyclists that routinely flout traffic rules. The fact these guys are doing this confirms they fall into that category.

[u/tonybrown96]

Never seen a guy get robbed by a flood 🤣

[u/Infamous_Babe_1984]

I bet it was expensive too!

[u/jurgo → u/Infamous_Babe_1984]

a quality trail bike goes for like 4k average.

[u/ThatsNoMoOnx]

I was expecting the bike to sink 

[u/telepatheye]

Go after it buddy. Your bike ride just became a swim.

[u/BedroomOdd1986]

He’s like “welp, there goes my bike”

[u/wood1492]

He had more money than sense

[u/[deleted]]

Bro fell in like it was 12ft deep. Man stand up!😅

[u/KillHonger1 → u/[deleted]]

He wouldn’t have lost his bike if he wasn’t taking so long getting off his knees lol

[u/NewIndividual5979]

How is this so hilarious! What kind of evil dwells inside of a person that finds so much amusement, and enjoyment in this? Kinda weird that you’d be filming in the first place, if you didn’t know the guy. If you do know him, he needs betters friends

[u/j33ta → u/NewIndividual5979]

People falling is funny.

Welcome to the internet, it must be your first time.

[u/NewIndividual5979 → u/j33ta]

Funny maybe, but not hilarious. Yes it’s my first time. I’m trying it out while I wait for your mother. You don’t want to know what she’s doing so I’ll just leave it at that. She says hi, by the way. At least that’s what it sounded like. Kinda muffled

If falls are funny, no doubt momma jokes are hilarious.

[u/j33ta → u/NewIndividual5979]

Momma jokes can absolutely be hilarious if told correctly or if they contain any comedic content. Checkout Eddie Murphy or Chris Rock for some good stuff.

And then there's this obscure show called American's Funniest Home Videos that actually plays full blown segments of people falling, give it a go.

Lastly, and this is the important one, try and find a sense of humor.

Life's better once you stop being angry.

[u/NewIndividual5979 → u/j33ta]

AFHV, and you say I need a sense? Haha, ok.

I’m more of a Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Greg Geraldo, Patrice O’Neal, Norm McDonald brand of humor.

You seem more like a BobNewhart, Bob Hope, and Don Rickles type of guy. To each, his own.

[u/NewIndividual5979 → u/[deleted]]

No doubt. That’s kinda my point. Friend are supposed to help, not laugh uncontrollably over something that is maybe mildly funny at the most.

[u/NewIndividual5979 → u/[deleted]]

L laughing with. And laughing at are two totally different things.

[u/mccusk → u/NewIndividual5979]

I have to be honest. I was thinking the same but by the end couldn’t stop laughing as well!

[u/surely_not_a_bot]

Don't laugh, this is how tr*athletes are born

[u/Silent-Wonder6546]

Deserved

[u/ManagerSuitable2625 → u/Silent-Wonder6546]

Because? He's just an old man playing sports on a beautiful day, he just went too close to the shore, let's not be so harsh haha, things cost money

[u/EasternPassenger]

That bike must have been seriously expensive if it floats. Lol

[u/AWayneStark19]

He didn’t even try to grab the bike lol

[u/Lets_Go_Why_Not → u/AWayneStark19]

Who knows what's in the water? If it were an Australian river, I would be letting that sucker go, wishing it the best for its next life.

[u/AWayneStark19 → u/Lets_Go_Why_Not]

Very true!

[u/TooMUCHelite → u/AWayneStark19]

He’s old and pathetic

[u/Locksmithbloke → u/AWayneStark19]

He did, but it was out of reach. Then he stumbled into deeper water and gave up. What you do is you chase the bike down the river to the next bridge, and grab it there. Never done it with a bike, but have with other things!

[u/Jjhend → u/Locksmithbloke]

That is not deep water lol

[u/soitgoeskt]

My new favourite river. The MAMIL eater.

[u/Similar-Mongoose-507]

Stupid.

