The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133

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It took me 8 months to learn how to do this, but I was only picking up the bike and running to the end of the driveway and back every day. I wasn't "ACTIVELY" trying to learn. Meaning... I wasn't struggling and trying to make my brain learn. I simply got on the bike every day, tried to operate it to the end of the driveway, turned around and tried to operate it back. The goal was to understand how my brain figured things out on its own, without trying to force it to. Many people have built bikes like this and figured it out in much less than 1 day by staying on the bike until they were able to master it. I had no timelines, and was using this as an exploratory activity to learn how I learn.
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@adrianarmenta9957 4 жыл бұрын

When Doc Hudson said “turn left to go right” I know what he meant

@joyemoji2031 4 жыл бұрын

Because he's riding backwards or he's refrencing to Cars 1

@smogfelloff 4 жыл бұрын

This is the best comment I’ve ever seen

@pirnix 4 жыл бұрын

best comment on youtube so far~

@nathankiley8206 4 жыл бұрын

This is how you ride a motorcycle, it's called counter steering. When youre straight up and down and turn the bars left (push on the right side of the bars) the top of the bike shifts to the right and the center of gravity falls to the right side of the center of traction. I don't know what force it would be but the bars shift back the correct way to keep you off the ground, and now you're turning. It's really hard to explain but if you ever ride a motorcycle or bike at speeds more than say, 10 mph, pay attention to how steering works on it. I'm still confused by it to this day and I have several thousand miles ridden on my motorcycle.

@adrianarmenta9957 4 жыл бұрын

raju c the greatest racing movie of all time

@PaulTheSkeptic 5 жыл бұрын

Leave it somewhere unattended and video surveilled and wait for a bike thief. That would be the funniest footage ever.

@reverendmarvelous2243 5 жыл бұрын

They'd just pick it up and run off with it

@PaulTheSkeptic 5 жыл бұрын

@@reverendmarvelous2243 Presumably there are bike thieves who work from a van or whatever but many of them are opportunists. They see it, they grab it. Have you ever tried to lift a bike and ahem.. "run off"? Especially the steel framed old school bike like that one and not one of these brand new carbon fiber and titanium things that start at $1000? I don't think it's as easy as you might think but honestly, that's not really the point. I thought about this image of a bike thief seeing the bike, grabbing it and riding off immediately falling over and subsequently examining the the bike with a huge question mark on his face. (Or her I suppose) The thief would make the mental adjustment that there was something different about this bike and presumably, he'd try again and fail immediately. He might even try again if he was determined enough and that's what made me laugh. Just this scenario playing out in my mind was quite funny if you think about it so I wanted others to laugh at it too. Hence the comment. But I honestly do appreciate any attempt at logical accuracy. No harm done and have a lovely rest of your day.

@reverendmarvelous2243 5 жыл бұрын

@@PaulTheSkeptic I could run off with one real easily personally. That's just me though I guess

@PaulTheSkeptic 5 жыл бұрын

@@reverendmarvelous2243 You can sprint with a big heavy thing that flops around and has chains and other sharp parts that don't react well to flesh? You'd have to hold it up high over your head just to get it clear from your body enough for your muscles to run without limping; like you would if you were trying to trudge it along on your side while running. I mean maybe but I'm still dubious. I'd sure like to see the experiment. I'm not trying to be contrary. I'm actually interested at this point. How fast can someone run while holding a bike and trying to not be seen? It's an interesting question. Do you think you might be able to film yourself doing it? I hope that's not imprudent. If not, that's totally fine. We can just leave it there. edit I just had a thought. If you ran while pushing the bike along, that should be doable. But then would the reversed handlebars interfere?

@reverendmarvelous2243 5 жыл бұрын

@@PaulTheSkeptic you sound very skeptikal. It's ok though. I assure you, I could run pretty fast with it, also if someone were chasing me and catching up I could throw the bicycle and hit them with it. I'm a pretty big guy. Then it would be easy to just lock the handlebars straight, stand on one side of it and use it as a scooter. You can go pretty fast that way and can steer by leaning. All you have to do is keep the handlebar straight which is pretty easy especially downhill. I'm sure youve used a bicycle as a scooter before. You are well versed in bicycles, are you not?

@JeffReams Жыл бұрын

If you could engage this mechanism and disengage it, this could be an anti theft system.

@liveinfoportal Жыл бұрын

😄😄

@nudgeA7 Жыл бұрын

@@liveinfoportal good thinking;)

@TibatorRiant Жыл бұрын

Why the engaging and disengaging? Just have your bike on reverse steering permanently and learn to use it. No one will steal it.

@aurorapaisley7453 Жыл бұрын

@@TibatorRiant truly a galaxy brain move

@MyProjectsTV Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I just thought xD

@graydonargast9322 2 жыл бұрын

“You’re looking at the world with a bias, whether you think you are or not.” The difficulty is in remembering how true that is. Thanks for sharing.

@petersmythe6462 Жыл бұрын

Well and in many ways, without a bias, we would be hopelessly lost. Paralyzed by indecision. Afterall, we would only be able to commit to an action after seeing how the entire future of the universe would behave, and even then we would need a value system to determine which behavior we prefer.

@petersmythe6462 Жыл бұрын

We should not seek to completely eliminate bias, or even prejudice or discrimination, from the human mind. Rather, we should seek to eliminate biases which either are themselves irrational or which when applied produce harmful outcomes that only function to increase our confidence in the bias through a feedback mechanism.

@rodrigomartiniriboldi2168 4 жыл бұрын

> build a bike like this > forget how to ride normal bikes > learn to ride the inverted bike > use just the inverted bike > never get your bike stolen again

@zharahussain8004 4 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@josephjester4917 4 жыл бұрын

Lol so true.

@fieldmarshal7298 4 жыл бұрын

@@orange_blossoms_sunset Yes because the government needs to take suggestions from a drunk guy in the youtube comments

@Rickandmorty_com 4 жыл бұрын

> thief learns inverted bike > $$$profit$$$

@sadpossum6520 4 жыл бұрын

@@orange_blossoms_sunset no matter what there will *always* be crimes no matter if the person who committed the crime was white or not. in japan which is one of the safest countries has crimes and almost all citizens are japanese. don't be an uncool racist.

@monca1222 4 жыл бұрын

I thought this was going to be a bike where you'd have to pedal backwards to get it to move lol

@eray7232 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine the combination of both

@monca1222 4 жыл бұрын

@@eray7232 That'd be fun to try!

@tristanmicallef1324 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@cookerytime885 4 жыл бұрын

That would be the worst transportation

@thearsoneest 4 жыл бұрын

I thought that too

@mak0t0san 2 жыл бұрын

I've experienced something very similar to this. I have been a proficient typist for most of my life, able to get over 90 wpm. Then I decided to try a different keyboard layout, Colemak in particular. I committed to changing out the layouts on all of my computers, both at home and at work. Took me a few weeks but eventually I got it and was able to type proficiently with Colemak. Then, I went to use someone else's computer, still configure using the classic QWERTY layout. I had forgotten how to type on QWERTY and ended up being really slow. I eventually started switching back and forth between them so that I can remain proficient with both, but now I reverted back to QWERTY just because it's easier since that's the default layout for devices, and not every device has Colemak as an option.

