Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
7.10.2014
The Return of the Unipiper + Pedal Powered Talk Show
How much do I LOVE Portland?
It's the only city that can proudly claim bragging rights to both the Unipiper AND the world's only Pedal Powered Talk Show! Not to mention Phil and his rad Metrofiets!
So put them all into one cute and short video that also includes goats! Yes, GOATS!
Can't go wrong with a man in a kilt on a uni. Especially one that blows flames.
You win, Portland!
4.30.2014
The Rise of Protected Bike Lanes (video)
While the rest of San Francisco is out riding around in this beautiful sunny weather, I'm sick at home with the flu. So what do I do? I'm spending time watching other people bike around on the interwebz! I'm particularly inspired by this video from People for Bikes Green Lane Project about the rise of protected bike lanes in North America, and I think you will be too.
The Rise of Protected Bike Lanes in the U.S. from Green Lane Project on Vimeo.
Yippee! As one new protected bike lane goes up on Polk Street in my own city of San Francisco, I am grateful for the fact that this trend is happening in other cities across the U.S. like Memphis and Chicago. There's light at the end of the sharrow!9.16.2013
7.22.2013
2.07.2013
Conviva & CicloFaixa roll out more love!
When I visited São Paulo in 2010, it was a city screaming out for more love.
We all need more love, don't we?
And it seems like the love has finally arrived. Positive changes are afloat in South America's megalopolis! Enter Movimento Conviva and CicloFaixa - whose hope is to promote more harmony in São Paulo's streets, where cars still rule. CicloFaixa has made it possible for Paulistas who bike to own part of these streets, at least on Sundays and holidays, from 7 am to 4 pm, when people can cycle around a total of 149 km, with designated bike routes that pass through parks and nearby museums.
Bring your own bike...
or borrow one of theirs!
Conviva is the movement for pedestrians, drivers and bikers to coexist harmoniously. After all, all we really want is to get to our destinations safe and sound, so we can enjoy our lives.
But of course, on a bike it's not just about the destination, but the journey. Please enjoy this little video I made about CicloFaixa & Conviva, put the music of Chico Science & Nação Zumbi.
Happiness and harmony abound! Ding ding!
We all need more love, don't we?
And it seems like the love has finally arrived. Positive changes are afloat in South America's megalopolis! Enter Movimento Conviva and CicloFaixa - whose hope is to promote more harmony in São Paulo's streets, where cars still rule. CicloFaixa has made it possible for Paulistas who bike to own part of these streets, at least on Sundays and holidays, from 7 am to 4 pm, when people can cycle around a total of 149 km, with designated bike routes that pass through parks and nearby museums.
Bring your own bike...
or borrow one of theirs!
Conviva is the movement for pedestrians, drivers and bikers to coexist harmoniously. After all, all we really want is to get to our destinations safe and sound, so we can enjoy our lives.
But of course, on a bike it's not just about the destination, but the journey. Please enjoy this little video I made about CicloFaixa & Conviva, put the music of Chico Science & Nação Zumbi.
Happiness and harmony abound! Ding ding!
11.08.2012
Bike Camping and Touring
My bikey filmmaker friend Laura Lukitsch took the plunge into bike camping, as many of my other friends (like CTX from CYLRAB) have in the past year, and documented her experience like like any good filmmaker would. Check out her fun ABC's of bike camping:
Intro to Bike Camping from Laura J. Lukitsch on Vimeo.
One of the reasons I purchased my Surly Cross Check was so I could join my friends on some bike camping/touring trips in the near future. But Laura shows us that you don't need any special kind of bike - you can hop on the one you got, grab a map and go! OR, maybe one day you can live the dream of an entire bike touring vacation. This gorgeous video of Oregon's Scenic Bikeways dishes out some juicy travel inspiration. Makes me want to hop on Amtrak with Seabiscuit and go on a road trip! Shall we?6.15.2012
2.29.2012
You & I - for your viewing pleasure
I love stop motion animation.
I love that this stop motion animation film starts with a cute hipster couple taking a ride on a tandem bicycle.
I love that they end up in Paris and the guy's got the killer t-shirt to show for it.
I love the simple DIY nature of this film.
2.27.2012
Sonia's Travels - Then We Take Berlin!
I love Sonia's bike travel videos. But when I watched this Berlin episode, this Leonard Cohen song kept going through my head... Maybe she'll add a new soundtrack. ;-)
2.25.2012
1.30.2012
Milan's Bicycles on Sonia's Travels
I didn't go to Paris to ride a bike, but Sonia went to Milan to do just that.
Ciao, Bella!
Ciao, Bella!
11.21.2011
A New Manifesto? Or No Manifesto?
What is a manifesto?
Webster defines it this way: a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer.
Now I ask, how can you assign a manifesto to a cyclist? When a bicycle represents freedom? A bicycle is a mode of transport that gives you choices. It gives you independence. It lets you turn right or left at a moment's notice. It exhilarates you. It makes you feel timeless.
The bicycle also connects you. Your senses are elevated. You notice the little details. You hear conversations on the corner. You feel the crisp wind on your face. You sense the vibrations of the earth in your bones. You smell the air - or sometimes must hold your breath. You share this unique experience with the person saddled next to you in the bike lane.
So why, when one is manifesting his or her own ability to move freely, would she want to adopt a manifesto, when she alone decides when to switch gears or turn in a new direction, wherever the wind carries her?
Perhaps the manifesto is a concept of the past. How can 7 billion people adopt one manifesto? And is that what we truly need - another set of rules to adopt? Someone else to tell us what we want?
Or is what we need the absence of a manifesto?
