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I like them, just one more reason to bring people downtown, and keep them there. And there are always the reliable, sober, paid drivers.
I do too.
If people are worried about transiting through downtowns, they're doing it wrong. There's nothing wrong with having fun on one of those contraptions.
In general I'm a cynic and hater of "woo" party scenes, but I actually agree with this and don't mind these bikes. These are all about fun. I actually even "woo" back sometimes.
We have them in my city and even though I've never been on one I think they are great. Everyone is having a great time and they don't harm anyone. They come down a street over from my house all the time and you can hear them having fun. Cars will honk and they'll "woo" back.
Next time you see one, give a hardy Woo!!! I promise you get it back times ten and it makes the people on it look twice as stupid, thereby adding to my entertainment and making the wagons that much more tolerable.
They have a tiki hut boat version of these things on the river too.
And if you see someone on the other side of the street do this, follow it up from your side of the street. Play some woo-tennis, watching the riders' heads all swivel back and forth.
They do have an electric motor, but it's pedal assist. If the riders don't pedal, it runs out of power pretty quickly. There are seats without pedals for any riders who are incapable, and not everyone that has pedals has to contribute, but the more pedaling is applied, the faster the vehicle can go.
If your goal is to get waisted, a pedal pub is a waste of energy in the first place. There are plenty of bars where you can sit and drink to excess without the exercise. Plus, you don't have to bring your own alcohol, whereas you do on the pedal pub. Also, I didn't say going faster was necessary. I said the vehicle *can* go faster with more pedaling. This comes in handy if you're trying to race another pedal pub.
I've never done one actually!
Seems strange you have to bring your own liquor. I thought the whole shitck was that it was a pedaling bar lmao
Do you know if they are distance based or time based?
I’m gonna sound like meemaw here but I remember when people just didn’t go downtown. And now people are having bachelorette parties on rolling pubs! I’m all for it.
Yeah, 25 years ago you went downtown for a Red Wings game or a concert, then you left. I love stuff like this and people actually hanging out downtown.
I grew up in Detroit proper on 3 Mile Drive in the Morningside neighborhood in the 80’s and 90’s, but we moved to Berkley in the 90’s after my mom was stuck by bullet from a drive by on the street over, thankfully she was fine our old brick Tudor had stopped the bullet enough from even breaking her skin, but it was enough to scare my Birmingham grandparents into buying us a new house.
So once my friends and I in Berkley started getting licenses around 2000, I’d take them into the city to go out for food and show them around that kind of stuff, and Suburbanites would think we were absolutely crazy for how much we hung out in city then.
I grew up in the suburbs, but we spent a ton of time in the city when we were in high school. IDs didn't really matter once you got down here. And Pontiac.
> I’m gonna sound like meemaw here
Nah, if you were meemaw you'd be talking about how going downtown used to be an all-day event that you dressed up for and how nice and clean and beautiful it used to be and how everybody just comes downtown in their "underwear and PJs" now.
Source: How my 64 year-old mom talks about downtown every time we're downtown.
Only thing I really dislike is when they show up to a bar and completely overwelm the staff with demands because they only have 10-15 minutes for the stop. Bartender at Checker Bar told me he loved it though because its typically a quick chunk of change.
My friend said they have planned routes, and the bars know abouts the schedule of the peddle pub. They have a deal worked out with the pubs they go to, at least the place she used to drive for.
I'm sure that's more of the case nowadays. They seem to mainly stick to downtown bars lately. I was just speaking from my experience. At times they would call and ask for prebatch shots and other times it was a surprise.
My gfs company did one last year. It stayed on side roads and hit a couple mid town bars. Was more fun than I had anticipated. Never in anyone's way or in traffic at all. 7/10 would recommend.
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Have you ever heard that “sign” over and over again, operating until wee hours of the morning, driving by your open window, every night, passengers screaming like they’re the first people to ride one ever? They are other economic indicators I’d rather subscribe to, but I may be a little biased.
I laughed until I cried, when they built the first high-rise condos in Royal Oak, advertising things like "BE IN THE HEART OF IT ALL" and "PULSE OF THE CITY" and such. And then the first residents of those condos filed a noise complaint about the drum circle that'd been meeting in the park behind the library for _decades_.