@acookie7548 2 жыл бұрын

at one point did you get proficient in both? like you could switch between them and (perhaps after a slow start) get back to fast typing relatively quickly?

@im-essi 2 жыл бұрын

@@acookie7548 a bit late here, but I did the same thing for a while, switching between colemak and qwerty, and I was able to get relatively proficient with both (although never reaching my qwerty-speed of ~140 wpm with colemak) being able to switch quickly between them. I dropped colemak a while later, just because I didn't feel I was getting much out of it (and it was a bit of a hassle to be honest). Was fun and interesting anyhow :)

@pavelperina7629 Жыл бұрын

I'm not proficient, but I've used ANSI keyboards from my childhood to high school. When PCs became common in 90s, ISO (European layout) became more common and it's almost impossible to get one in last 15-20 years, unless you want some high end keyboard, cause smaller or gaming companies did not yet adopted to local market. And layout differs in few keys - length of enter, lenght of shifts and placement of /. And I never got used to Czech layout having Z/Y switched and all special characters misplaced (because we need to fit maybe 15 letters with diacritics somewhere). It does barely matter for normal text, but as a software developer

@GuardianTiger Жыл бұрын

Yeah sadly q w e r t y layout is not efficient insight it was meant for typewriter as you can do a bit more research on it if you really want to know more but that's the gist of it.

@M00nsh0t Жыл бұрын

Wow, same here. Had a speed over 120 for qwerty but then I picked up workman and now I can't type on qwerty anymore. But it is fun when people try to type on my laptop and then think they forgot their English alphabets.

@blava9081 Жыл бұрын

This video was used in my Utah foster care training. Destin your positivity is reaching places you probably never imagined. Keeps up the good work.

@Mohammed-bd7ql 3 жыл бұрын

"They think I'm dumb but I'm actually two levels deep into this" This is going to be my motto lmao.

@kishorekumar624 3 жыл бұрын

My instagram bio

@NO1xANIMExFAN 3 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂

@DrMattFen 3 жыл бұрын

Two levels depinned to this..

@mrmark8603 3 жыл бұрын

The ultimate theft deterrent.

@Meisterling 3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@AWW_YEA81 5 жыл бұрын

"You can't ride this bicycle you might think you can but you can't" Me: "Oh I can definitely ride that"

@baileypatt5166 5 жыл бұрын

AWW_ YEA81 this would be easy to ride

@AWW_YEA81 5 жыл бұрын

Ik especially because ive only rode a bike like a few times so I'm not that used to it

@AWW_YEA81 5 жыл бұрын

@Jake Allen 4:53 nah you can't

@epicjason21 5 жыл бұрын

AWW_ YEA81 this dude isn’t all as good as he says, that ration system with two separate pole and a free rotation of the gears is what is causing the tire to wobble

@vishalyadav9538 5 жыл бұрын

everybody can but not in a day

@jacecole5348 11 ай бұрын

Still one of my favorites years later. This, the weed wacker tournament, the first ssbc video, and a lot of others. Honestly I think I love every single video you’ve put out. It’s helped me learn so much and has slightly helped me learn the career path I want.

@jesse00pno Жыл бұрын

This has SO many applications to life. Had a huge fight with my spouse today about life stuff, but this shed so much light on the whys behind the way we do things. Thank you so much for these insights!

@user-ir7ib9qu9s 8 ай бұрын

Do you know nice in medieval times means stupidity? And apron exists for an interesting reason. It is napron first . And somebody wrote a napron badly , so people recognised it as an apron

@monkeymafia729 8 жыл бұрын

I think you have just discovered the best anti bike theft mechinism

@DanielSultana 8 жыл бұрын

+monkeymafia729 bike thieves do not necessarily ride bikes

@TheRedboy262 8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Sultana you're the type of guy i don't want around my bike

@DanielSultana 8 жыл бұрын

+will penrose why not? I'm not a bike thieve

@MusicandGamesandStuf 8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Sultana yeah, they do. it's why it's common. They're literally riding the goods away. There are many who use trucks to transport bikes but for the most part, bike thieves are petty criminals and don't particularly plan ahead, it's a crime of opportunity.

@siprus 8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Sultana It's still hard to sell a bike like that though.

@layna676 4 жыл бұрын

1:08 “you can see that I’m laughing but I’m actually very frustrated” me everyday

@kriskropd 4 жыл бұрын

s/me /smarter/

@anandusmadhu 4 жыл бұрын

Deep

@nn5774 4 жыл бұрын

Ayeeee exollll

@guardianofh5205 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 14 and this is deep...

@croiri9982 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 25 and I'm drowning with how deep this is.

@TheSpecialJ11 2 жыл бұрын

I think being able to switch is also a skill that has to be learned. I've heard stories of people going to language immersion programs and getting really deep into the language. When they try to switch back to their mother tongue, they find their brain "sticking" in the language they were learning for a bit. Yet bilingual people who use both languages regularly have no problem switching back and forth.

@maxteurer5493 Жыл бұрын

100% and 3 languages aren't any harder than 2

@carlossierra9685 8 ай бұрын

I'm bilingual (English and Spanish) and when I went to learn Japanese, I forgot a ton of words in both English and Spanish, and my sentences became choppy in English and Spanish, because I could not snap back into the grammar structure, and it would take a few minutes for me to go back into thinking like an English speaker, but I can switch between Spanish and English instantly without any difficulty. So I'm thinking I can understand too some degree what it feels like to switch mentally from the backward bike into normal bike. Cool insight you gave!

@arson2639 2 жыл бұрын

I SAW HIS BRAIN GET IT!

@Adam-rh4qu 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine a theft running away from a cop and he tries to get away with this bicycle.

@lalalhmar6118 4 жыл бұрын

That thief gotta be pretty dumb or have that cycle as his last resort to escape from the police 😂

@Rii._. 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao imagine that the policemen making fun of the thief because he can't ride a bicycle so the thief mocks them to try it so in the end they'll be like "get off, i bet i can do it"

@jomcabanilla3732 4 жыл бұрын

@@Rii._. that would be hilarious

@clankplusm 4 жыл бұрын

Might actually be a new trick for not getting your bike stolen

@Horrorcroissant 4 жыл бұрын

I laughed really hard about this. 😂

@rio_agustian_ 5 жыл бұрын

4:24 kid : *fall Destin : _"Did you see his brain get it?"_

@tnt_champ1002 5 жыл бұрын

🤦‍♂️

@fernieceron755 5 жыл бұрын

😂

@TheAffar369 4 жыл бұрын

*accidentally dropped some water* _Did you see his brain get it_

@The-F.R.E.E.-J. 4 жыл бұрын

The kid DID ride it much better & for a longer distance than did his dad after much more time & effort. This is legit.

@AZ-kr6ff 4 жыл бұрын

the F.R.E.E. J. Yeah, but the father is an engineer. Engineers are horrible at anything hands on...good at things on paper. His son is a future welder.