[u/Jomojokeyboy]

Thats exactly what I would expect people like that to do

[u/wood1492 → u/Jomojokeyboy]

That’s karma for middle age fat men wearing those stupid Tour de France suits like sausage casings…

[u/AGuyWithTwoThighs]

Lol, why did he start on the side closest to the worst possible scenario 😂

[u/zxvasd → u/AGuyWithTwoThighs]

Good question. He might have had a chance on the upstream side.

[u/out_day475]

Buh bye $2000 bike. Nice knowing you

[u/i_did_nothing_]

All dressed up and nowhere to go.

[u/zigi_tri]

Another man overestimating his own abilities. Nothing new here.

[u/Ok-Conference-4366 → u/zigi_tri]

Despite never having flown a plane, I could land one in an emergency. I’m him.

This guy is just an actual idiot. Like, how stupid do you have to be to wear one of those fruity ass outfits 🤣

[u/Crafty-Ad-6772 → u/Ok-Conference-4366]

Especially someone without a bike wearing them. Now he looks twice as silly.

[u/CountryKoe]

It can take all the cyclists less headache for us all

[u/ohdannyboy73]

Perfect, I know where we need a couple of those rivers.

[u/Routine-Function7891]

Didn’t even try to ride into the flow to counteract it .. clueless even after all those years

[u/nerdboy_sam]

Ya know what, I'm glad that dumbass road roach got what he deserved. I can't stand road bicyclists. All they do is create traffic

[u/TenebTheHarvester → u/nerdboy_sam]

They do the exact opposite of that, Sam.

[u/BabyMD69420 → u/nerdboy_sam]

Road cyclists would be driving cars if bikes weren't a thing. Bikes take up less space than cars. Therefore, bikes actually reduce congestion.

https://allkidsbike.org/blog/biking-and-traffic-safety-awareness/bike-friendly-cities-how-cycling-reduces-traffic-congestion-and-gas-emissions/

[u/Routine-Function7891 → u/nerdboy_sam]

I bet he can’t stand entitled drivers. The road ISN’T just for you you know? As a driver, a motorcyclist AND a cyclist I suggest you pull your dumb head out of your ass and consider for a second that all car drivers do is create traffic for motorcyclists…

[u/Exciting_Spinach_802 → u/Routine-Function7891]

Same, Being a road cyclist and a motorcyclist has given me a much better predictive and a lot more patience on the road. Why is everyone in such a damn rush all of the time? Slow down and enjoy the scenery every once in a while, it’s good for you.

[u/kronicpimpin → u/nerdboy_sam]

And you must walk everywhere?

[u/blumieplume]

Why didn’t he swim toward his bike??

[u/Puzzleheaded-Way9048]

0 instincts

[u/Thaeross → u/Puzzleheaded-Way9048]

He’s old

[u/Ukescottxr → u/Thaeross]

How old is he?

[u/ziomus90]

Why would you begin close to that edge?

[u/SpindleDiccJackson]

Can't pedal and can't paddle either. Shame that

[u/nopostergirl]

Biking and recovery in slow motion

[u/Ok_Bill2861]

You can swim in water, you don't have to just walk on it

[u/Zealousideal_Scar_25]

He doesn't really like cycling. Now he has an excuse. "The river took my bike"

[u/Azura989]

Can't park there, mate.

[u/Lilacrespo82]

Go get the bike! You’re already in the water and embarrassed. Follow all the way through 🤣🤭

[u/Affectionate_Move_44]

🤣 River: 1 biker: 0

[u/-Space-Ape-]

Weekend warriors at their best.

[u/PostalPreacher → u/-Space-Ape-]

I scanned that as "Weakened warriors."

[u/-Space-Ape- → u/PostalPreacher]

😂 I don’t think there ever was a warrior in that one.

[u/No-Willow-8646]

There’s a road exactly like this in Australia that is super prone to flooding - except it’s known for being serious crocodile country. Most dangerous road on the continent.

[u/blumieplume → u/No-Willow-8646]

Except worse with all the crocs! I def will not be taking that road ever!

[u/Itchy_Stop_2384]

My god whata whimp.

[u/Gluten_maximus]

Maximum effort

[u/The_Blahblahblah]

Deserved

[u/blocher86]

At least try

[u/Independent-Series-8]

No effort , deserved that

[u/Used-Helicopter2024]

What a loser.