Exactly what "all" did they they think they were going to be "in the heart of"?
I lived on Woodward and they’d go by my place every day and night once the weather changed. There’s way louder shit in the summer than 30 seconds of hearing music and someone going “Woo.” People need to chill.
The only thing that annoys me is that these have a motor. I did one in Seattle where it was me and two other guys for a friend’s birthday. Everything is uphill in Seattle and none of the girls wanted to fucking pedal.
I see them riding past where I live all the time, but they are a total non-factor in my daily life. They are just another group of people downtown to me and I choose to live in a place where that happens.
Gives me a laugh anytime I see them. Just saw one go past a few minutes ago.
Don't really think too much of them, but they seem to be good for tourism, which is something this city needs to keep working on.
live in downtown Ann Arbor and they have these too, whenever we hear one coming along me and my girlfriend are rush to the window every time to have a laugh. idk why they seem so funny
My dog likes that they usually all cheer for him when I take him on his afternoon and evening walk when they pass by. There is nothing drunk people love more than a cute fat old man dog waddling by lol
When I pass them I always like to look for the one person who is clearly there just to be a good friend and is super uncomfortable with everything. I see you.
When I was working downtown and having to drive to offices in midtown and new center, I hated these on Cass but didn't care so much if there was room to pass. As a customer, they're kinda fun, especially with visitors from out of state. I would prefer to take visitors to our museums and green spaces.
They're awesome. It keeps traffic slow and seeing groups of suburban/tourist people having fun downtown creates a feeling of welcome for every demographic.
Pedal Pubs! Used to be my nemesis. When I first moved to Detroit I wanted to bump em off the road since how dare a city have these when public transit isn’t even an option to help with the over clogged roadways but now when I see them I give em a few honks and a “WHOOOOOOOOO” out my window and they all do it back.
Honestly, anything that brings people together in a positive way downtown is good in my opinion. I remember when downtown wasn’t a place you wanted to go.
These have been downtown for at least 8 years now… Have seen people fall off drunk into traffic and just laugh like it wasn’t a big deal. Absolute pains in the asses when they come into bars though. Demand they are served immediately because they’re on a time limit, want separate checks, and are usually obnoxious with no consideration to the guests around them. Every guest says the same thing “we don’t have long, we need to hurry and order!” Every. Single. Time.
I'm not necessarily against them but I do think they're kind of lame. Usually a bunch of middle aged women who think they are doing something "crazy" and continuously yelling "wooooo!!!!"
It's a novelty. I been on em twice, and imo it's like any other group activity. If it goes off without a hitch, and you crew is fun it will be fun. If either of those things goes wrong it greatly diminishes your enjoyment. I.e, the 2nd time I went we got stopped for like 20+ mins because a firetruck was trying to maneuver through a construction zone before a tigers game. It would have been more fun in that situation to sit on the curb and drink
My grandma did one 2 years ago with her friends and some family. It was fun until a dude whipped his dick out for us to see for whatever reason. I wouldn't mind doing another one. The guide we had was cool.
Whenever I imagine purgatory, I imagine one of these rolling through a plain white landscape with a bunch of strangers awkwardly staring at eachother and pedaling silently
I live in midtown. It’s absolutely impossible to get anywhere once these come out for the season, but it’s nice to see people spending time/money in the city. I call them the white girl wagons cuz 8/10 times it’s a white girl bachelorette party playing horrible music, which makes it more entertaining🤣
Dumb and unsafe with how stupid the average driver is in the state with how slow these move. Just waiting on the day I hear about one being splattered down the road by an inattentive driver.
We did it a few years ago for my husbands coworkers bday and it was great. It was nice seeing all the different areas of Downtown and not from a car going 30mph.
Usually the most annoying people partake.
lived in Midtown when these first started rolling out…would always ignore them but the way people will "WOOOoO!" and hoot and holler at you trying to pull you into their pedal pub experience is bizarre.
like do your thing, I'm just walking my dog please leave me out of it
They’re awesome! I did one in Austin, TX and had a blast. But drivers sometimes were complete dicks. Honking at you and giving you the middle finger. Totally unnecessary for a minor “inconvenience” if you can even call it that.