@osmia Жыл бұрын

I think this might be my most favorite video ever of yours! It's sporadically shows up in my suggested videos to watch and I click on it more often than not because every time it just makes me rethink everything that I think!

@teacon7 2 жыл бұрын

b) Did anyone ever try to ride this like a unicycle? Just pick up the front wheel and go? a) good point about bias. We're better off examining our biases than pretending we don't have any.

@gunners4129 4 жыл бұрын

My mans just used a bicycle to teach you how to stop having a fixed mindset. This is what we need in the world today. New subscriber. 👍👍

@braianpita6385 4 жыл бұрын

The whole point of the video was quite the opposite tho, how you can't really get rid of bias completely

@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7 4 жыл бұрын

@@braianpita6385 Mindset and bias are not one and the same. Yes, you can't get rid of biases, but a fixed mindset is a conscious decision people make. "This is the nature of things, and anybody thinking otherwise is either actually trying to trick other people or being tricked themselves."

@braianpita6385 4 жыл бұрын

@@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7 well yeah but that's the point, it's a conscious decision that as soon as you let your guard down it can fail you again

@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7 4 жыл бұрын

@@braianpita6385 At the end, the point he's making is "I came into this thinking I could conquer my cognitive biases and comprehend bike mechanics well enough to swap any sign in my brain's "ride a bike" formula on the fly! Now I know how I can't." That's having a flexible mindset, and what OP's statement boils down to.

@RD-jd8hq 4 жыл бұрын

@@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7 true this

@jameskennedy7093 4 жыл бұрын

What's interesting about this is how even though you unlearned bike riding, you managed to re-learn it faster than it took you to learn the backwards bike. So I wonder if you did both types of bicycles regularly if your brain could adjust to the idea of both at once.

@luisclaro3386 4 жыл бұрын

I would say yes... I drive two different kind of bicycles and their brakes, handlebar, gears, geometry are very different (as well as diferent braking performance). In the beginning was a bit of a panic in some situations with one of them... But nowadays? I don't even need to remind myself which bicycle I'm driving... My brain have already associated my body position to a different "task". So I can change the bicycle at any moment, I will cycle without issues. Off course, if I'm not Riding one of them for a long time, I start to lose confidence in some technical situations but I gain it back very quickly with some practice (like a remainder). The more you do this, the more easy it gets...this is truth for any learning process:)

@kaptainGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Some stunts pilots fly upside down during their show so they better be able to switch between the regular and inverted controls pretty fast if they dont want to crash. I was trying to learn to fly upside down in a video game and i had this very issue but i feel like its coming together.

@maxd11111 4 жыл бұрын

Muad'dib been flying the ornithopters have we?

@unbreakablediamond6982 4 жыл бұрын

Your Brain Have Information,One Is Normal Bike And Backward One,Your Eye Will Send Information To Your Brain To Use Your Experience Riding A Backward Bike I Am Not Good At English So I Am Sorry,

@flare12o36 4 жыл бұрын

His brain probs just had the knowledge of how to ride a normal bike stored away

@DrRebeccaHeiss 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most simple and brilliant ways I can demonstrate to people the difficulty of what I'm trying to help them do (re-wiring some deep brain programming). I absolutely LOVE the video and I'm so grateful for this reference point. Would you be okay with me recreating this for some of my talks and giving you full credit of course?

@chucksauter1204 Жыл бұрын

There are many of these bikes around. It isn't a novel concept

@tanqiuliu4375 Жыл бұрын

The same story happens to a lot of people on XBOX and Nintendo Switch controllers.

@JarieSuicune Жыл бұрын

Heh, I remember when I had occasional times tripping over that. Almost never happens to me now! (I still use both controllers)

@gauravbhalerao7420 5 жыл бұрын

"You can see that I'm laughing, but I'm actually really frustrated!" Yeah, story of my life bruh -_-

@PaulTheSkeptic 5 жыл бұрын

Aw man. Things can't be that bad. You get to eat every day don't you? You get to watch KZfaq videos. If you told me you had a girlfriend, what more could a guy ask for?

@StevenAkinyemi 5 жыл бұрын

@@PaulTheSkeptic Money? Cause you missed that

@PaulTheSkeptic 5 жыл бұрын

@@StevenAkinyemi Money's overrated. Everyone wants more money. I get it. I'd like more money too but as long as you have a smile on your face and fresh clean food to eat, you don't NEED money. Some people make the lifestyle choice to go without money most of the time. They used to call them hobos, then it was gutter punks for a while or Dead Heads. You know, Drifters. I was watching a thing about hobos on KZfaq and this old guy was talking about when he used to hobo. Now he lives with in a nice house with a wife and money but every once in a while he'd take a few months and just go. He chose to live like that. I've never done that myself but I'd imagine that that lifestyle has its own unique set of challenges. You're not worried about paying the mortgage, you're worried about the pangs of hunger or the bull.

@komodo420. 5 жыл бұрын

@@PaulTheSkeptic What an idiotic statement.

@crianene6868 5 жыл бұрын

@@komodo420. bit morni Braune faive true nolaque

@Nyakozame 4 жыл бұрын

Mom: What are you laughing about? Me: Nothing My brain: Someone trying to steal his bike and fails miserably.

@geraldinegregory.1803 4 жыл бұрын

Ha,ha,ha! That's a brilliant idea. Perhaps a secret switch to alternate between normal and the weird one. Great security system!

@iHaxYT 4 жыл бұрын

You don't really need to ride it to steal it though...

@Nyakozame 4 жыл бұрын

@@iHaxYT Just for laughs, no logics needed though. But yeah, they can just lift it.

@crazybamboo77 4 жыл бұрын

I need a yt prank vid of this

@possibly_ben 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nyakozame though why are they even stealing it if they can't use it

@2mpoida 10 ай бұрын

It's ridiculous how much satisfaction I got from you watching your kid fall off his bike and you just casually turn the camera to yourself without running to his aid...your kid's much tougher than most kids these days

@AscendDynamics 2 жыл бұрын

6 years since you uploaded and I first watch this and it is still one of my all time favorite videos!

@d_boss_mxk9712 4 жыл бұрын

I wouldnt recommend hopping on a motorcycle after doing this.

@VamsiMohanKrishnaVadrevu 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. True

@SueUTube 4 жыл бұрын

@@VamsiMohanKrishnaVadrevu countersteering

@phatrides222000 4 жыл бұрын

you literally countersteer after about 15mph on a motorcycle. We have to learn how to do both.

@JorgetePanete 4 жыл бұрын

wouldn't*

@TheRealUnconnected 4 жыл бұрын

@@phatrides222000 You counter steer on all two wheeled vehicles at all speeds, including bicycles. You even fundementally countersteer on snowboards and surfboards. You don't learn countersteering, if you can ride a bicycle your brain already understands it inantely.

@HawksNestYT 3 жыл бұрын

Imma learn to ride this then nobody will ever steal my bike again I’ll also never be able to steal someone’s bike ever again. But that’s okay...

@joree_ 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, that's actually a good idea.

