As a child I used to love going out on my bike on random adventures, cycling to places I had not been to before, going to places I shouldn't have going to, it was the only thing that gave me that sense of freedom and adventure. I turn 42 next month, and your videos just inspired me to get back on my bike and rediscover those feelings I experienced all those years ago. Thanks man.
Great stuff John. So crazy, you were literally right near my house only a few blocks over from McAuther Park off Hoover. If you ever see the dude rolling out on the flashy black and orange Eahora that looks like a motorcycle, that's me. It's definitely the eye of the community and the talk of the town when people see it and the cool thing about it is, I got plenty of cargo space and a nice speaker so I can play jams all day with a power bank so the music can go on all day and night. We gotta go riding sometime or you need to meet up with us at Venice Beach at sunset one of these Sundays and ride with us. We have about 50-80 people riding with us every week. Meetup at Windward right past the Venice sign in the circle right before the sun goes down and when you see all the bikes with the neon lights and the booming sounds, yes you will know its us. At any rate, always glad to see you riding John and yes, once you start riding all day, you are absolutely hooked, and yes, this is so true. 🤣😂
Back in the day-60s-70s as kids we would ride the LA river bed -bikes-go karts-mini bikes-motorcycles-you should do some rides there --we would go from LA to Long Beach which was a stretch on a Stingray-
I went to school right next to MacArthur Park in 95 (aka Little TJ). They were always pulling dead bodies from the lake from back then. I moved out of LA in 2013, from your video it even looks more like shitte hole.
** relating to ebikes and speed; I suspect that Surron in sports mode would probably be uncap'd but for bafang mid drives, to go over 32km/s you have to use pedal assist(also has to be uncapped in settings); when you use pedal assist you get a bump of extra speed(caps at 20miles~ without and 31~ with pedals; literally ghost pedaling but still pedaling) ** the cap prior to pedal assist I believe is relating to conforming to the most common speed laws for ebikes between various countries..... here it's max 32km/h(20miles/hr; Manitoba Canada), UK seems to be 15miles, Cali seems to be 20 too
I'm not affiliated - just saw Pinion came out with a mid drive + gearbox in one unit; there are several bikes it's going into running from 7k USD on up. It's the Pinion MGU E1.12 and if you find bikes using it, the only indicator that there is power is the fat downtube - the rest is a near zero maintenance unit that comes with the belt drive upgrade already on it. Quiet, discreet, 100% waterproof (it's oil filled, water can't get in), just hose it off after use and change the oil in the gearbox every 7500 miles; belt drives can last over 50k miles of use unless you break the belt somehow and performance is fairly unaffected by sand, dirt, mud, or silt. The current ultimate Urban Assault E-Bikes are equipped with this technology. Don't sleep on it; get equipped.
I really don't know how to feel about the homeless, I've not had enough one of one interactions to understand, one part of me is its their own fault but I have as much as I hate to admit, I do have a heart especially when it involves animals. Really wish things were different today and everyone had a roof over their head, had the ability to get a clean glass of water or open the fridge when hungry. Really makes your heart hurt.
After talking/getting to know several homeless people, you realize that many of them are against the idea of having to pay rent/mortgage to have a place to live. They usually say something along the lines of “I don’t have to pay anyone or anything to live where I want to live.”
So after the police saw this video, how much were you fined for breaking soo many laws? Running Red lights and stop signs and really riding a bike over grass?
By the way, if you’re in the valley that’s not skid row… Skid row is in downtown LA where people have built small hotels out of cardboard it’s a complete cesspool and we had a chance to change everything by voting Rick Carouso in as mayor…. He had a three point system for cleaning up the homeless and all the liberals 30 for another mayor who is exactly like Garcetti so nothing has been done…. Liberals would rather live in filth and crying and all that goes with it rather than voting for a conservative they just can’t do it …. Even if means living in a cesspool that’s how bright they are
the reason why we all love surrons over motorcycles is because its so nimble you can just explore everywhere. Motorcycle, too loud, too heavy, too much noise, ect
Man I wish I could get one of those Surrons. Feel like I have 2 Hugh road blocks preventing me from even thinking about that . #1: the price. #2: the two Bike shops here in Peoria don't want anything to do with bikes. I know a couple of people that ride them and they both have other people work on their bikes for them. Fuck that.