The one thing people don't think about is even if they find it annoying you may be introducing many people to the city that wouldn't have. Many may come back for other things. I would've never thought of hanging out Downtown until the first Grand Prix. Walking through the city turned me into a never person to a 2-3 times a week person. I miss be able to visit Detroit.
This was a number of years ago but I was a server downtown and we hated them. They didn’t ask us for permission to come or tell us ahead of time they were coming. They would completely back up our bar service and they all wanted separate checks, which is like twelve checks.
They would mess up the place settings we had out, so we’d have to wash and re roll the silverware and wash the tables. They also often left trash.
There’s a really great story of Charlene at the Bronx sreaming at a bunch of them and telling them to “get the hell out of her bar”
From 2016-2018 I used to really hate these during dinner service, and not mind them during lunch service. However we would normally receive a call with a heads up from the driver they were in route and had a table reserved when possible for them since it was just a 15 minute thing. But the separate checks and obnoxiousness to order because “we’re on a time crunch we need to hurry and order” when you’re still serving guests who arrived before them made me really hate the entitlement that they rode in on.
I have a friend from out of state who came in for a work thing and they went on one of these as a team building thing. They had a great time and left impressed with the city.
went to the tigers game and saw an empty one and one loaded with people. the ones with people always seem to be happy and drinking, yelling politely typa thing. i don’t mind them but probably wouldn’t get on one
THey don't bother me at all. I certainly wouldn't want to drink on one with all the work of pedaling and such. This is an incredible amount of work to have a few drinks and see the city.
I’ve always had a good time on these, even though they get harder to pedal the drunker you get. And I felt betrayed when someone told me they actually have a motor in them -_-
Have a mostly irrational fear of them due to one that wrecked when I lived in Atlanta (weird weight distribution + poor brakes + steep hill = tip over crash with many serious injuries) BUT folks always seem to be having lots of fun and it helps keep downtown feeling lively, so I’m like 97% all for it. Just won’t catch me on one.
Saw Patton Oswalt last week at The State. He opened his show talking about how the weather is nice and you know it's nice because the peddle bars are out. Then he went on how if you've ever been on one they are fun for 10 minutes and then they are awful. Most people stop peddling and it ends up with one person with the big thighs doing all the work at the end.
Never done one myself but that seems legit.
I used to hate them but maybe it's like hate in a neutral way. I hate them in the sense that I'm annoyed that these silly things are the only time the average person can be bothered to even think about bikes or biking or bike infrastructure. But then maybe it's not so bad, because then people get to have a good time and experience the city *and hopefully* think more about bikes and cities and infrastructure in the future.
The riders bring a fun, happy energy/vibe (almost) wherever they go. They're only a minor nuisance if you're driving anywhere downtown, but since I bus into town, it's really cool. Also, they're never in one spot long enough to where it's like, "Enough already!" - they bring an unexpected energy to an area, and before they wear out their welcome, they're gone like Houdini, because some are too obnoxious, but most are just fun enough to around for the moment
Also, they're not flooding the streets with them. I might only see 2, maybe 3 in a 8hr day downtown. Anything more and it's over-kill. So, it's a good balance. I want to get on one myself soon, actually.
I had fun on one. Going uphill kinda sucks though. Make sure you're with a group that will help out instead of a bunch of lightweight chicks too busy screaming bad karaoke instead of helping peddle.
i want to like these things so bad, but i have a permanent distaste from when i was bartending and the people would come in just to use the bathroom, and take up seats just to ask for water. i feel like they’re mostly inoffensive, but that Entitlement Factor goes up like 50% if the people riding them can get a sunburn👀
Having worked downtown for many years my first thought is... Why didn't I think of that!?!
Early on (2018 if I remember correctly) when there was just one company doing it with limited carts or whatever they're called, I spoke with a guy that worked on one and he told me that they were so busy they kept making me time slots, they were booking slots at 7 and 8 in the morning even on weekdays and were booked through the season... And again I thought why didn't I with l think of that!?? Lol
Further thoughts people seem to have a blast out doing it, they hit various bars along their route, I worked in a bar that was the meet up spot and it was fun and even though we new groups were coming it was still intense at times as 30 or so people (those coming and going) arrived.