@fergusstewart1911 3 жыл бұрын

You'll never steal someone's bike AGAIN?

@Xavier_Ns 3 жыл бұрын

Never be able to steal anyone’s bike

@---sz8zs 3 жыл бұрын

Yo hawks wth are doing here lol

@Binkusbigday 3 жыл бұрын

They'll just take the wheels.

@Robbyrool 7 ай бұрын

Part of riding a bike is making tiny adjustments to the steering to stay balanced. Part of learning how to ride a bike is training your reflexes to make these adjustments unconsciously. You had to overcome your trained reflexes and retrain them. That’s difficult. Which is why the expression exists it’s like riding a bike. Not easy to forget.

@Kazekai_ Жыл бұрын

That was the first video i ever saw of your channel years ago, glad it got recommended again today, reminded me of the interesting content it was ! Keep it up Destin

@fandangobrandango7864 5 жыл бұрын

“ I done something that damaged my mind, it happened on the streets of Amsterdam” Yep, Amsterdam does that to you. I once ate a full pack of magic mushrooms in the dam.

@th3gu780 5 жыл бұрын

Fandango Brandango lol

@michelemoneywell5474 4 жыл бұрын

😂🤣🙃🤸😂

@tabrakpohon 4 жыл бұрын

dam bro

@grass._. 4 жыл бұрын

What happened?

@nocturnallyactive 4 жыл бұрын

Destin: it took me *8 months* to learn it kiddo: *hold my milk*

@kshitishsorte2918 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@DudeWhoSaysDeez 4 жыл бұрын

hold my juice box

@spencerphilippinedream3706 4 жыл бұрын

finally someone made that stupid "hold my ......" joke funny.

@ZooKeePla 4 жыл бұрын

Duh have someone who has no idea how to ride a bike I'm sure he'll get it faster

@somemagellanic 4 жыл бұрын

are you implying milk is a children's drink? milk is for legends, how dare you.

@KrishyKray Жыл бұрын

The timing for that pedestrian accident lol

@jukeboxopossum1313 7 ай бұрын

We had to analyze this video for my AP Language Arts class and the whole class was amazed!

@geertgietman 4 жыл бұрын

6:03 this boy cheers him up saying “You can do it!, you can do it!” In Dutch. That’s so sweet

@renascitur7051 4 жыл бұрын

Yiu got it you got it?

@KJ-wu3ux 4 жыл бұрын

Tenebrus • 10 years and No he says ‘Je kan het’

@oskarcanta8907 4 жыл бұрын

@@KJ-wu3ux joh maar hij heeft er bij gezet in het Nederlands

@MegaFunflyer 5 жыл бұрын

I actually built a copy of this bike in the 90's and rode it around the factory for a few weeks, I mastered it in about 2 weeks however, after a few weeks I had to stop doing it as it was affecting my ability to drive the car home after work, I had to really concentrate driving my car, the slightest relaxing caused me to steer the wrong way. This can be dangerous.

@supasexystick 5 жыл бұрын

Not sure I believe that, the real way to ride a standard bike is counter steering anyway which means turning away from the direction you want to go

@MegaFunflyer 5 жыл бұрын

@@supasexystick Make sure you wear a helmet whenever you get a chance to try it.....rude awakening coming your way sir.

@supasexystick 5 жыл бұрын

@@MegaFunflyer you're already doing it even though don't realize it. Kids struggle when they're given training wheels because going from a tricycle or training wheels where turn right go right works to a regular bicycle is the same thing as this. I used to race motorcycles, you can't just lean. Your weight to get it to turn. There's an old boring keath code? Book/ video that goes over the mechanics.

@mint88rx8 5 жыл бұрын

@@supasexystick I feel the same way, I am a trackday rider and think that once you have a full understanding of how to turn something on 2 wheels that it would simplify this much more. It would be the same as trying to drive a car with the steering reversed, just simply think turn left to go right. But on a bike it would just be thinking turn right to go right.

@7860hassan7860 5 жыл бұрын

@@supasexystick Counter steering is only needed at higher speeds which you would only really achieve with a motorbike, rather than a standard bike.

@brianthebrainguy 2 ай бұрын

I've used this video in many many group therapy/psychoeducation sessions ranging from addictions to mental health. So thank you!!! I have had a great response when using this regarding behavior changes and the discomfort with change. A couple questions... - you say you spent about 5 minutes a day for 8 months. What if you spent 15 minutes a day? What do you think your learning time would have been? Also, a thing to consider is how much time you spent "getting back on the bicycle" which I have talked with others about how long it takes to "recover" from a relapse, slip up, etc. I then bring in a concept of a support system - sponsor, peer support, counselors, medication, etc. If you had someone running behind you, holding the seat, or training wheels, would it still have taken 8 months to learn. See what I mean? - How long did your son spend per day during his 2 weeks? I can imagine it wasn't 5 minutes as kids tend to be more curious, playful, and excited (especially with such a cool reward) when meeting a challenge. They don't tend to give up like adults do. So, I use this as an example about how we meet our challenge of behavior change. Attitude does matter, but it's more about the curious and playful approach than it is about "being positive". When you took on the challenge, you saw it as an experiment... doesn't that sound curious as well?? - are you able to more quickly swap between the bicycles now? I plan on creating a video where I go through this as an example when talking about mental health, addictions, and plain ol' behavior changes. I'd like to be able to share it and maybe some additional thoughts that you've had over the past 9+ years since making this video. Thank you!!

@dcmikeworx 2 жыл бұрын

Destin, man! Since I found your site 3 days ago, I have been binge-watching your channel. I've watched everything from helicopter crash training to your Obama interview and the gamut of options in between. I'm 55 and my favourite book when I was a kid in the 70s, was "How Things Work". You have rekindled that curiosity in me like no other youtube channel. Kudos to your insights, easy to understand delivery, your graphics and interesting topics you cover. WoW!

@Smokewheatt 4 жыл бұрын

PLEASE PUT THAT BIKE OUTSIDE AND LET PEOPLE TRY TO STEAL IT!!!

@nicosensei1365 4 жыл бұрын

i laughed already

@masonsamuels347 4 жыл бұрын

This exact thought came to me while I read this

@lukeyin6590 4 жыл бұрын

@Smoke Wheat This is not a prank channel.

@cesardanielgatuno969 4 жыл бұрын

@SUPERNATURAL MAN 1000 IQ man right here.

@danideruse 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a collab with Mark Rober is in order!

@SethsBikeHacks 8 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I'd love to try riding that bike!

@Dearlp640 8 жыл бұрын

+Seth's Bike Hacks If you thought the swing bike was weird enough.

