Ryan, but everybody calls him Rydo. Mostly nights, because 12am is his hour. Two bikes, two helmets, and one empty passenger seat, filmed mile by mile through the city and up the Hudson.
12am. still no one to text home safe.
"Day or night, I'm a ride or die dude with an empty passenger seat in NYC."
Ryan grew up upstate. Long back roads, nothing open after 10pm, and the kind of quiet that makes you want to leave. He learned to ride on a friend's beat-up dirt bike and never stopped thinking about it.
Back home they called him Ry, and he never turned down a ride. 2am, rain, didn't matter. The answer was always "ride or die." His crew mashed the two together, Rydo stuck, and when he moved to the city the name came with him.
Now he rides NYC mostly at night, because 12am is when the city finally gets quiet, closer to how home used to feel. He started filming because those rides felt worth keeping. And because there's no one to text "home safe" to.
bought two helmets. still wearing one.
See where I rideConcrete and steel at midnight. River and mountains on the weekend. These are the roads that show up most on the channel.
Bridges, tunnels, and empty streets at 12am. The Manhattan Bridge lit up over the river, the FDR and the West Side Highway with nobody on them, the Holland and Lincoln tunnels once the traffic's gone. That's when the city finally sounds like home.
Weekend escapes up Route 9W, Storm King, Bear Mountain, and Perkins Drive. This is the going home ride, pointed back toward upstate with Seven Lakes Drive cutting through the trees and the Hudson down below. Linda usually gets this one.
Four rides straight off the tracker. Hudson Valley motorcycle rides, over the river and up into the mountains.
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge → Walden → Pine Bush → Ellenville → Grahamsville → Liberty → Monticello → back over the Hudson
left with a full tank. came back with an empty one.
Hudson Highlands → Bear Mountain Bridge → Route 9W south → Nyack → Mario M. Cuomo Bridge → back up through Westchester
two bridges, one river, one empty seat.
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge → Plattekill → Gardiner → Shawangunk Ridge → Kerhonkson, and back
ridge to the left, valley to the right. no complaints.
No destination. Back roads, one loop, home safe.
sometimes 36 minutes is enough.
only two girls in my life. linda and tina.
His first real bike. Linda takes the day rides and the long ones, up 9W and back toward upstate when the city gets loud.
The late-night girl. Moodier, darker, made for 12am. If it's after midnight and the bridges are empty, it's Tina.
Neither one has ever left him on read. Don't ask about specs, he'll just tell you about their personalities.
Full ride videos land on YouTube, with the quick cuts on TikTok and Instagram. Hit play and ride along.
Late-night ride endings across the city. 12am, still no one to text home safe.
The ride back toward upstate, and the story of where the name Rydo came from.
Day rides on Linda, night rides on Tina. Which one's taking me out tonight?
seat's open. helmet's already waiting. New rides drop every week, so pick your platform and ride along.
You Asked. Rydo Answered.
show your face
visor stays down. for now.
why rydo?
ride or die. my boys upstate shortened it.
where you from?
upstate. the city just has better lighting.
who's linda? who's tina?
the only two that never left.
what do you do?
ride. the rest is boring.
who was the helmet for?
someday i'll tell you.