VIDEO: Hero Cyclist On Brooklyn Bridge Sings For People To Move Out Of His Way

BROOKLYN BRIDGE, NY — A cyclist explained why he went viral while singing on the Brooklyn Bridge: he figured out it was the best way to get people to move out of his way.

Noam Osband wrote in the Daily O on Monday that on New Year's Day 2017, he was in a "particularly good mood" because of a concert he had seen the night before. So he decided to sing — not yell — to people that they were walking in the bike lane on the Brooklyn Bridge.

Little did Osband know that a cyclist onlooker filmed his performance, and the whole spectacle was posted to Reddit, making it to the front page with hundreds of comments.

"I ride my bike everyday in NYC. I love it with one major exception: the Brooklyn Bridge," Osband wrote. "The prettiest bit of construction in New York is usually a Hobbesian nightmare as pedestrians and cyclists try to share a path built in the 19th century. The bike lane isn't well marked, and it's usually full of tourists looking at their phones to take a good photo."

Osband explained that his unusually good mood led to singing, which led to him discovering the most effective way to get pedestrians to budge.

"It was amazing; instead of tourists giving you stares of death, they broke into smiles of warmth. And more importantly, they moved out of the way."

Video captured Osband crooning "Bike lane/Don't stand in the Bike Lane/Bike lane/You should please move" first to the Star Wars theme melody, and then to a melody he could have only composed right there on the spot. His musicality and tone can be described as half-Bing-Crosby-half-Will-Ferrell-in-Stepbrothers.

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