@samuellinares2001 8 жыл бұрын

Same

@BigRedCatFTW 8 жыл бұрын

Ay Seth

@jonny5415 8 жыл бұрын

you could possibly just wheele it everywhere ;D

@7urtleKnight 8 жыл бұрын

+joni ha Probably not, cause in a regular wheelie you move the wheel to keep balance

@fbgmerk8178 Жыл бұрын

“It looks like im lying, you think I’m lying don’t you?” Yeah, “I’m not lying” lmao

@tepeassydac 2 жыл бұрын

I have a request, Destin. Please make a lot more videos than you do, so I can watch them all day long! So much fun

@Hatomix 4 жыл бұрын

When I turn invert axis in every game

@akbt2 4 жыл бұрын

Same. XD I can't do it "normally" and when I forget to turn off the intervted axis, people who play after me can't function. Just like I can't when they don't change it to inverted. 😅 😅 😅

@IntensePeppers 4 жыл бұрын

This is actually a great example. I once played a game when I was younger with inverted y axis and you couldn't change it. Now I can't play not inverted

@maxinac 4 жыл бұрын

@@IntensePeppers You can! It just takes some time of being awkward af and after some time you won't be able to tell if you have it set the old way or new way

@weebamine9827 4 жыл бұрын

@@maxinac Seconded, I at least every new game I play, I practice normal and inverted controls and restarting back to the prologue until its natural before continuing through. So every time I get back into it, even after a long time not playing it, it's still there and didn't notice it until I was going through the options optimizing sound and brightness and noticing the inverted is on or not.

@thomaswigley1625 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@joshroc0073 7 жыл бұрын

I thought you would pedal backwards

@khalilkaimo4080 7 жыл бұрын

Joshua Rocamora I thought the same thing 😂😂😂

@thebingkingding1341 7 жыл бұрын

Joshua Rocamora my friend has a bike like that.. weird

@thestupendousparrot6061 6 жыл бұрын

SAME

@looseyfur3773 6 жыл бұрын

Me too hahaha

@hinglemccringleberry8193 6 жыл бұрын

Josh Roc007 same

@grahamb701 11 ай бұрын

I had the opportunity to try riding a bike set up like that as a child. It was quite manageable by crossing my arms. My muscle memory had me pulling and pushing the correct direction to maintain balance and ride where I liked.

@tomresklin Жыл бұрын

Destin, so far I have watched a couple of your videos and I enjoyed them all. Now, one of my biggest passions is cycling, and I was truly amazed by this simple yet incredible experiment of yours. Shoutout to you, keep up the good work man, keep on doing the great content that we love. Cheers from Europe.

@atomicmrpelly 4 жыл бұрын

4:24 - Kid falls over, "get up, you got it". It seems a little callous at first, but I actually think that's an awesome bit of parenting right there. Teaching the kid not to freak out at a minor set back or misshap. Good on you, Destin.

@jiggyjfishing219 4 жыл бұрын

Cool that your praising him or whatever but at the same time no one has any right to judge anyone else's form of parenting

@oskjan1 4 жыл бұрын

@@jiggyjfishing219 Yes, we do. Poor parenting creates bad people, which f*cks up OUR society. You're not living in an isolated universe where your actions doesn't affect others, you know.

@elocore1702 4 жыл бұрын

I just laughed lmao

@Legominder 3 жыл бұрын

@@jiggyjfishing219 Only in a world where kids are property. I know we are used to property-based thinking so much. Let's get over it and use best practises and admit to truths on what's good for humans,

@Abdullah-cp6eb 3 жыл бұрын

Is it possible he did it for his brutality no no he is not brutal

@1995TheDude 3 жыл бұрын

"I did something that damaged my mind. It happened on the streets of Amsterdam.." Oh dear...

@joelcrow 3 жыл бұрын

I was leaving a Coffee shop, when all of a sudden...

@drumbum7999 3 жыл бұрын

Now that’s funny

@Ascertivus 3 жыл бұрын

LOL NICE ONE

@hectichive889 3 жыл бұрын

Haha

@finonevado8891 3 жыл бұрын

don't do nbome kids

@tiakennedy1681 22 күн бұрын

Hands down the best video on KZfaq. Thank you 🙏

@JonButcher_ca Жыл бұрын

There's a fundamental flaw here that has nothing to do with learning: A conventional bike NATURALLY corrects itself. That is: when the centre of mass of rider shifts right of the wheels, the wheel also turns right to keep the wheels under the centre of mass. As the rider starts to "fall" right they naturally exert force on their right hand, turning the handlebars left both correcting the path of the bike and exerting a torque that brings their centre of mass back over the wheels. This is why - with a little practice - you can also ride a bike "no hands", and why you can push a bike down a hill even without a rider and it does not fall over. The geometry of bikes cause them to self-correct. Pretty obviously (just look at the video) on this bike when the centre of mass goes right, the rider's natural body motion (pushing on the right handle bar) does NOT exert a restoring torque, but instead magnifies the rotation towards the ground. Down we go. So - for this tricky bike - It is not simply a matter of re-learning how to ride a bike, but of learning how to ride a bike that is inherently much more difficult to ride. Ergo: the whole point of this video is moot.

@BrickSquadGoon 4 жыл бұрын

"I'm two levels deep in this" lol

@franklyfrank123 4 жыл бұрын

老千层师了

@fishchips____8396 3 жыл бұрын

@@franklyfrank123 你以为我在第一层，其实我在第三层

@lordraj365 3 жыл бұрын

@@fishchips____8396 How are you able to access KZfaq in China ?

@FleurChat7 3 жыл бұрын

why are there random chinese replies?

@killer11805 3 жыл бұрын

tr1xz VPN’s :)

@Dprest-nd4yc 4 жыл бұрын

When you switch y axis on the controller

@dantedrowson2511 4 жыл бұрын

Thats exactly what I thought of

@chartreusecircle1546 4 жыл бұрын

Kek

@slim9484 4 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHA😂😂😂 I felt this one bruh

@fortheloveofnoise 4 жыл бұрын

I play invert and have sinced good ol days.

@chriscreiger2290 4 жыл бұрын

I invert look aswell , i think its because im used to flying rc planes and it has programmed my brain that way now for playing video games , lol

@Aristothink 10 ай бұрын

This video is one of my favorite of all yours. Maybe the one with the ballon going forward as the car also goes forward might be as brilliant as this one. This bike video I will never forget. It has been some 5 years since I first saw it and I still talk about it to countless people. Thank you Dustin for such a labored video. It was worth it. It's cemented into many brains all over the world !!!

@owenchuarbx Жыл бұрын

I had first watched this when my mother showed me this video when if firsy came out years ago. This morning, my church pastor showed me this in church during a sermon he preached. It's amazing how you shared about why knowledge isnt the same as understanding

@pxrp8694 4 жыл бұрын

*when you accidentally changed the the controller to invert controls*

@JorgetePanete 4 жыл бұрын

-the-

@kiryas401 4 жыл бұрын

TRUU

@GraveUypo 4 жыл бұрын

takes me 2 minutes to get going and 5 minutes to fully adapt.

@ClovertheEnby 4 жыл бұрын

when you make up go down and down go up

@DudeNamedRon 4 жыл бұрын

My brother and I couldn’t figure out what was up with my brothers controls and it turned out invert view was on and we didn’t t know. He’s been using invert since.

@NOLAMarathon2010 9 жыл бұрын

The best Smarter Every Day, ever. I think this sequence of experiments and observations could kick off a whole new scientific discipline.

