How To Skitch on a Bicycle (Grab onto a moving Car)

Step 3 Step 3: Choosing Your Vehicle

---

---

---

---

Step 3: Choose your Vehicle
Choosing your poison....:

---

Ok, so all the conditions are right. The Road is clear and traffic is lean. Now comes the choice of what type of vehicle you will be grabbing and where on the vehicle. There are many options available, all of them have different strengths, weaknesses and difficulty levels. I will order them according to difficulty level.

---

--(Begginer)--

Trucks:
Trucks are a great option for beginning skitchers. They have the easiest and most accessible grab points of any vehicle on the road. Another advantage to grabbing trucks is that, more often than not, they have slow acceleration rates. Which means you wont get your arm torn out of socket when they pull away. A few of the common grab points for trucks are:
-The tailgate
-The Side of the Bed
-Lift Gates (the back of Semis')
-Utility Rack
-Strap Loops
-Fenders (a little more difficult if they are low riders)

---

--(Intermediate)--

Cars:
The Car category includes Sedans, SUV's, Station Wagons and jeeps. These can be a little more challenging because they lack the easily accessible grab points like trucks have. The areas on a car that you can grab onto are often lower to the ground or require an understanding of the make and model your dealing with. As an example; you can sometimes get away with grabbing the rear passenger door handle on newer model cars because they have an auto-lock feature thats activated upon the cars movement forward. If you don't know if the car has that auto-lock feature you could risk the door swinging open and a have very surprised/angry motorist on your hands. Its because of this (and many other reasons) I favor newer model cars over old ones. New model cars have less jagged fenders/wheel wells and sturdier components so you don't risk accidentally breaking something off. Some common grab points on cars are:

-Fender (wheel Well)
-Roof Rack (Low profile station Wagons/SUV's)
-Door Handle (new model cars and old model jeeps only)
-Radio Antenna (my fav for Crown Vic taxi cabs)
-Spare Tire Racks(Jeeps and Suvs)
-Any solid Protruding surface (yes were still talking about skitching, sickos ;P )

---

--(Ninja)--
Livery, Delivery and Emergency Vehicles:
Livery and Delivery vehicles include Buses, Taxis, FedEx trucks, UPS trucks, USPS trucks, Fire Trucks, ambulance (IN NON-EMERGENCY MODE) and other "On The Job" vehicles. The reason why i have classified these guys as Ninja is because they almost always are not willing to deal with your shenanigans. But when they are, oh man is it great. Some of the easiest and cleanest grab points exist on these behemoths of the road. And if you have finely tuned your skills of stealthiness, you can grab with no guff. BUT BE WARNED! If you are a bike messenger, chances are you are going to see these guys again in your travels. And if you left on a sour note, expect to be hassled in the future (especially with taxis). Some common grab points on Liver/Delivery/Emergency vehicles:

-Wheel Wells
-Service door Handles
-Radio Antenna (again, really only on cabs)
-Lift Gates
-Rear Loading Dock Bumpers (Large metal Springs)
-Hang Rails (Fire Trucks and Ambulances)

---

--(Annoying)--

Other Cyclists, Pedicabs, Tandems And those little service Golf Carts are fun things to grab onto just because of the priceless reaction you get when they realize 100+ some odd pounds was just added to their load, and if your good they will think they cased their wheel :D

---

--(Suicidal)--
Trains/Above Ground Trolleys:

NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE WOULD I RECOMMEND YOU DO THIS EVER!
However, pictures and video coming soon.

Comments

[lilrou15]

hi