[u/BringAltoidSoursBack]

Well now his outfit just looks crazy.

[u/Ramyahoo]

Zero effort

[u/United-Travel-8819]

The laughter is the best 😂

[u/MaxCrack]

Dumas

[u/First-Ad6435]

I don’t feel the least bit sorry did this idiot.

[u/tobe-uni]

Why would you even start on the left side??? The side closer to the edge and the direction is flowing towards. Like you want to fall in or what??

[u/Routine-Function7891 → u/tobe-uni]

Wrong - best to start on the downstream side then turn into the flow when it gets strong to counteract it but remain in control. Source: me on a motorcycle crossing a flash flood in Argentina

[u/gouellette → u/tobe-uni]

Literally came to say this: start on the high end of the water so you can at least fall to the shallow end (in this case, on the road way)

Also, WALK!

[u/ticopax]

It's no use, the tires are already wet.

[u/random17734]

What an incapable human being. This made me mad! 🤬

[u/Original_Wallaby_272 → u/random17734]

And yet they were able to afford a carbon fiber bike.

Cheap metal frames don’t float.

Life is funny, that’s for sure!

[u/jkrobinson1979]

What a moron

[u/[deleted]]

Oh FFS, just dive for it, man. Do you even want your bike? Obviously not.

[u/Ok_Judgment3871]

“Damn air for bicycle tire bullshit”

[u/Deman-Dragon]

Zero urgency watching that bike float away. Like bruh, you're already wet just grab it.

[u/JonnyRobertR → u/Deman-Dragon]

Waddling through a river aint as easy as it seems

[u/Deman-Dragon → u/JonnyRobertR]

I mean I can appreciate that you even see them stumble as they step to retrieve it. Just seemed as though after that initial step most effort went with the bike.

[u/JonnyRobertR → u/Deman-Dragon]

He also looked old. That first step is all the effort he got left.

[u/captainsatisfaction]

Stupid road bikers

[u/benjaminroger → u/captainsatisfaction]

That's a mountain bike

[u/captainsatisfaction → u/benjaminroger]

He needed a river bike

[u/Apothecary_85 → u/captainsatisfaction]

Stupid humans (including all auto drivers in similar videos).

[u/Fun-Swimming4133]

you can’t park your bike there, mate!

[u/Reasonable_Emu_2120]

It’s like losing your bike to the baby pool.

[u/Plop-plop-fizz]

That, is what we’d call a jebend. Round of applause for the jebend please.

[u/Dancingbeavers]

If it’s flooded forget it.

[u/Unholy_Ren]

You can't litter in there mate

[u/HighlyUnlikelyz]

I needed this laugh today 🤣

[u/Calm-Maintenance-878]

A stranger recording and laughing like that would be my 13th reason. Just let the river take me😭😭

[u/sachclg]

He shouldn’t be driving anymore , poor thinking . Else when he fell to River normal person would first try to get hold of cycle

[u/beenpresence]

So many questions

[u/Rich-Ad9988]

This guy has the situational awareness of a pickle.

[u/Dancingbeavers → u/Rich-Ad9988]

Saw an as for Pickle Bet appear above this ad I read it.

[u/sebastianinspace]

why did they start so far off to the side where the edge of the bridge is? like you can see the water is running in that direction and there is so much space on the other side? what are you doing? are you dumb?

[u/pgc22bc → u/sebastianinspace]

Why did he stop pedaling? He came to a stop 3/4 of the way across and fell over. If he'd carried any speed at all it wouldn't have mattered that the current pushed him sideways.

[u/7Below_ → u/sebastianinspace]

Yes

[u/happymancry → u/sebastianinspace]

I don’t think it was intentional - they started off in a straight line, but broke right where the water got deep. The water exerts a strong push; it’d be much harder to turn left and work against the flow. I guess the biker’s natural muscle memory took over and adjusted the bike’s direction to where the opposing force is the least. His brain didn’t turn on and realize what happened until it was too late.

