Big Wheel Defeats Bus in Race for the Ages

from WSJ blog:

 
Nobody has ever accused of the M42 bus of speed or efficiency. The much maligned crosstown route has for two consecutive years been honored as New York City's slowest bus. But never before has the M42 suffered the indignity of losing a race to an adult pedaling a "big wheel"-style tricycle.
 
Mark Malkoff, a 35-year-old comedian and filmmaker from Astoria, Queens, embarrassed the bus in a head-to-head race over a one-mile track extending from 10th Avenue to Madison Avenue on 42nd Street. It wasn't even close: Malkoff finished in 12 minutes and 42 seconds, the bus needed 15 minutes and 20 seconds to move one mile.
 
The gripping race was captured by Malkoff's video crew. The footage features trash talking from a grown man on a toddler's bike wearing a neon safety vest. "Bus driver," the comedian yells at one point, "you think you're so cool because you have windshield wipers and can control the doors!"
 
full @ http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/04/06/big-wheel-defeats-bus-in-race-for-the-ages/