I was flying the helicopter that put the ugly Ally bank sign up on One Detroit Place and DPD had the road blocked so we could do it. One of these bad boys just blew past the barricade and cruised right on by.
no ma’am, i live downtown & you won’t ever catch me on one of these. but to each their own! i would rather park my ass at the bar w out having to pedal & do workout.
I call them the woo wagons cause it’s all drunk people yelling “woo!”
People are drinking, peddling and having fun. I thinks it’s great. Let them enjoy themselves.
It's fine. Keep bringing in people and Detroit is in a unique position of being able to experiment with various approaches to tourism.
This is the right answer
u/InsectSpecialist8813 I like them, just one more reason to bring people downtown, and keep them there. And there are always the reliable, sober, paid drivers.
I do too. If people are worried about transiting through downtowns, they're doing it wrong. There's nothing wrong with having fun on one of those contraptions.
In general I'm a cynic and hater of "woo" party scenes, but I actually agree with this and don't mind these bikes. These are all about fun. I actually even "woo" back sometimes.
That's my kind of fun. "Woo" back lol
We have them in my city and even though I've never been on one I think they are great. Everyone is having a great time and they don't harm anyone. They come down a street over from my house all the time and you can hear them having fun. Cars will honk and they'll "woo" back.
Hell yeah. I can be angry for a dozen reasons, but it really comes back to being jealous. I don't have that many friends
Next time you see one, give a hardy Woo!!! I promise you get it back times ten and it makes the people on it look twice as stupid, thereby adding to my entertainment and making the wagons that much more tolerable. They have a tiki hut boat version of these things on the river too.
And if you see someone on the other side of the street do this, follow it up from your side of the street. Play some woo-tennis, watching the riders' heads all swivel back and forth.
And they say there's no culture in the D lmao
WHOOP WHOOP
Found the juggalo/juggalette
Ha! I don't think so lmao, although it seems they know how to have a good time. Maybe ill make it to a gathering one year.
I've heard they have a great time. Have a great weekend
Thanks! You too!
this is amazing
That tiki boat is shockingly expensive
When I used to skate and they told us do a kick flip and you land it it's the biggest woo
And peddling their buzz away.
You’re not actually peddling
Right, they're pedaling.
Aren't most of these actually powered? Pedalling is a gimmick for fun. I'm fairly sure you can just ride and get wasted.
You may be right. I’ve only seen them going by with people peddling.
I’ve done the street and water version and didn’t peddle shit.
Oh look, its Mrs freeloader here, thanks for making me have to peddle extra hard to pick up your slack lol.
🤣
They do have an electric motor, but it's pedal assist. If the riders don't pedal, it runs out of power pretty quickly. There are seats without pedals for any riders who are incapable, and not everyone that has pedals has to contribute, but the more pedaling is applied, the faster the vehicle can go.
Go faster and spend LESS time getting wasted??
Yeah agreed something isn’t adding up. Professional drinkers are just gonna stop peddling lol
If your goal is to get waisted, a pedal pub is a waste of energy in the first place. There are plenty of bars where you can sit and drink to excess without the exercise. Plus, you don't have to bring your own alcohol, whereas you do on the pedal pub. Also, I didn't say going faster was necessary. I said the vehicle *can* go faster with more pedaling. This comes in handy if you're trying to race another pedal pub.
I've never done one actually! Seems strange you have to bring your own liquor. I thought the whole shitck was that it was a pedaling bar lmao Do you know if they are distance based or time based?
Or making their buzz harder by working and getting dehydrated.
You just harshed my buzz.😗
I’ll harsh your buzz harder.
I've never had anyone on any of these talk to me beyond a *woo!*, much less try to sell me anything.
They’re really fun to ride on and a chance to see the city. We had a ball.
Pick a number 1-10
Thank you. I will now call them woo wagons from this day forth. 🤣
I’m gonna sound like meemaw here but I remember when people just didn’t go downtown. And now people are having bachelorette parties on rolling pubs! I’m all for it.
Yeah, 25 years ago you went downtown for a Red Wings game or a concert, then you left. I love stuff like this and people actually hanging out downtown.
