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Kids love bikes and shiny new things, so it's not a huge surprise that this group of middle-schoolers would flock to the bike-share station at East 11th Street near First Avenue. You have to be 16 to join Citi Bike, but what we see in the video, posted by EV Grieve, are a lot of potential future members. What kid wouldn't prefer a bike ride to the crosstown bus?

Really though, these guys are just acting on what a lot of New Yorkers are thinking right now.

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