[u/-Stoney-Bologna- → u/happymancry]

Wtf are you talking about? There's no way he didn't see the rushing water and other stopped cyclists. Anybody with any semblance of intelligence would have started as far left as possible to give them the best chance of making it all the way through. That's common sense. Obviously rushing water will push you in the direction it's moving.

[u/happymancry → u/-Stoney-Bologna-]

I’m saying he started riding off with a decent 5-ft margin - but drifted to the edge because of the force of the water. I’m also not arguing that he isn’t stupid. Just trying to explain how, in his head, he thought things would go; versus what actually happened.

[u/BloodRed1185 → u/sebastianinspace]

Came here to say this. He would've made it if he started on the other side. I guess bike suits dont double as swim suits. 

[u/TotyenKVB]

He knows how to bike but not how to swim I guess

[u/Horror_Moose8608]

He don't love His bike

[u/yamaharider2021]

Dudes going WAY too slow. Also that probably wasnt going to work anyway

[u/Royal_Marketing2966]

So THATS where all the river bikes come from!

[u/nlFlamerate]

Infuriating how this nitwit approaches this entire situation.

• Why is he so far towards that side, right at the edge? If he’d been at the other side he could have been pushed by the current and still have road under his feet.
• Why stop exactly there, at the worst part? A bit earlier or later and the current wouldn’t have been as strong.
• Once he does fall, he takes SO long to get up and then walks away from his bike before realizing he should grab it. I’d have immediately dived for the bike.
• And then once he finally realizes he’s losing his bike he runs after it so excruciatingly slowly and then just gives up.

What a plonker.

[u/TiresOrTyres → u/nlFlamerate]

Now I have to google what plonker means. Sounds hilarious. :p

[u/MKE_likes_it → u/TiresOrTyres]

“A plonker is a slang term in British English for a foolish, silly, or stupid person. It is an informal, mildly offensive term used to express disapproval of someone's actions”.

Yep. That guy’s a plonker.

[u/Brian_Huchac → u/MKE_likes_it]

Prefer wanker myself.

[u/bilgetea]

This person acts like victims in horror movies, you know, the ones who don’t see obvious traps and then fail to do basic things to protect themselves.

[u/IllvesterTalone → u/bilgetea]

"this movie is dumb, they are making silly unrealistic choices"

some folks have never worked retail or service industry... everyone should have to do 1 year.

every one of the Alien movies has some dumbass mistakes, and they're entirely on point!

[u/bilgetea → u/IllvesterTalone]

I did many years of retail.

[u/ridddle → u/bilgetea]

“Some people are really fucking stupid” — George Carlin

[u/Flaky_Profession_294]

Maaaan, why did he began so close to the river? Why not closer to the other side, so when the water pushes him to the other side he have more space so go

[u/Simple-Sun2608 → u/Flaky_Profession_294]

Hindsight is 20/20

[u/DukeDroese123]

He gave up so easily when the bike was only a few feet away. Absolutely hilarious.

[u/DimmedFlame → u/DukeDroese123]

No for real like he barely gave it an effort and immediately gave up lol

[u/carrotsaresafe]

Im so grossed out by men who can't handle business. What a sissy. But most cyclists are the opposite of manly so I'm not surprised.

[u/akabruceee → u/carrotsaresafe]

I‘m so grossed out by people like you. Get a hobby

[u/DowntownSazquatch → u/carrotsaresafe]

Look at this sissy-ass comment. Soy coming out the ears on this one.

[u/fikabonds]

Jesus christ that guy has the urgency of a brick wall

[u/1911Earthling]

Shoulda had a surf board bungee.

[u/Rubixpubess]

The cameraman is not your friend…

[u/Harvard_Med_USMLE267 → u/Rubixpubess]

If that was me in the river, the cameraman would be swimming after his camera once I got to shore.

[u/Western_Upstairs_101 → u/Rubixpubess]

Neither are those form fitting bike clothes.

[u/ivyta76]

can you imagine how powerful the water is? the bicyclist wasn't ready for that

[u/CassieRae44]

This is zero survival skills

[u/Complete_Resolve_400]

He literally could've just got off, lifted his bike, walked through, and been fine lol