Bro.... The only people who wins these types of contests are people that spends $100s to increase their odds to win and for sure when you encourage people to buy more to win. Anyone that can afford to spend that kind of money can just buy them this bike without issue. I mean w/e makes you money i guess.
So what happened besides a normally day there? You even claim you been there plenty of times and it is just like it is always is, so what really happened?
E-Ride is a terrible bike, massively overrated. Garbage front forks (rst branded with r ride) rear 2.0 is too hard, its loud. Geometry is awful 😂 79bike will blow them away this summer. Already comes with FW01 SOTION, FAST ACE 2.0 FORKS. They're coming out with a bigger tune as well. It just looks sooo much better than the pro ss
I like how y'all think all the homeless people here are actually from here, live here because of failed policies and not because they'd straight up die living outside in any other shit hole state.
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But why not Canada bro?
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@@prideofcanadabruh2320 No one cares about canada
@@prideofcanadabruh2320 Probably has to do with the shipping costs. I'm pretty sure Canadians would be willing to pay for shipping if they won.
Please keep that trash "bike" off the sidewalks and the bike lane. It is not street nor bike trail legal.
I live in an impoverished former mining town in England. It’s not the prettiest but next to LA it’s spotless
Impoverished former mining town in Pennsylvania is how I grew up.
Cheers.
As a child I used to love going out on my bike on random adventures, cycling to places I had not been to before, going to places I shouldn't have going to, it was the only thing that gave me that sense of freedom and adventure. I turn 42 next month, and your videos just inspired me to get back on my bike and rediscover those feelings I experienced all those years ago. Thanks man.
Same! Although i didn't go far as a kiddo with my bike. I'm experiencing this feeling for the first time!
Same here
You hit it on the nail when you said "Nimble"...That's the reason I'm be keeping my Sur Ron
Downtown LA= human wasteland
And they keep voting for Maxine waters. This is her district. You get what yiu vote for
The way LA looks like someone decided to just squash a first world city and a third world slum together is just weird.
This guy just having the time of his life riding around
Short life riding like a fool
Greetings from Poland ❤
You are crazy on that bike blasting on the sidewalk and speeding thru pedestrian areas, wow. Have you ever crashed into a hapless walker?
Haven't you heard the song? Nobody walks in LA.
wow, it’s so, so clean in l.a.
TH-cam HATES WHEELIES???????
Yeah on motorcycle
Great stuff John.
So crazy, you were literally right near my house only a few blocks over from McAuther Park off Hoover.
If you ever see the dude rolling out on the flashy black and orange Eahora that looks like a motorcycle, that's me. It's definitely the eye of the community and the talk of the town when people see it and the cool thing about it is, I got plenty of cargo space and a nice speaker so I can play jams all day with a power bank so the music can go on all day and night.
We gotta go riding sometime or you need to meet up with us at Venice Beach at sunset one of these Sundays and ride with us. We have about 50-80 people riding with us every week. Meetup at Windward right past the Venice sign in the circle right before the sun goes down and when you see all the bikes with the neon lights and the booming sounds, yes you will know its us.
At any rate, always glad to see you riding John and yes, once you start riding all day, you are absolutely hooked, and yes, this is so true. 🤣😂
i think that was insane that he was few blocks from your house. Unreal!
Back in the day-60s-70s as kids we would ride the LA river bed -bikes-go karts-mini bikes-motorcycles-you should do some rides there --we would go from LA to Long Beach which was a stretch on a Stingray-
Please do a ride by or through the LA River?
I just did the L.A. river a few days ago all the way to Redondo Beach....what a blast.
what the hell did the cop kick? LIKE WHHHHHAAAATTT
Idk, I thought it was a homeless guy collecting his tent
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I went to school right next to MacArthur Park in 95 (aka Little TJ). They were always pulling dead bodies from the lake from back then. I moved out of LA in 2013, from your video it even looks more like shitte hole.
