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Video: Mad Max remade if the petrol really had run out? 80 Aussies go partying on bikesLe Tour de Fridge YouTube still

Video: Mad Max remade if the petrol really had run out? 80 Aussies go partying on bikes

Le Tour de Fridge took place in Perth on Good Friday
by Simon_MacMichael
Mon, May 05, 2014 13:01
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Imagine a remake of Mad Max - except in a world in which the guzzoline really had run out, so lawless gangs had to take to bicycles, but alcohol was liberally available. That's pretty much what you get in this (probably NSFW) video shot in Perth, Western Australia, on Good Friday of 80 or so male cyclists undertaking what was termed Le Tour de Fridge.

The video, posted to YouTube has had the Daily Mail [we read it so you don't have to - ed] spluttering about how the riders managed to "terrorise" the suburb of Ellenbrook, although it all seems rather tame compared to the events (based on a true story) depicted in the motorcyle gang-themed 1953 Marlon Brando movie, The Wild One.

Still, there's a certain disregard for the law on the part of the Aussie cyclists - not least for the country's compulsory helmet legislation - and there's perhaps more scenes of people, ahem, making room for more alcohol than is perhaps strictly necessary.

 

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steven miles | 10 years ago
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sorry, alcohol and cycling do not mix

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Bez replied to steven miles | 10 years ago
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steven miles wrote:

sorry, alcohol and cycling do not mix

The words of a man who has, I fancy, never had a bottom-gear-and-handlebars-turned-90-degrees race or towed a git in a rubber dinghy at speed over a BMX ramp.

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zanf replied to steven miles | 10 years ago
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steven miles wrote:

sorry, alcohol and cycling do not mix

Exactly what Albert Hoffman said.

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rggfddne | 10 years ago
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eh, I've seen worse organised crits.

It should be pointed out, though - ethanol makes a decent petrol subsitute.

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levermonkey replied to rggfddne | 10 years ago
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nuclear coffee wrote:

eh, I've seen worse organised crits.

It should be pointed out, though - ethanol makes a decent petrol substitute.

Don't go suggesting alternative uses for ethanol! Us ugly people rely on it (and light you wouldn't choose a suit by) to breed. 19

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levermonkey | 10 years ago
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Apart from a few participants (who were probably a bit sore the next day) no one was harmed, no one was inconvenienced, no one's property was damaged or destroyed and best of all a great time was had by all concerned.

Result. 4 24 4

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portec replied to levermonkey | 10 years ago
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levermonkey wrote:

Apart from a few participants (who were probably a bit sore the next day) no one was harmed, no one was inconvenienced, no one's property was damaged or destroyed and best of all a great time was had by all concerned.

Result. 4 24 4

And presumably nobody defecated on the village green. 21

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Mart | 10 years ago
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Isn't this an Aussie Rules Sportive?

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