BS Summary: This video contains 24 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 41.5% saturation with 147 hits. Analysis detected 965 faulty-reasoning hits from 354 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66.7% and a BS Rank of 81% (5,054 of 25,430 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 80.10% of the video peer group.
So, you're going to put up your kickstand first.
>> They say you never forget how to ride a bike. But what if you never learned?
That's when you come here.
>> So, show me your feet up. Yes.
>> To Bike New York's free adult biking lessons.
>> We have a group of adults who don't know how to ride a bike for one reason or another. They never learned.
>> This is it. Have fun, everybody.
>> Venita Vine says learning to ride a bicycle has been on her bucket list for years.
Her kids know, but she was never taught.
>> I tried on my own, and I've just been really embarrassed at my age that I don't know how to ride a bike.
>> Getting over that embarrassment is the first step.
And it turns out not knowing how to ride isn't that unusual.
Bike New York education director Rich Conroy says every adult cycling class they hold fills up.
>> It's never too late to learn. So, we've had people who are in their 80s take these classes.
>> In this judgment-free space, grown-ups learn at their own pace.
Venita's first lesson, balance.
>> I get momentum and then it stops.
>> And making mistakes is okay.
>> I'm just wobbling.
>> But before long, these students start to get the hang of it.
>> This is good. Yes. Yes. Don't forget this is all about getting to know your brakes.
>> It's always fun to see them pedaling for the first time. and everybody's clapping and cheering.
>> I think when I actually got the balance and the speed, I felt free.
>> Bucket list item checked off. And Venita has some advice for anyone afraid to learn something new.
>> You have to do it. You have to try it at least once.
See if it's for you and go.
>> Now, these first timers get to experience a magic not just for kids.
Riding a bike all by themselves. Michael
George, CBS News, New York.
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