MacArthur park is all badddd !!!!!!!!!
What up Hicks Fam!
Boonie hats are cool 4:18
** relating to ebikes and speed; I suspect that Surron in sports mode would probably be uncap'd but for bafang mid drives, to go over 32km/s you have to use pedal assist(also has to be uncapped in settings); when you use pedal assist you get a bump of extra speed(caps at 20miles~ without and 31~ with pedals; literally ghost pedaling but still pedaling) ** the cap prior to pedal assist I believe is relating to conforming to the most common speed laws for ebikes between various countries..... here it's max 32km/h(20miles/hr; Manitoba Canada), UK seems to be 15miles, Cali seems to be 20 too
nothing as good as the morning hicks video
I'm not affiliated - just saw Pinion came out with a mid drive + gearbox in one unit; there are several bikes it's going into running from 7k USD on up.
It's the Pinion MGU E1.12 and if you find bikes using it, the only indicator that there is power is the fat downtube - the rest is a near zero maintenance unit that comes with the belt drive upgrade already on it. Quiet, discreet, 100% waterproof (it's oil filled, water can't get in), just hose it off after use and change the oil in the gearbox every 7500 miles; belt drives can last over 50k miles of use unless you break the belt somehow and performance is fairly unaffected by sand, dirt, mud, or silt.
The current ultimate Urban Assault E-Bikes are equipped with this technology. Don't sleep on it; get equipped.
23:40 i miss the bmx videos! trickin and all that. but i do still enjoy these a lot too! hixfam!!
Why does YT care about you doing wheelies?!?!? That’s bizarre
New Subscriber, watched a few of yours this afternoon on the tv 👍🏻
If i was driving a prius i would expect to be robbed too, lol.
You would have fun on my mountain bike, it got a 3000W engine with a 72V battery and weighs only 65 pounds.
This guy should get a ticket for all the violations he is committing, he makes the good abiding bike riders all look bad.
Not much faster... proceeds to leave him in the dust😂
I dig the apocalypse posting prince.
14:36 it's a mayonnaise commercial
dam instant motion sickness with you video. to bad it is interesting.
You didn't bring out your scanner, what scanner you get and did you program it yourself?
🐝 the surron just has that signature sound too. If i could i would just get a new surron every year
What kind of range do you get with your riding style?
Finally A Valley Ride !
Moved out of LA a Long time ago and from what I've seen here, it was the right move.
WELCOME TO NORTH HOLLYWOOD BOYZ CALIFORNIA 🌞👌
I cant believe she had to tell you?
I really don't know how to feel about the homeless, I've not had enough one of one interactions to understand, one part of me is its their own fault but I have as much as I hate to admit, I do have a heart especially when it involves animals. Really wish things were different today and everyone had a roof over their head, had the ability to get a clean glass of water or open the fridge when hungry. Really makes your heart hurt.
After talking/getting to know several homeless people, you realize that many of them are against the idea of having to pay rent/mortgage to have a place to live. They usually say something along the lines of “I don’t have to pay anyone or anything to live where I want to live.”
Dude I fucking love your vids, dropped 50 on the entire just to support and become i really want the bike lol gas sucks right now
what is the brand and model of the e-bike your riding in this video. Loved watching. Watching from Newfoundland, Canada
So after the police saw this video, how much were you fined for breaking soo many laws? Running Red lights and stop signs and really riding a bike over grass?
Do you even have a license
By the way, if you’re in the valley that’s not skid row… Skid row is in downtown LA where people have built small hotels out of cardboard it’s a complete cesspool and we had a chance to change everything by voting Rick Carouso in as mayor…. He had a three point system for cleaning up the homeless and all the liberals 30 for another mayor who is exactly like Garcetti so nothing has been done…. Liberals would rather live in filth and crying and all that goes with it rather than voting for a conservative they just can’t do it …. Even if means living in a cesspool that’s how bright they are
Hey John, like watching your TH-cam videos I’m a big
I don’t have any regrets in my
Life except selling my Sur Ron lol people don’t realize how fun these things really are.
the reason why we all love surrons over motorcycles is because its so nimble you can just explore everywhere. Motorcycle, too loud, too heavy, too much noise, ect
that asian guy was having ptsd flashbacks when you asked him about the body in the lake
Liberal paradise!