@smartereveryday 9 жыл бұрын

Tom Nally Thanks for such an amazing compliment.

@nickyboy6 9 жыл бұрын

SmarterEveryDay Came here to say the same thing, have watched most of your video Destin, and absolutely love what you are doing, Veritasium aswell, but without a doubt this is one of the best videos you have done. Keep it up.

@justinhabit 9 жыл бұрын

Tom Nally the field already exists, but I don't think that it has looked at this before. People have been studying the ability of the human motor system to adapt to novel dynamic environments for a while now. www.jneurosci.org/content/14/5/3208.short At this point it is pretty clear that the human motor system uses a combination of feedforward, feedback, and impedance control to solve most motor tasks. Humans are predictors. We rely primarily on feedforward control because the slow conduction rates of neurons introduce delays that make feedback control untenable. We can't use just feed forward control though because it can't handle unpredictable disturbances. To deal with the unpredictable we rely on feedback control via short reflexes and impedance control (which is kind of a physical, squishy version of feedback control if you think about it). The closest thing to Destin's experiment that I can think of if this experiment by Etienne Burdet www.nature.com/nature/journal/v414/n6862/abs/414446a0.html In his experiment he studied peoples ability to adapt to an unstable environment. He told people to reach from one point to another along a straight path, and then used a robot to push his subjects arms in the same direction as their deviations from the path. You can kind of think of this as a negative spring. This probably wouldn't be too different from trying to ride Destin's bike in a straight line if you were able to instantly start at full speed. In Burdet's experiment people were able to adapt to the environment, but not by creating an inverse model of the environment. Instead, they used impedance control. Basically, they made their arms so stiff that the positive feedback forces from the robot never got large enough to push them very far off centre. The crazy thing is that Destin did clearly create a feedforward model of the bike. You can tell that this is true because he had a "mirror" after-effect. The fact that he continued his learned behaviours beyond the point where they at which no longer useful shows that he was not acting on feedback, but was rather relying on a slow-changing predictive model. What this means is that Destin and some welders just one-upped a highly revered nature paper. ... I give up. The thing with his kid was interesting too. Kids typically adapt to novel dynamic environments at rates that are comparable to those of adults. jn.physiology.org/content/90/2/703.short However, they actually tend to be a bit more clutztastic than adults. This is partially because their nervous systems are not fully baked and they are more prone to the random effects of neuromuscular noise. However, I doubt that childhood motor learning has been tested for a problem as complicated as the backwards bike. Maybe children do learn complex tasks faster. Maybe the added noise actually accelerates the learning process. Sometimes noise can cause learning systems to explore regions of the solution space that they would not explore otherwise. I'm not sure that I accept "kids are just more plastic" as a sufficient answer tough since they generally learn tasks at the same rate as adults.

@stressballer 9 жыл бұрын

I totally agree to "The best Smarter Every Day, ever" comment Tom Nally.

@justinhabit 9 жыл бұрын

justinhabit or maybe his son learned faster because he didn't have as far to fall.

@schmidtycent2388 Жыл бұрын

I'm a big fan of yours! I was very surprised today to have been shown this video in orientation for my new job. I'm going to be working 1km underground in a potash mine. They used this video to demonstrate how hard it can be to change your way of thinking, and to break old habits. Just thought I'd share that with you

@Gabitza379 Жыл бұрын

I had learned that knowledge isn't understanding back in seventh ninth grade, when I knew the formulas but I didn't know how and why to use them. I did later learn how and why to use them.

@markkretzschmar2604 3 жыл бұрын

I was following along, laughing and learning, and then he says: "I had set out to prove that I could free my brain from a cognitive bias, but at this point I'm pretty sure that all I've proved is that I can only redesignate that bias." Wow. Gut check. Thank you Destin, great video.

@leiladekwatro3147 Жыл бұрын

My man tried to achieve awakening in the middle of the video

@BSpears 7 жыл бұрын

I would love to see this bike in a theif bait prank video!!!

@kaishadowninja5989 7 жыл бұрын

Ben Spears LMFAO

@rs-mq9dt 7 жыл бұрын

Ben Spears I was thinking about that

@urmo345 7 жыл бұрын

LOLOL

@Tye_ 7 жыл бұрын

the if

@goforvendingtofu 7 жыл бұрын

They'd pick up the bike and throw it in the back of their truck here...

@chipm2544 3 ай бұрын

This is incredible. Awesome video. Up the ante and have the pedals go backwards for forward movement.

@bilzebor8457 3 жыл бұрын

pretty sure the people in Amsterdam were just like: "here goes another stoner who can't ride his bike"

@kenlompart9905 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, probably thought he just came from a cafe.

@paulk5311 2 жыл бұрын

as a former dope smoker i can attest that riding a bicycle while stoned is not really a problem. remembering where you are going can very well be though.

@ancientclassics Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@NA-mg2eb Жыл бұрын

That was my thought too

@ThatDIYguy403 Жыл бұрын

Hahaha. See that's how the one dimensional mind works. It's the opposite bro. Puts you in the zone! 😉You see all the kids in NYC riding on one wheel? They all stone brah 4 real!

@ianconn951 8 жыл бұрын

I love your parenting! "Git up, you got it!" Perfect!

@awesomeguy9573 8 жыл бұрын

That's what most parents do

@ianconn951 8 жыл бұрын

I was being really sincere. I know many parents who coddle their kids. I'm glad he's being a real dad, letting his kids had their own lives and letting them learn from their own mistakes.

@TheVintageRomance 8 жыл бұрын

Right, he wasnt like "oh my god you fell, my poor baby!!!!" Thats good parenting there

@stab456 8 жыл бұрын

+TheVintageRomance I need to unlearn that myself... my little boy is almost a year now, and I can't help but pick him up and smooch his tiny head whenever he bumps it. The boy's gotta learn.

@seanocansey2956 8 жыл бұрын

+highks wow..... so true though.

@stickstickley5098 Ай бұрын

I completely believe this because I experienced a similar brain confusion (only not as drastic) when I started to ride an adult tricycle after 55 years or so of riding a bicycle only. The trike requires steering/balancing with the arms and shoulders and the bike more with the core/legs and distribution of bodyweight. It seemed ridiculous that I was struggling so badly but like you and your son, I persevered and now I have ridden my trike over 750 miles. Thanks for sharing your story!

@matt036 Жыл бұрын

Watched you for years and years but somehow missed this video 😅. I don’t know how to ride a bike so I wonder if I’d find it easier to ride this than someone who does know how to ride a standard bike 🧐

@nintendoguy722 Жыл бұрын

I missed this too. Took me 7 years to find this cool video. I mentioned the potential studies that could be done with similar tests but with “special” fungi. As there is evidence that some fungi increase the neuroplasticity of the brain.