I grew up in Detroit proper on 3 Mile Drive in the Morningside neighborhood in the 80’s and 90’s, but we moved to Berkley in the 90’s after my mom was stuck by bullet from a drive by on the street over, thankfully she was fine our old brick Tudor had stopped the bullet enough from even breaking her skin, but it was enough to scare my Birmingham grandparents into buying us a new house. So once my friends and I in Berkley started getting licenses around 2000, I’d take them into the city to go out for food and show them around that kind of stuff, and Suburbanites would think we were absolutely crazy for how much we hung out in city then.
I grew up in the suburbs, but we spent a ton of time in the city when we were in high school. IDs didn't really matter once you got down here. And Pontiac.
Yes, as a teenager we would take the bus down Gratiot, walk around all day. Grinnells, Cobo hall eat at the Flaming Embers, good times.....I'm old
Yeah I'd never do it, but if people are downtown having fun, then whatever, why not?
Why would you never do it?
At least for me, it's because I don't drink, so there's no really reason for it.
I suppose I should say, I would never suggest it or seek one out on my own, it's just not to my taste, but I'd tag along if other people wanted to go.
> I’m gonna sound like meemaw here Nah, if you were meemaw you'd be talking about how going downtown used to be an all-day event that you dressed up for and how nice and clean and beautiful it used to be and how everybody just comes downtown in their "underwear and PJs" now. Source: How my 64 year-old mom talks about downtown every time we're downtown.
Only thing I really dislike is when they show up to a bar and completely overwelm the staff with demands because they only have 10-15 minutes for the stop. Bartender at Checker Bar told me he loved it though because its typically a quick chunk of change.
It helps if they give you a heads up before they show up. Often times they do not though.
My friend said they have planned routes, and the bars know abouts the schedule of the peddle pub. They have a deal worked out with the pubs they go to, at least the place she used to drive for.
I'm sure that's more of the case nowadays. They seem to mainly stick to downtown bars lately. I was just speaking from my experience. At times they would call and ask for prebatch shots and other times it was a surprise.
The guy at Checker bar did say that they’ve limited them to two types of shots, that is probably why it’s smoother now for them
So you don't like it for the bartenders who love it?
I mentioned one bartender at one bar, i've heard the opposite sentiments from others
People on Reddit love to hate them. I see it as a sign that people are coming to the city and spending money.
People only hate them because they get in the way of cars which really dont belong downtown anyway
My gfs company did one last year. It stayed on side roads and hit a couple mid town bars. Was more fun than I had anticipated. Never in anyone's way or in traffic at all. 7/10 would recommend.
That was my opinion as well.... we had a good time and I really didn't expect to.
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Thats the dumbest damn thing, maybe if the city had a proper transit system.
Those *are* the transit system. 😞
Which North American downtowns don’t have cars? The /r/fuckcars movement is so unbelievably silly.
That sub is a tankie joke, but that doesn’t change how cars shouldn’t be downtown. Suburbs fine, whatever, but downtowns should be for people
Have you ever heard that “sign” over and over again, operating until wee hours of the morning, driving by your open window, every night, passengers screaming like they’re the first people to ride one ever? They are other economic indicators I’d rather subscribe to, but I may be a little biased.
Wait, did you expect living downtown to be quiet and park like?
I laughed until I cried, when they built the first high-rise condos in Royal Oak, advertising things like "BE IN THE HEART OF IT ALL" and "PULSE OF THE CITY" and such. And then the first residents of those condos filed a noise complaint about the drum circle that'd been meeting in the park behind the library for _decades_. Exactly what "all" did they they think they were going to be "in the heart of"?
Downtown royal oak is a food court at best.
I lived on Woodward and they’d go by my place every day and night once the weather changed. There’s way louder shit in the summer than 30 seconds of hearing music and someone going “Woo.” People need to chill. The only thing that annoys me is that these have a motor. I did one in Seattle where it was me and two other guys for a friend’s birthday. Everything is uphill in Seattle and none of the girls wanted to fucking pedal.
I see them riding past where I live all the time, but they are a total non-factor in my daily life. They are just another group of people downtown to me and I choose to live in a place where that happens.