Oh yeah if Pubs were running it. It would be soooo much better. 😂 Wat a joke. ☺️
And conservative paradise is a trailer park - your point?😂 politics is fake in case you haven’t heard
We are more red than you think dear.
That kick 💀
Nice work sneaking up on the hotties st the end..I approve!😂😂😂
Jesus it looks like you are riding in a third world country
Are you sure this is not DENVER
PulsePoint is good too!
is this a bike commercial or a view of Skid Row?
A beautiful Subaru ha ha ha ! No such thing
For more NPC interactions you should ride with a backpack full of waters or gatorades to hand out. 😄
Do you ever feel like you are in danger of being attacked?
21:26 surely you should excuse her?
try the Rawr Mantis X thats a lighter surron style bike
Man I wish I could get one of those Surrons. Feel like I have 2 Hugh road blocks preventing me from even thinking about that .
#1: the price.
#2: the two Bike shops here in Peoria don't want anything to do with bikes.
I know a couple of people that ride them and they both have other people work on their bikes for them.
Fuck that.
2:28 that was a bit mean and aggressive
HOPES!!!
No background music, thank you
Have you lost your license?
Bro.... The only people who wins these types of contests are people that spends $100s to increase their odds to win and for sure when you encourage people to buy more to win. Anyone that can afford to spend that kind of money can just buy them this bike without issue. I mean w/e makes you money i guess.
Thanks!
Thank you!
Subie gang
No wheelies? Why would that be bad in any world?
This is what you voted for
They, he’s only one person and he just seems like the guy who doesn’t vote
You think everyone in Cali voted for Newsom? lol 🤡
Bro has no life 😅
Maybe not but cali is fukin trash @@Shreddylife
Democratic city -
It's seems like the e ride just has a really high top speed. And people over value top speed.
I'm not really into the speed, especially in these L.A. streets, I'm more so into the distance.
Give me an all day rider and I'm good.
God LA looks more like a 3rd world country than an actual 3rd world country
Amazing what Dems can do to a city
@JohnHicksFilm Why did you change the video name? I just was watching and it showed the title change.4
9:20 to see the funny clip he was talking about on twitch
They just found a dead body in that same lake I think a few days ago
Thats illegal. Cannot charge for entry.
Hey
Sat night crash... You ok, bro?
So what happened besides a normally day there? You even claim you been there plenty of times and it is just like it is always is, so what really happened?
extra wide view making me dizzy
nice content
hi
@ John Hicks I'm not sure but it looked like he was flashing you gang signs.
I think most of LA is skid row now, thanks to Gruesome Newsom
25:50 dude be careful please
Kinda like your videos but not a fan of the clickbait thumbnails . Have to thumbs down.
Can we breathe yet?
A lot of people know where to buy a Surron for 3500 shipped but not 3k shipped homie.
Keep voting 🗳 demorat
3rd
E-Ride is a terrible bike, massively overrated. Garbage front forks (rst branded with r ride) rear 2.0 is too hard, its loud. Geometry is awful 😂
79bike will blow them away this summer. Already comes with FW01 SOTION, FAST ACE 2.0 FORKS. They're coming out with a bigger tune as well. It just looks sooo much better than the pro ss
Nuke LA, vote Trump.
1000 miles in a day, my ars! It would take 10 hrs at 100 mph to do 1000 miles. I call, BS.
I like how y'all think all the homeless people here are actually from here, live here because of failed policies and not because they'd straight up die living outside in any other shit hole state.
Just another Democrat city.
Less weight actually equal more power . It's a fact the only way it can be less is a smaller motor.😉💯🫡👍✌️
Just another Democrat city.