For much of our lives, we were told that we need to get a job. Make money. Buy a house. Settle down. Invest in things. And then we grow up, and we may not have any of them. We may have little or nothing of "value."
I've realized that once you subscribe to a philosophy of life, you should be open to the idea that your philosophy could fall short of not just your reality, but more importantly, your dreams. You need to be willing to accept the negation of any train of thought. (The earth, for example, revolves around the sun.)
Perhaps it's time to say goodbye to manifestos. It's time to not define the way things must be.
Perhaps it's simply time to create and connect.
Webster defines it this way: a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer.
Now I ask, how can you assign a manifesto to a cyclist? When a bicycle represents freedom? A bicycle is a mode of transport that gives you choices. It gives you independence. It lets you turn right or left at a moment's notice. It exhilarates you. It makes you feel timeless.
The bicycle also connects you. Your senses are elevated. You notice the little details. You hear conversations on the corner. You feel the crisp wind on your face. You sense the vibrations of the earth in your bones. You smell the air - or sometimes must hold your breath. You share this unique experience with the person saddled next to you in the bike lane.
So why, when one is manifesting his or her own ability to move freely, would she want to adopt a manifesto, when she alone decides when to switch gears or turn in a new direction, wherever the wind carries her?
Perhaps the manifesto is a concept of the past. How can 7 billion people adopt one manifesto? And is that what we truly need - another set of rules to adopt? Someone else to tell us what we want?
Or is what we need the absence of a manifesto?
For much of our lives, we were told that we need to get a job. Make money. Buy a house. Settle down. Invest in things. And then we grow up, and we may not have any of them. We may have little or nothing of "value."
I've realized that once you subscribe to a philosophy of life, you should be open to the idea that your philosophy could fall short of not just your reality, but more importantly, your dreams. You need to be willing to accept the negation of any train of thought. (The earth, for example, revolves around the sun.)
Perhaps it's time to say goodbye to manifestos. It's time to not define the way things must be.
Perhaps it's simply time to create and connect.
11.14.2011
fancy footwork!
Here's an experience I will never grow tired of - crossing the Golden Gate Bridge by bike. I've documented my own crossings, but watch how Greg Ciro Tornincasa does it.
Greg describes this film like this: "My first video time-lapse using the GoPro HD, biking from San Francisco to Sausalito. 3,000+ photos, shot every 2 seconds, cut with a few video transitions."
Fancy footwork in those fancy yellow shoes, Greg. I like it! Thanks for sharing!
Greg describes this film like this: "My first video time-lapse using the GoPro HD, biking from San Francisco to Sausalito. 3,000+ photos, shot every 2 seconds, cut with a few video transitions."
Fancy footwork in those fancy yellow shoes, Greg. I like it! Thanks for sharing!
11.08.2011
the jetpack is finally here
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance says it best - we can ALL just get along! Let's put aside our differences as different kinds of cyclists and all roll on into the future! Into a city that allows us to ride safely and comfortably wherever we choose to go.
Ride on!
Roll On, Oregon from Bicycle Transportation Alliance on Vimeo.
Ride on!
10.05.2011
Cycling For Everyone by Amsterdamize
Could this be our history too? Someday?
This is a fantastic little film by my friend Marc from Amsterdamize on the history and state of cycling in The Netherlands. Excellent filmmaking and narration by Marc, the man, the myth, the legend himself.
This is a fantastic little film by my friend Marc from Amsterdamize on the history and state of cycling in The Netherlands. Excellent filmmaking and narration by Marc, the man, the myth, the legend himself.
9.15.2011
How to Choose a Bike - a webisode from Mind The Gap
With so many bikes to choose from, how does a new cyclist make the right choice?
If you've got a friend who's thinking of buying a new bike, please send him/her this video produced by my friend Laura, director of the upcoming documentary about public transportation Mind The Gap.
Her webisodes are always quite insightful, so I can't wait to see her completed film! In the meantime, she's offering us these entertaining and useful videos while we wait til the film makes it to the silver screen.
If you've got a friend who's thinking of buying a new bike, please send him/her this video produced by my friend Laura, director of the upcoming documentary about public transportation Mind The Gap.
Her webisodes are always quite insightful, so I can't wait to see her completed film! In the meantime, she's offering us these entertaining and useful videos while we wait til the film makes it to the silver screen.
9.02.2011
Breezee One Does Detroit
Girlfriend's got a lot of bikes and boys (props to the beardie weirdie with the baby blue SF hat drinking from a garden hose - RAD).
She's badass in my book.
8.17.2011
Punctured Bicycle On a Hillside Desolate!
Wednesday brings you Morrissey on a bicycle in this lost 1992 press video of the iconic band from the 80s - The Smiths.
I was at the 1985 Meat Is Murder concert. Brings back memories!
I was at the 1985 Meat Is Murder concert. Brings back memories!
7.26.2011
Levi's New Commuter Jean
Seriously - has the bicycle gone mainstream?
Here are a pair of jeans designed by America's major jeans label that are made specifically for the cyclist, with built in reflectors and U-lock carrying functionality.
Is this really happening... finally? Or do you actually think, like some people in cyberspace have argued, that cycling for transportation is simply a fad?
Here are a pair of jeans designed by America's major jeans label that are made specifically for the cyclist, with built in reflectors and U-lock carrying functionality.
Is this really happening... finally? Or do you actually think, like some people in cyberspace have argued, that cycling for transportation is simply a fad?
7.22.2011
Bike Fashion 3.1 - You Look Good (in Phillip Lim)
Reason #11 I like to ride a bike? I get to show off what I'm wearing, demonstrated here in this stylish video shot in San Francisco, with models dressed head-to-toe in 3.1 Phillip Lim.
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