While most kids their age would be fighting over who gets to ride the bike, these two young boys in Indonesia showed what it means to truly collaborate by reinventing tandem biking (and inadvertently getting a taste of viral fame).
This video, posted over the weekend, shows two boys wearing elementary school uniforms each standing on one pedal, see-sawing back and forth as they delicately balance the bicycle. They were filmed by a seemingly friendly man on a motorcycle (we do not condone the fact that he was using his phone while driving) who was clearly amused by what he saw as he encouraged them throughout the video.
https://twitter.com/_fransiskancis/status/977475778924302336
The boys seem like they have been riding together for a long time, looking perfectly in sync as they expertly maneuver around pot holes and make tight turns with ease. As a result, commenters were quick to draw parallels to the “Pacific Rim” movies, which feature giant robots piloted by two humans working in sync.
https://twitter.com/illyassays/status/977738156920340481
They’d make good jaeger pilots.
Prequel Becket Brothers, sebelum kaiju menyerang.
— Rizal Firmansyah (@rizalfs_) March 25, 2018
The prequel showing the Becket brothers before the kaijus attacked.
Others said the unusual tandem biking isn’t an entirely new concept as they had done it when they were kids themselves.
Keinget masa kecill 😢
Dulu saiia pernah gini pake sepeda ontelnya mbah kakung 😅— Ariiifffff (@Riftwitt_) March 25, 2018
Reminds me of my childhood :’( I used to ride like this using my grandfather’s bike.
It’s not clear where the video was taken, but based on the accent and politeness of the man who filmed it, netizens speculated that it was taken somewhere near Jogjakarta in Central Java.
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