Today, we’ll do a scavenger hunt by bike in the city of Asheville, North Carolina, which scored a 9/100 for bikeability. Of course, I’m using Google Maps to get everywhere, and so it’s not going to take us on the best routes. But does it truly deserve this low rating?
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39 Comments
Seth, I hope you're all right man, I just saw that Asheville was absolutely destroyed. I know you live in the area, I pray you're all right man
Why does seth never show up in my feed anymore?! Anyone else notice this? I only see his videos when i manually search for it
Posting right before the city got destroyed is wild
I'm loving this general bicycling content you've been doing.
Hurricane check…Is Seth OK??
I need that damn phone mount
I loved the comment about the Florida license plate….😂
It's definitely a 1 today.
Try biking here now. Cars cant even get down the road dude lol you got out of here at a great time.
Hey man, hope you're all right after Helene. My mom, dad, brother and sister all live in Asheville and my father described the situation as "Apocalyptic." They haven't been able to find supplies or relocate. I'm just happy they weren't harmed. Perhaps when large areas are repaired, things can be made more bike- friendly.
as someone from nearby that area,
i went on a family trip about 12 years ago to the grand canyon, we drove through colorado to get to arizona.
one of the things we noticed on that trip was the excessive amount of bikers we saw through that area of the country
we then coined an inside joke that whenever we saw someone biking along the highway we would have to say "this isnt colorado" to ourselves
with that preamble out of the way,
this isnt colorado why are you biking through asheville whats wrong with you
11:12 gives you the whole lane “uh that was not cool”
Review your video and see how many times you passed on the right, crossed the double yellow, etc. and etc. Then decide if that kind of carelessness endears cyclists to drivers.
Crazy that this is some of the last pre-flood footage recorded
Hope all is ok after the flooding.
I bet it has a lower score now
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Assville
This video demonstrates exactly the problem that happens world-wide, when priority and convenience is taken away from people and alternative modes or transport, and given to private motor vehicles.
Bro, are you guys good?
1:30 He can't activate hover mode to go up staircases? Don't know if I can trust him anymore..
You made it there early enough. The city got flooded.
Man if you would’ve done this any later you would’ve been stranded in Asheville. All the bride he’s in are washed away
It always amazes me how people fear anything that's new to them. They fear trains coming out of the city because it will "bring crime" to the suburbs, they fear bike lanes and pedestrian walkways because it interferes with traffic, it goes on and on. All of these things bring people who are moving slowly through the business districts, which is always GREAT for local businesses. I can't think of one American city where there are tons of folks in the area on foot or bikes where the area is riddled with crime or depressed.
We spent a week in Asheville and despite hearing how big of a "biking" city it was, I was shocked at how terrible the ped/bike facilities were.
seth would love the vennbahn
There isn't an Ashville anymore.
Dude rode around on the Key West Highway. Asheville is child's play!
Really enjoyed this one, hope to see more like it! I just looked up my city's bikeability score and was surprised to see as high as 30.. We got a 58 in access to major retail which surprises me the most. Most of the major shopping is near impossible to bike to, however it's actually located in an adjacent township so it isn't even counted for this rating. On the interactive map the whole city is in the red stress zone except for downtown and a north and south neighborhood.. I should learn more about how they rate that bc the stress level should be highest factor no matter where you are going.
The moment I saw a pedestrian path over the highway I knew this city is better than mine for bicycling 😂
They sure can bike now after hurricane Helene! 😢
this was one of my favorite videos you've made. please make more videos like this
BACK TO THE OLD VIDEOS OMG
Good luck biking in Asheville now.
How to destroy your bicycle 101
Update after storm of 2024 September Helene ?
Try it now lol
In the 80's, there was no such thing as "bicycling infrastructure".
You'll need floaties now. Looks like their lack of infrastructure isnt just bad for bikes. They can't handle water either.