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Gas canister and watermelon balancing cyclist YouTube stillVideo: Brazilian cyclist balances gas canister AND watermelon on his head
The video we posted yesterday showing a cyclist in São Paulo, Brazil trackstanding while balancing a gas canister in his head got you talking. Now, another has emerged showing the same man riding not just with a gas canister, but also a watermelon perched on his noggin.
The clip below was spotted by Twitter user Scotbot, who tweeted a link to a version on YouTube. The original was uploaded to the video-sharing site in August 2013 by Gil Cesar Cavalini, who lives São Paulo.
The bike appears to be the same in both videos, although in the one we featured yesterday, posted to Facebook by Aecio Rullian Freire Barros on 22 December, it now sports a rear luggage rack – not that we imagine that ever gets much use.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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- Rendel Harris 6 min 14 sec ago
A few years back I had a police officer stop me (they were looking for a recently stolen bike and I had one from the same manufacturer, although...
- chrisonabike 6 min 40 sec ago
But... the last is only not the case with drivers on normal roads because driving on the cycle path / footway / rolling a vehicle up there is seen...
- wtjs 13 min 8 sec ago
YOU'VE RUINED MY LIFE! WHAT FOR?!...
- mdavidford 44 min 40 sec ago
I think you're missing an opportunity to pack even more tech into it - add accelerometers that can detect whether they're pedalling or stepping....
- chrisonabike 1 hour 9 min ago
Thanks. I guess the question is "need". If the road is busy, it sounds like it is a desired route between places? In which case (given this an...
- mdavidford 1 hour 17 min ago
Don't know what you mean. I thought my suggestion was entirely practical.
- mdavidford 1 hour 19 min ago
...and a square of faux sheepskin for the back of your saddle.
- Rapha Nadal 1 hour 51 min ago
I'd buy a motorbike fo rthat kind of money!
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Wouldn't stay on there for more than about 30 seconds on Britain's bumpy roads. Not sure Brazil is known for its flawless tarmac either.
That's some nail if its genuine...
Don't think so, @usedtobefaster. There are loads of videos of this chap on YT. https://www.youtube.com/results?q=botijao+na+cabeca+bicicleta
Is it just me or is anyone else smelling a rat on this one? If it's real then bravo, if it's not then bravo for the video editors skill.