Leave the marathons, triathlons, and tours to the granolas on the West Coast. New Yorkers are way more hard core than that. They stand there and actually put their hand on the bike. For, like, days.

As proven by the second annual "Hands on a Frame" contest, which is currently (right now! live!) being held at SBR Multisport triatholon shop on 58th between Seventh and Broadway. It is an "endurance" competition in which the last one standing wins … a new bike frame.

… a few multisport athletes in need of a new bike are (still) standing with one of their hands touching a bike frame in midtown Manhattan in chance to win one. They haven’t slept in 72 hours. And neither one is giving up so easily.

“I have had the Scott frame on my wish list since I saw it [in a magazine]. When I saw the contest’s ad it seemed like the right thing to do.”

On Friday night there were 11 competitors lined up to compete for the awesome honor of a winning bike frame, and now, only two are left standing. And when that last hand drops, the winner will not only win a bike, but a spot in the revolving door which is Sheryl Crow's love life.

What New Yorkers will do for kicks [Big & Sharp]