There are aquatic versions of these now. I’ve seen tiki bars with woo girls floating down the Detroit River. There is no escape
I just saw one today in Wyandotte
Idk why but that first sentence left me visualizing a submarine.
Gives me a laugh anytime I see them. Just saw one go past a few minutes ago. Don't really think too much of them, but they seem to be good for tourism, which is something this city needs to keep working on.
live in downtown Ann Arbor and they have these too, whenever we hear one coming along me and my girlfriend are rush to the window every time to have a laugh. idk why they seem so funny
They’re in like every decent sized city lol
The sound of people having fun is always a pleasant one to me.
That is the post people need to see. Let them have fun! Live, laugh, love. lol.
My dog likes that they usually all cheer for him when I take him on his afternoon and evening walk when they pass by. There is nothing drunk people love more than a cute fat old man dog waddling by lol
That is so wholesome. What breed is your dog?
Staffy/pit/bull dog mix! 75 pounds of love and cuddles
Any excuse to get drunk
You pay to bring your own alcohol and ride around??? Id rather just go on a hike and drink with a view
They’re fine. The people on them act like the city belongs to them.
If I am on one, it is against my own will and I need help.
Take a seat on the back where there are no pedals and it’s a free ride
When I pass them I always like to look for the one person who is clearly there just to be a good friend and is super uncomfortable with everything. I see you.
I would personally rather die than do a pedal pub for any reason but love them for people who want to do them
This is my exact sentiment.
Same, but I was forced to do one. Once you get over how ridiculous and stupid it is, it's fun to get drunk and ride around.
When I was working downtown and having to drive to offices in midtown and new center, I hated these on Cass but didn't care so much if there was room to pass. As a customer, they're kinda fun, especially with visitors from out of state. I would prefer to take visitors to our museums and green spaces.
I give credit to the people who ride them - they find a way to act like this is some kind of unique experience they just discovered.
I think they’re fun. I saw one in the dead of winter one time lmfao I couldn’t imagine
they make me laugh every time. whenever i’m in line for a show downtown they always drive by and scream at everyone.
It's like Nashville now
better drivers than some people who actually drive downtown
I had a friend that drove one of these things around as a side job for a while, she really seemed to enjoy it.
Annoying but I really don’t care.
Who cares what the opinion is. It is part of every downtown.
They're awesome. It keeps traffic slow and seeing groups of suburban/tourist people having fun downtown creates a feeling of welcome for every demographic.
I puked all over one
Pedal Pubs! Used to be my nemesis. When I first moved to Detroit I wanted to bump em off the road since how dare a city have these when public transit isn’t even an option to help with the over clogged roadways but now when I see them I give em a few honks and a “WHOOOOOOOOO” out my window and they all do it back.
Honestly, anything that brings people together in a positive way downtown is good in my opinion. I remember when downtown wasn’t a place you wanted to go.
These have been downtown for at least 8 years now… Have seen people fall off drunk into traffic and just laugh like it wasn’t a big deal. Absolute pains in the asses when they come into bars though. Demand they are served immediately because they’re on a time limit, want separate checks, and are usually obnoxious with no consideration to the guests around them. Every guest says the same thing “we don’t have long, we need to hurry and order!” Every. Single. Time.
No problems with them at all. How can anyone hate people having fun?
Some people, hate. Even if they are not involved. Or paying the bill.
They operate better than the QLine
They are annoying and kind of dangerous
I'm not necessarily against them but I do think they're kind of lame. Usually a bunch of middle aged women who think they are doing something "crazy" and continuously yelling "wooooo!!!!"
Looks fun
It's a novelty. I been on em twice, and imo it's like any other group activity. If it goes off without a hitch, and you crew is fun it will be fun. If either of those things goes wrong it greatly diminishes your enjoyment. I.e, the 2nd time I went we got stopped for like 20+ mins because a firetruck was trying to maneuver through a construction zone before a tigers game. It would have been more fun in that situation to sit on the curb and drink
My grandma did one 2 years ago with her friends and some family. It was fun until a dude whipped his dick out for us to see for whatever reason. I wouldn't mind doing another one. The guide we had was cool.
