This isn’t a usual Business post. But I just had to post about it.
Today, my buddy Pooj and I were on our way home when one of the biggest nor’easters hits the east coast. It, well…kind of ruined our day. We both got to JFK only to wait many hours in the Admiral’s Club to find out that they cancelled all flights out of JFK to everywhere. We tried everything; getting on flights to LA, connect through everywhere, get on an international flight connecting through SF or LA – all cancelled. Dejectedly, we removed ourselves from the comfy Admiral’s Club where we were just sitting there surfing the Web and ragging on people. After looking at the taxi line (WAY TOO LONG), we jumped into the LIRR back which was quite an experience in hiking. Up stairs, down stairs, up stairs, walk more, down stairs, up stiars, walk more. ARG!!!
Eventually, we got back to Penn Station and after one more train ride to Grand Central, we said enough was enough. We’ve been dragging our luggage from JFK to Manhattan and pretty tired of that, especially given the constantly increasing snowfall.
So upon exitting Grand Central we said “f**k it” and jumped into the taxi line. As we were pelted by these little bits of ice which tried to fake itself into being snow, a guy pulls up in one of these:

Both of us looked at each other and had enough of the snow pelting so we jumped into this contraption.
Boy. I wish I had a video camera. It was the most amazing ride I ever had.
Imagine the snow piling up on the roads in this really slippery slush and taxis whipping in and around you as this guy is pedalling to your destination, which for us was only 5 blocks away. We weave our way around cars and people as he pedals in the middle of the road and we’re wondering how this bike-thing isn’t skidding out or doing some kind of donuts in the snow. We marvel at this bike’s manuverability as he is on the road at one minute, and then he jumps onto the sidewalk and now he is weaving in and around people as they walk on the sidewalk! Wow! And he even swears at another pedestrian in true New Yorker style! What a treat! In another minute, he is back on the road and riding along with cars and then lastly, we tell him that our stop is over there on the right, so immediately he turns right and leaps onto the sidewalk and delivers us to the doorstep.
It was then we were able to look at this thing. What kind of tires this contraption must have to transport us through ice and snow without skidding or causing an accident, and only through human power alone?
An amazing invention, this tricycle-come-rickshaw with unbelievable off-road capabilities. If it ever snows in NYC, I would highly recommend jumping off the taxi line and taking one of these.