@RayMorgenstern Жыл бұрын

Would probably be no difference for you. The way you learn it e will be your "natural way"

@skinnyvlogger2910 3 жыл бұрын

Can we just appreciate that he went all the way to Amsterdam to ride a normal bike 😀😂😂😂😂

@fauzandarwis6521 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah.. Because flight ticket is cheaper than a bike.. Right..? Haha

@atillayogurtcu7797 3 жыл бұрын

He is so smart we cant understand him 😂😂

@SMBBM92 3 жыл бұрын

I really hope you're joking, he was already there for another reason. He didn't go there just to ride a bike...

@atillayogurtcu7797 3 жыл бұрын

@Desolations102 😂😂

@AniruddhaKshirsagar 3 жыл бұрын

He went there to ride a bike ? Yeah, right ! Some cafes nearby can help him ride any bike :P

@siontist6209 5 жыл бұрын

I think people who have never driven a bike can drive this bike.

@goodgenes0 5 жыл бұрын

drive a bike? wtf

@siontist6209 5 жыл бұрын

@@goodgenes0 ride i meant 🤣

@goodgenes0 5 жыл бұрын

Duy Nguyễn Hữu Quang ok lol

@salia2897 5 жыл бұрын

First of all, they would still need to learn to ride a bike in the first place, which isn't so easy to do. But even then, I don't think that is true. It would be an interesting experiment though (since these bikes exist for quite some time, maybe someone even has done that). The movements are opposite to what you usually do, if you want to move somewhere you turn into that direction. So I still would expect it to be harder to do.

@dxkhoi 5 жыл бұрын

@@salia2897 I think you'll be really interested in counter-steering bikes, it's a mind boggling concept that comes naturally to seasoned riders. You literally turn right to go left and vice versa. Have a look around youtube for counter-steering techniques.

@heintjewessels9308 9 ай бұрын

Life-changing video. My takeaway for rewiring the brain: Understand Neuroplasticity, Start Small, Consistent Practice, Mindfulness and Concentration, Patience and Persistence, Incremental Challenges, Rest and Reflection, Positive Attitude and Motivation, Seek Feedback and Adjust and Understand Frustration

@hubertcumberdale6404 Жыл бұрын

I video should almost be a must for any motorcycle safety class. This bike demonstrates exactly how you need to apply pressure to the handles at high speed on a highway or other scenario. Ask anyone with little to no experience on a motorcycle how they would move the handles to make a turn at 80 mph. They will all show you to go left, you pull your left hand in and push your right hand out. Then you can confidently tell them they would have just induced wobbles into their entire bike and most likely lose control and go off the road. It's counterintuitive, just like this bike, but at high speeds you push out out with the left hand if you want to go left. Why, it induces a lean onto you and the motorcycle. If you know that lean is coming and position yourself correctly, with the slightest pressure on the left handle bar, you will start to turn left. There are a few videos on here that demonstrate this perfectly. One I recall a guy was cornering when a large fire truck came around the bend. This made him want to turn sharper and he did the classic, I want more right so I'll pull my right hand in. This immediately shot him out of the turn and he speed wobbled straight into the fire truck at high speed. I believe he survived. Bike did not.

@bartinus 7 жыл бұрын

This bike is a good way to make sure no one steals it because they can't ride it.

@hallo73828 7 жыл бұрын

Well they would just carry it then unfortunately :D

@robertlozyniak3661 7 жыл бұрын

+1 because can't +2

@tizoro3 7 жыл бұрын

Bart Snel It stops people from picking it up?

@JamesBongo 7 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a great prank video idea.

@grazianoturbogas 7 жыл бұрын

A really good idea!!!

@eBlakeston 4 жыл бұрын

Destin: you can not ride this bike for more then ten feet Me an intellectual: * *does wheelie* *

@hamdi_04 4 жыл бұрын

You need momentum to do a wheelie

@nathandias100 4 жыл бұрын

Hilwan Hamdi momentum is in the back wheel it’s not hard to do one from bring still

@hamdi_04 4 жыл бұрын

@@nathandias100 Sure, if you had the skill... 👍🏻

@Kashish290695 4 жыл бұрын

That won’t work. While starting a bike you do minor corrections using the handle to get the centre of gravity correct. With the handle reversed you would push opposite to your centre of gravity. Same would happen even if you do a wheelie.

@josephjester4917 4 жыл бұрын

I bet ten minutes on that bike would prove you wrong right away. LOL

@hammadrizwan4410 Жыл бұрын

5:56 this beautiful moment here shows a man finally stepping up to his fears and conquering the "bike"

@MackSmooth 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely one of my favorite videos on KZfaq by one of my favorite 'Toobers. Thanks Destin, truly changed the world with your videos IMHO.

@kaibelzer2312 5 жыл бұрын

@kapekape7580 5 жыл бұрын

yep

@Emporer-hz1dd 5 жыл бұрын

Nope i have a brain 2+2=1

@unosucks7475 5 жыл бұрын

@@Emporer-hz1dd genius

@sigsputnik1 5 жыл бұрын

I thought the pedaling would be backwards but still with forward movement of the bicycle.

@Niksa011 4 жыл бұрын

@@sigsputnik1 me too

@Pannemat 5 жыл бұрын

You are not explaining why you have to go all the way to Amsterdam to ride a normal bike. Editing is an art.

@billgriner3754 5 жыл бұрын

tax deduction

@Pannemat 5 жыл бұрын

@@billgriner3754 ,lol.

@ScottWConvid19 4 жыл бұрын

He takes his family all around the world on business trips. It's legit.

@RodCleaves 11 ай бұрын

Dustin, I meant to post this a couple of years ago. I use this video in my classrooms and lectures to show embedded bias and learned responses. Basically muscle memory for the brain. My audience is parents and caregivers for children suffering from brain traumas and other related issues.

@DrMrsChaves 19 күн бұрын

What an amazing video. You deserve all the views and subscribers based on this video alone.

@WiIza_ 5 жыл бұрын

You should try switching back and forth, seeing if you get quicker and quicker at relearning, until maybe you can switch between them seamlessly.

@ATSaale 5 жыл бұрын

I suspect that would work

@LAGreg123 5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking basically the same thing... how long would it take to switch back and forth. If he switched more often, would the “readjust” time shorten each time?

@AdRock 5 жыл бұрын

This

@EoRdE6 5 жыл бұрын

I've found after three years of switching which side of the road I drive on monthly (living in two countries) I no longer notice the switch so think it's possible. But like he said sometimes you lose aren't focusing and for just a second your brain slips into the old default, it's very peculiar

@yobrethren 5 жыл бұрын

About a summer I guess. Learn how to ride backwards bike right (like Mike Boyd did) and switch between bikes every day after a stroll. Then maybe at the end of the summer you'd learn how to switch real fast

@Kevin_KC0SHO 5 жыл бұрын

Here’s an interesting experiment which would see if your brain can be re-plasticized. Ride the backwards bike then switch to a regular bike then switch back and forth and see if the amount of time reduces between switching from reverse to normal. I’d say do this for a week or so. I’d love to try a reverse bike.

@theali8oras274 5 жыл бұрын

Then you could ,just ,maybe manage to be able to swap between your 2 biases

@clockworkkirlia7475 5 жыл бұрын

That's actually really interesting. See if you can hack your brain into being more plastic again. Neuroplasticity never quite disappears so it's certainly not impossible.