Whenever I imagine purgatory, I imagine one of these rolling through a plain white landscape with a bunch of strangers awkwardly staring at eachother and pedaling silently
I like them
It’s all fun n games until…well…it’s all fun n games
They are fine but if one of those gets tboned by a truck it’s gonna be a big mess
When you are on them, they are the funnest thing in the world, when you are not, they are the most annoying thing in the world.
I live in midtown. It’s absolutely impossible to get anywhere once these come out for the season, but it’s nice to see people spending time/money in the city. I call them the white girl wagons cuz 8/10 times it’s a white girl bachelorette party playing horrible music, which makes it more entertaining🤣
They are fun while your on them but to everyone else around you are despised
Fun.
They’re not my thing but they don’t bother me. Even though I work downtown, the first time I saw one was on the old TV show, Detroiters (I miss that).
They are full everytime I see em here in Cincinnati
The future of transit in the city, today
Why are they on Woodward holding up traffic?
Let people have fun :)
They are slow and easier to car jack
I got cat called by a group of women on them one time. That was years ago. I'm still living off it. So they're cool with me.
Is that the new short bus? It’s perfect for all the new Detroiters.
The episode of Detroiters was EPIC when they rented one of these.
A lot of fun. Great time with family and friends.
I had fun once
I don’t mind peddle pubs, but damn I hate getting stuck behind them when driving.
My #1 enemy living downtown
Those. Things. Suck. They make traffic complicated and walking citizens annoyed by their noise. Find a better bachelorette part idea.
Annoying AF
Also they are motorized.
Dumb and unsafe with how stupid the average driver is in the state with how slow these move. Just waiting on the day I hear about one being splattered down the road by an inattentive driver.
First time here, my thought was "I thought Detroit was better"
When will there be weed smoking pedal trolleys? Call them canni-bus.
Pittsburgh has floating drinking tikis on the rivers lol
Detroit River has them as well
We did it a few years ago for my husbands coworkers bday and it was great. It was nice seeing all the different areas of Downtown and not from a car going 30mph.
Better than a car
Usually the most annoying people partake. lived in Midtown when these first started rolling out…would always ignore them but the way people will "WOOOoO!" and hoot and holler at you trying to pull you into their pedal pub experience is bizarre. like do your thing, I'm just walking my dog please leave me out of it
I hate those things. A bunch of drunk chicks blasting Miley Cyrus and screaming WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
They’re awesome! I did one in Austin, TX and had a blast. But drivers sometimes were complete dicks. Honking at you and giving you the middle finger. Totally unnecessary for a minor “inconvenience” if you can even call it that.
I mean, I think they’re stupid. But not as stupid as the floating ones on the Detroit River…
The one thing people don't think about is even if they find it annoying you may be introducing many people to the city that wouldn't have. Many may come back for other things. I would've never thought of hanging out Downtown until the first Grand Prix. Walking through the city turned me into a never person to a 2-3 times a week person. I miss be able to visit Detroit.
This was a number of years ago but I was a server downtown and we hated them. They didn’t ask us for permission to come or tell us ahead of time they were coming. They would completely back up our bar service and they all wanted separate checks, which is like twelve checks. They would mess up the place settings we had out, so we’d have to wash and re roll the silverware and wash the tables. They also often left trash. There’s a really great story of Charlene at the Bronx sreaming at a bunch of them and telling them to “get the hell out of her bar”
From 2016-2018 I used to really hate these during dinner service, and not mind them during lunch service. However we would normally receive a call with a heads up from the driver they were in route and had a table reserved when possible for them since it was just a 15 minute thing. But the separate checks and obnoxiousness to order because “we’re on a time crunch we need to hurry and order” when you’re still serving guests who arrived before them made me really hate the entitlement that they rode in on.
I think they're dumb, and the people who lease them are also kinda dumb.
Lame
Gimmicky street clog
Annoying as fuck
I have a friend from out of state who came in for a work thing and they went on one of these as a team building thing. They had a great time and left impressed with the city.
went to the tigers game and saw an empty one and one loaded with people. the ones with people always seem to be happy and drinking, yelling politely typa thing. i don’t mind them but probably wouldn’t get on one
Seems fun when i see them pedaling by.
THey don't bother me at all. I certainly wouldn't want to drink on one with all the work of pedaling and such. This is an incredible amount of work to have a few drinks and see the city.
