Watch: Rider tries to untangle his fat bike from electric fence
With a little bit of support and a lot of laughter from friends
Bikes can occasionally get tangled in things while out for a ride. Perhaps a piece of clothing or a branch on a trail. The chance of that happening increases when you need to navigate over obstacles as four men needed to do while out for a fat bike ride. If you’re really unlucky, what you get your bike hooked on will have a live current running through it.
That’s exactly what happens to four fat bikers in the U.K., though, as they try lift their bikes over a fence only to discover it’s electrified. Unlucky for them, but very entertaining for their friends.
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Watching Paul and his three friends try and free his fat bike from what one of the men calls a fence that is, “only a little bit electric, it’s only a little bit live” is quite entertaining. The friends hash together a quick strategy before getting to work freeing the bike. The men endure a few electric shocks which prompts a fair bit of laughter while trying to free the bike.
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The three men try a number of strategies to avoid being shocked. They try and grab the tires to avoid the electric current, they try to use sticks which snap on them. Paul with some support from his friends finally manages to get the bike off the fence. A friend chimes in, “Now you have to straighten up the fence.”
