The BBC Discovers Zoobombing. Have You?
By Michael Frank, Adventure Journal on December 1st, 2011
Despite what Portlandians might claim, the City of Roses isn’t the most bike-friendly town on the globe (note how far one has to travel for decent singletrack). However, there’s no doubt that with irregular events such as bicycle jousting and more frame builders per capita than even Copenhagen can boast, Portland is hands-down the most bike-obsessed city on earth, so much so that some of its circus antics, such as zoobombing, in which cyclists bomb downhill from the zoo on kids bikes, have attracted coverage from the mighty BBC. The Beeb’s about eight years off the back of the cutting edge with this cute video, and there’s more “extreme” zoobombing footage on Youtube, but for the uninitiated, this clip actually explains the story, which is, to say the least, a little obscure.