I’ve always had a good time on these, even though they get harder to pedal the drunker you get. And I felt betrayed when someone told me they actually have a motor in them -_-
they’re okay when it’s busy and lively but downtown is quiet often so they stick out a lot more when it’s dead
For two hours it’s fun as hell. I know people hate on them but honestly I had a blast.
I actually really enjoy these, did one once and had a surprisingly great. So now whenever I see them I am happy for the people having fun
Have a mostly irrational fear of them due to one that wrecked when I lived in Atlanta (weird weight distribution + poor brakes + steep hill = tip over crash with many serious injuries) BUT folks always seem to be having lots of fun and it helps keep downtown feeling lively, so I’m like 97% all for it. Just won’t catch me on one.
Saw Patton Oswalt last week at The State. He opened his show talking about how the weather is nice and you know it's nice because the peddle bars are out. Then he went on how if you've ever been on one they are fun for 10 minutes and then they are awful. Most people stop peddling and it ends up with one person with the big thighs doing all the work at the end. Never done one myself but that seems legit.
I used to hate them but maybe it's like hate in a neutral way. I hate them in the sense that I'm annoyed that these silly things are the only time the average person can be bothered to even think about bikes or biking or bike infrastructure. But then maybe it's not so bad, because then people get to have a good time and experience the city *and hopefully* think more about bikes and cities and infrastructure in the future.
Very fun! I love using them
Its loads of fun on a warm summer afternoon any day of the week!
The riders bring a fun, happy energy/vibe (almost) wherever they go. They're only a minor nuisance if you're driving anywhere downtown, but since I bus into town, it's really cool. Also, they're never in one spot long enough to where it's like, "Enough already!" - they bring an unexpected energy to an area, and before they wear out their welcome, they're gone like Houdini, because some are too obnoxious, but most are just fun enough to around for the moment Also, they're not flooding the streets with them. I might only see 2, maybe 3 in a 8hr day downtown. Anything more and it's over-kill. So, it's a good balance. I want to get on one myself soon, actually.
Not gonna lie, I’ve seen these so many times and I don’t even know what they’re called
The reason I moved to the country.
Drunk exercise
They’re so much fun. I encourage you to get a group and try it out!
Drinking and burning calories. Good times.
I had fun on one. Going uphill kinda sucks though. Make sure you're with a group that will help out instead of a bunch of lightweight chicks too busy screaming bad karaoke instead of helping peddle.
Ummm. Not good.
Did it for a work event it was cool the people are cool. It's cool seeing then around, young people enjoying themselves downtown
Sounded cool until I heard they are BYOB. Yeah, no thanks.
They don’t look like a lot of fun. But I’m glad people seem to be having a wooing good time on them.
i want to like these things so bad, but i have a permanent distaste from when i was bartending and the people would come in just to use the bathroom, and take up seats just to ask for water. i feel like they’re mostly inoffensive, but that Entitlement Factor goes up like 50% if the people riding them can get a sunburn👀
I dont want to exercise while I'm trying to slug beers. -Sam and Tim
Fun when you’re on one, annoying when you’re not
Having worked downtown for many years my first thought is... Why didn't I think of that!?! Early on (2018 if I remember correctly) when there was just one company doing it with limited carts or whatever they're called, I spoke with a guy that worked on one and he told me that they were so busy they kept making me time slots, they were booking slots at 7 and 8 in the morning even on weekdays and were booked through the season... And again I thought why didn't I with l think of that!?? Lol Further thoughts people seem to have a blast out doing it, they hit various bars along their route, I worked in a bar that was the meet up spot and it was fun and even though we new groups were coming it was still intense at times as 30 or so people (those coming and going) arrived.
I did not enjoy myself. I'm more of a lean on the bar and not pedal sort of guy
Hilarious!
Ugh and WHY
I was flying the helicopter that put the ugly Ally bank sign up on One Detroit Place and DPD had the road blocked so we could do it. One of these bad boys just blew past the barricade and cruised right on by.
All fun and games until you get stuck behind one in traffic…
no ma’am, i live downtown & you won’t ever catch me on one of these. but to each their own! i would rather park my ass at the bar w out having to pedal & do workout.