Posts Tagged ‘ Video ’

Here’s a confession in two parts: My father used to drink and drive. Every Friday night, he’d go out and get thoroughly tanked up, then drive home. He’d usually make it half way, before abandoning the car, and Saturday mornings were then spent in a hilarious parody of a treasure hunt, trying to find said...
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Second day running that I’m posting a Danny MacAskill video. This one shows that I have more in common with him than I’d first thought: We’ve both sold our souls to the devil. In his case, it involves getting paid to advertise a car (Oh, Danny, how could you !?). Though in return for that,...
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When asked about her dancing with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers once remarked that she did everything he did. Only backwards. And in high heels. Watching this new Danny MacAskill film gives me the same feeling about Parkour & free running. Surely it’d be more challenging (and impressive?) if anyone could do it on a bike...
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In the last week or so there’s been quite a discussion going about what people should campaign for if we’re to get more people in the UK to ride bikes rather than drive cars. The discussion can be summarised as, in the blue corner : Cyclists and so-called cyclists’ groups should stop being such a...
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This found on the ever-vigilant Bike Hugger ’s site: I still reckon some drivers would claim they hadn’t seen you though . . .
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… and then there’s trick bike riding. This would be the latter: (found via the excellent Urban Velo )
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… If you have to ask for it, you’re probably not going to get it! Actually jumping red lights (and I don’t mean just crossing the line when your light is still red for a fraction of a second, and you can see that the lights the other way are red and the traffic has...
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We’ll all live in cities in the sky… … doors will open automatically … … people will drive electric cars … … wear synthetic, yet practical clothing… … and the public transport system will be big on monorails … Actually, when I put it like that, it looks like: The future’s here already The future’s a...
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I wish I could put together videos like this: Still - at least I have the satisfaction of being one of the 250 volunteers: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he or she rode that bike with me Shall be my brother; be they ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle their condition; And gentlemen in...
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