--- description: Bike faster! title: Watch an Ostrich Chase Down Two Cyclists Because It Can image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch an Ostrich Chase Down Two Cyclists Because It Can by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2016 5:44 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2016 5:44 PM CUT The ostrich is the [world’s largest bird](http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/ostrich/ "undefined"), and while it doesn’t fly, it can cover a lot of ground in a single stride. So while you may have forgotten that ostriches can run up to 43 miles an hour, it’s a lesson these two bicyclists aren’t soon to forget. In a video making the rounds on the Internet after being posted by [Unilad](https://www.facebook.com/uniladmag/videos/2210248035664910/?fref=nf "undefined") on Facebook, a seemingly irate ostrich chases down two spandex clad cyclists as they make their way down a road. While they try to outrace the bird, according to the [National Wildlife Foundation](http://www.nwf.org/news-and-magazines/national-wildlife/birds/archives/2006/a-bird-like-no-other.aspx "undefined"), ostriches can run faster “than Lance Armstrong in a time trial.” The jumbo birds are capable of motoring on for 10 miles straight at a clip of 30 miles an hour, which is fast enough to earn an ostrich a speeding ticket in a school zone. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4249595/ostrich-chases-down-cyclists/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4249595/ostrich-chases-down-cyclists/"},"headline":"Watch an Ostrich Chase Down Two Cyclists Because It Can","datePublished":"2016-03-07T17:44:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:45.738Z","description":"Bike faster!","url":"https://time.com/4249595/ostrich-chases-down-cyclists/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","Viral video","bicycle"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4249595/ostrich-chases-down-cyclists/","name":"Watch an Ostrich Chase Down Two Cyclists Because It Can"}}]}] ```