An English comedian questioned whether riding a motorbike up Baldwin St was a good idea moments before successfully completing the feat.<\/p>\n
John Bishop said he felt like Evel Knievel as he rode the bike up the world’s steepest street, while in Dunedin this week as part of his New Zealand tour.<\/p>\n
“I’m honestly not convinced it’s a good idea, to be honest,” Bishop said as he prepared the for the ride at the bottom, with a group of school children watching on.<\/p>\n
He need not have worried, though.<\/p>\n
Bishop made it to the top, although seemed to stall as he slowed down to avoid a pedestrian on the road.<\/p>\n
“People push prams up it,” Bishop said later.<\/p>\n
“I filmed it like I was Top Gear.”<\/p>\n
Aside from walking and running, Baldwin St has had many unusual ascents over the years.<\/p>\n
In 1988 Iain Clark rollerbladed his way up the street, to the disbelief of those looking on.<\/p>\n
In 2018 then-11-year-old Harry Willis climbed the street on a pogo stick, setting on unofficial world record and raising $6700 for Ronald McDonald House in the process.<\/p>\n
Dennis Pushenko rode up the street on an electric unicycle in 2021 in a bid to show what could be achieved with electric transportation.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most ambitious attempt came in 2016, when champion hill climbing penny farthing rider Oliver Briggs unsuccessfully tried to ride his penny farthing up the street.<\/p>\n
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