Aug 19, 2008

China: Olympics Bike Hack

Photo Courtesy Xinhuanet

I kinda like the Olympics. Enjoyment of the Olympics started to go downhill for me when the basketball “Dream Team” was formed. Professional athletes already have enough fame and money if you ask me, why not let some amateurs get some attention for two weeks every four years?

I was super stoked when NYC did not get the 2012 Olympics. NYC is crazy enough as it is and I can’t imagine hundreds of more thousands of people descending on NYC for two weeks in the middle of a hot, dank month in the summer.
You always end up hearing stories about how excited local denizens get when their city is chosen to host the games. One Beijing cyclist decided to hack his bike to show his enthusiasm for the upcoming Olympics. Via the blog Asian Pop With YeinJee comes this exuberant hacker. I’m not sure I’d be super excited about that top middle ring.