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California daredevil takes to the streets riding 14.5-feet high bicycle



It takes one wall, at least two friends and a bit of muscle to climb up to the seat of Richie Trimble's 14.5-foot tall bicycle, one for obvious reasons he calls 'Stoopid Tall.'


'It’s not a daily commuter. It’s not a weekend bike. It’s a special event bike and you need a support crew to work with,' Trimble told LA Streets Blog of his eye-catching ride he recently took to the streets of Southern California on.


Perched high in the air, Trimble's unusual creation is all in the name of fun he says while self-propelled by a 32-foot-long bike chain that’s guaranteed to stop traffic - or else someone's going to get hurt (usually him).

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Eye catching: Richie Trimble's 14.5-foot tall bicycle stopped traffic while making his way 20 miles from La Cienga to Venice Beach on Sunday



Make way! Trimble says his bike is all in the name of fun but can only be used harmlessly with the help of friends to give him a steady boost up as well as clear a path




Daredevil rides 14ft bike through LA traffic


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On Sunday the self-proclaimed adrenalin junkie took his Frankenstein creation on a daring 20 mile ride from La Cienga to Venice Beach, all the while recording it on a chest-strapped GoPro camera.


'Everyone looks at you like your nuts and they’re right!' he laughed. 'My Mom even said so!'


Wearing blue leopard print pants and red riding gloves - but no helmet - Trimble carefully pedaled down the street as crowds of friends followed and circled around him offering the best of their protection.




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'If it wasn’t for the Los Angeles making a ring around me as we rode together,' he referred to the band of cyclists, 'riding STOOPID TALL wouldn’t be possible.'


He fleetingly lifts an arm to wave amid cheers around him as seen in his harrowing video posted to YouTube.


'Oh s***' he's heard saying at once point of it as he approaches a highway overpass.





Go time: Trimble strapped a GoPro camera to his chest to record his journey, as seen from his monstrous view here while taking off from the side of a building



Trouble: Danger came to the daring rider when he approached a highway overpass he had to fold over to get through




Scrambling: Trimble captured this terrifying view as he folded over to keep from hitting the roof of the overpass that he says was just two inches above his knuckles

Ducking down, he pedals on getting by just fine until realizing that the overpass only gets lower the deeper he goes in.


'I could feel the crowd below me,' he recalled, 'they all knew what was coming. All eyes on me and this bridge closing down on me. It got to the point where my body, my back was parallel to the ground and I looked at my hand and I had about two inches clearance above my knuckles.'


To his relief, he made it through.


He lifts one arm to wave to cheers below him before slightly wobbling and thrusting his hand back on the bar.


His ride became even a little more terrifying though when approaching an intersection that all the other bikes had stopped at.


For Trimble, whose feet couldn't touch the ground, this was no option.



Can't stop! Another potentially dangerous scenario arose when he approached an intersection the other bicycles had stopped at but he being unable to touch to ground couldn't



Final stretch: Trimble approached a Venice Beach pier marking the end of his 20 mile journey

Again he thanks his surrounding friends for getting traffic to stop and allowing him to pass.


At the end of his video he’s seen progressing down a pier on the beach before ending at a pole he clutches to as friends help him down.


Unfortunately, what it'd be like to fall off he reveals isn’t something just left to his imagination.


Riding home, it wasn't high wind or an unexpected obstacle in his path that got him, but that 32-foot chain.


Getting around: Trimble's hand-made ride using a Huffy bicycle frame is self-propelled by a 32-foot-long chain



Stoopid Tall: This 14.5-foot-tall bicycle called Stoopid Tall made its riding debut through the streets of Southern California on Sunday

A master link broke off, separating the chain and his ability to keep pedaling forward he said.


'This is exactly what I didn't want to happen!' he recalled.
Trimble pressed toward a pole and hugged it as his bike collapsed underneath him just before his own body followed.

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