Sunday, June 30, 2019

the Barundi banana bikers - downhill gravity racers



There is a really interesting documentary on Amazon, called Hot Roads, The World's Most Dangerous Roads, and episode 5 is about the bikers.

I recommend all the episodes, as they are about the mountain roads that are in Peru, Bolivia, or the ice roads in Siberia, and main highways in India, but this paved mountain road in a small African country is something different... it's gravity assisted cargo transport, on bikes barely stong enough for 200 kilos of bananas, palm oil kernels, or other farmed goods.

Hey! I got lucky and found part of the video! (Turn down the volume) The tv show is narrated, and doesn't have this annoying music... but the video is great and in a couple minutes show you what I'm talking about, as this IS the video from the tv show documentary



the same video is shorter with more pleasant music at https://youtu.be/fkk9HCD-Xkc

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