Motorcycle trick rider draws masses in Venezuela

Motorcycle trick rider and renalin junkie Pedro Aldana draws masses of Venezuelans starved for entertainment to his street clandestine shows across country. Aldana, who prefers nickname "Crazy Pedro," also teaches boys and young men who flock to his shop in a poor neighborhood of Caracas basics of motorcycle maintenance.

improvised performances consist of swarming motorcyclists riding wheelies at high speed, often standing on one foot or a knee from seat or back foot peg. Among or maneuvers, y turn tight circles in a group, each rider hopping from a normal seated position to sidesdle with front wheel sky-high, while ors make a high-speed run with both wheels on ground and n break hard, popping a reverse wheelie that appears dangerously close to flipping over.

Aldana said y use ir daily motorcycles or ones y use for work to perform tricks.For him, "a great revolution in movement of motorcycles has been created." crew usually rides streets trying to find a place where police won't interrupt ir show. Motorcycle rider Carlos Blanco said that if authorities show up when y are performing and do not support event, group just he to anor place to continue with ir sport.

On Sunday, a squ of soldiers in a poor Caracas neighborhood preempted ir performance before getting started.Led by Aldana, caravan drove in a m dash across Caracas into sweeping barrio of Petare, one of biggest in Venezuela.In a clandestine show, y took over a narrow street with a steep incline, dodging cars and buses performing to a crowd of people who h fun watching show.

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