For unjon - 3,000 watt boomboxes on bikes

phil · Post by **phil** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:51 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/nyregion/29bikes.html

Photos and a video at the bottom. Crank it up, Jon!

skygod · Post by **skygod** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:19 am

5000 watts? 150 decibels? Could probably get some forward motion out of the bike with that.

phil · Post by **phil** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:25 pm

> Could probably get some forward motion out of the bike with that.

I hadn't thought of that. :-> Aimed sound is some kind of crowd control now, isn't it?

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:55 am

This is my favorite part of the article: "The bikers said they have heard no complaints about the noise they make from residents or people they pass."

Well no shit they haven't heard them!

And the brain surgeon that wrote the article's theory was almost as good: "the bikersâ€™ mobile stereos are less likely to attract attention because the noise does not persist in one place very long."
Yeah, that's why they haven't been able to hear the complaints... it's not the 150 dB racket...