@Bramon83 5 жыл бұрын

I love when she rides reverse bicycle.

@thesmallestdaltonbrother2176 5 жыл бұрын

if you didnt go skiing much, you can witness your brain plasticity. when skiing you basically do the opposite of what you would do with your feet i dont go often but when i do i look like an idiot for an hour, then it clicks and im rushing down the slopr like a pro

@TheNativeEngine 5 жыл бұрын

Now you're just trying to make a god.

@diegozimmerman8261 Жыл бұрын

I love all your videos, but the best part of your video is seeing your dad teach you how to ride bike AND you teach YOUR son how to ride a bike (twice) for the first time. Looking at the video made me realize that at the moment of success I could never get that back. Thank you for sharing because, while understand what you were trying to tell us, the HUMAN element is what I did not expect to affect me and I realized it is in all of your videos. Thank you !!!!!!!!!

@JayZS 2 жыл бұрын

I have one of these bikes. Bought it from a circus that was closing down. Took me about three months to learn to ride it. One evening after practice, I momentarily turned the car's steering wheel the wrong way at a T junction. Only VERY slightly, but it was there.

@duo1666 4 жыл бұрын

This is why people who play games with inverted camera controls are monsters

@yuimizunashi 4 жыл бұрын

duo1666 feels, man

@fortheloveofnoise 4 жыл бұрын

I play invert look....because the FPS games I had as a kid were invert look by default.

@Kiskadee652 4 жыл бұрын

Actually no. If you're used to this type of configuration, it's just feel natural. The same thing happens with you when make the camera act accordingly to your moviments. If you're not used to this, it will feel really weird.(Like when he tried to ride the normal bike in the final)

@fortheloveofnoise 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kiskadee652 I see the stick as my head. If I move it foward and down, I look down. If I pull it back and up, I look up.

@duo1666 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kiskadee652 Incase i wasnt clear: People that use inverted camera are monsters and dont deserve videogames.

@3d.maniac 6 жыл бұрын

If you use a backwards bike, you don't have to lock it because nobody can ride it!

@emilartwave 6 жыл бұрын

3D maniac they can take it on hands

@justinlewtp 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah but then they will take a while to learn it, might as well take their own amirite!

@Dinoskater8237 6 жыл бұрын

They can still steal tires handle bars seat ect....

@RaceboyYT 6 жыл бұрын

warning skate within your abilities handlebars are modified, if you look the handlebars are welded to the stem

@allaboutroofing2 6 жыл бұрын

You sir are genius!

@topgrain Жыл бұрын

Years ago, this was the first Smarter Everyday video I ever watched. I was instantly hooked.

@andreeaadn 2 жыл бұрын

I first learned to ride a bike at 23. My first gut instinct was to turn like you would do with this bike. It seemed completely natural to me, that in order not to fall left, I had to turn right. I wonder if anybody else had this experience.

@nikkarn3250 Жыл бұрын

I wonder! I'm 50 and I haven't yet learned...could there be a chance that this way might be intuitive/easier?

@parzival._.9695 5 жыл бұрын

Guy cant ride a bike” Crowd” “LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY”

@ChrisJones-ij3xp 5 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for him to hand the bike over to some of the Amsterdam scoffers to try it and fail epically for some ridicule of their own, but noooo...

@akatizzle1585 5 жыл бұрын

wtf does this comment even mean wtf is up with your grammar?

@krisbailey8537 5 жыл бұрын

WOW THATS SO FUNNY

@HankTheTank23 5 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisJones-ij3xp Did you not watch the video? That was a normal bike, they would not have had a problem.

@thomasjepsen6750 5 жыл бұрын

You are using "" wronf

@MrBeatboxmasta 3 жыл бұрын

1:45 the timing was impeccable.

@alxd5068 3 жыл бұрын

i found the purpose of watching this... 🤣

@kendog0013 2 жыл бұрын

This video, i have to come back to it at least once a year, there is just something SO fascinating about this video... the lessons learned, the actual 'AH-HA!' moments when the brain clicks and realizes what its meant to do... its just sheer discovery in a video and this is what SED is all about! thanks Destin! hopefully you have a follow up of some sorts of this video as I found every little bit about it extremely interesting! great job!

@mjoet731 2 ай бұрын

One of my favorite Smarter Every Day videos.

@trevan5035 4 жыл бұрын

"He's been riding a bike for 3 years- more than half of his life!" *YOUR SON RODE A BIKE AT 2 YEARS OLD?!?!?!"*

@judechandler5102 4 жыл бұрын

many kids do now, what with balance bikes and stabilisers. My family is very anti stabilisers, but I learned to ride a push bike/balance bike at the age of 2, graduating to a tiny pedal bike at 3

@katyungodly 4 жыл бұрын

It’s easy, training wheels are a thing

@K3Vz0 4 жыл бұрын

I learned to ride a bicycle at 2 years too

@sandeepraj7157 4 жыл бұрын

@@K3Vz0 Yeah, I too was flying single propellor planes over Atlantic upside down by the time I was 2.

@K3Vz0 4 жыл бұрын

@@sandeepraj7157 k idc

@PiranahKill 6 жыл бұрын

I also damaged my mind on the streets of Amsterdam. Only that had nothing to do with bikes.

@iamalwayscheckedinchess2206 6 жыл бұрын

This CRACKed me up

@ManateeTail123 Ай бұрын

And here I thought the bike would just pedal backwards. This is so much better!

@user-qd3lm2xm3t 2 ай бұрын

This is going to be a weird comment probably but this is the best metaphor for addiction ive ever heard. Addiction is like being able to ride a bike but all of a sudden the rules change. Then relearning how to live is equatable to everyone staring at you while you struggle. In your case there were people there to assist and observe. This is what addicts need most…..all of that aside i love it subscribed instantly.

@edgarpaniagua2257 6 жыл бұрын

Now I'd like to see someone steal this bike and trying to ride it away!

@cameron-wy4wd 6 жыл бұрын

Edgar Paniagua haha that would be great. You should check out the bike breaks in half.

@williamselinder9138 5 жыл бұрын

Edgar Paniagua this would be the best bike prank video on KZfaq

@luismartinez2596 5 жыл бұрын

I think there’s already one out there I remember seeing one

@fidelio6311 5 жыл бұрын

that is the one reason i would get a bike like this, not for the style, not for the quality and new parts, just so that no one would want to take it

@thomasths27 5 жыл бұрын

This is woke

@gravitasonline6760 5 жыл бұрын

"I'm two levels deep into this" lmfao

@neonkkn3881 5 жыл бұрын

lol

@b_f_d_d 5 жыл бұрын

Haha

@roseluman2890 5 жыл бұрын

Inception

@jcd9456 Жыл бұрын

6:44 "Knowledge is != Understanding, and Truth is truth."

@warungmaduracakmus 9 ай бұрын

Okay. I came to this video after watching MAYDAY/ACI Air Astana accident eps. Anybody else? That accident not just resulted in recommendations that make flight safer right now, but it's also make us rethink again about how our brain works...