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Watch a Local Bike Courier Race Chicago Taxi, Weave Through Beirut Traffic

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150330/logan-square/watch-local-bi...

CHICAGO — A Chicago bike messenger recently lost a race with a taxi from Willis Tower to Wrigley Field — but the video of the contest is winning fans.

The cyclist, Logan Square's Nico Deportago-Cabrera, can also be seen in a video weaving through traffic in Beirut, part of his relationship with Red Bull.

Deportago-Cabrera lost the cab race from Downtown to the home of the Cubs ... but only by a minute. The cab got there in a little over 17 minutes.

"It was pretty close. I was obviously disappointed, but at the same time, when you look at it on paper, it's a human-powered, two-wheel machine going up against this big, gas-guzzling mechanical beast," he said. "I felt good about the end results."

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Do people who ride like this really help the cause?

But it's EXTREME!

Part of "the cause" is to promote the idea that "Bikes are Fun!" - so, yes this does expand the publicity about bicycles.

 

Any publicity is good.

Ouch.

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