Posts Tagged ‘ Video ’

For those of you who’ve been asking to see the Frankenbike in action, here’s a short clip: The paint arrived for it last Friday, so over the next few days I’ll be stripping it back to the frame and painting it scarlet!
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The plan was simplicity in itself: Tall Robbie and I would get the train across to Whitehaven on Friday evening, B&B overnight, and then cycle back on Saturday. Somewhere between 130 and 140 miles, with around 10,000ft of climbing in the last days of winter. What could possibly go wrong? Seeing as the plan was to...
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FutureCycles posted this video from the Brompton factory today: As it happens, I’m a bit of a factory nerd, so I love this sort of thing. It got me thinking - what other bicycle factory footage could I find? The obvious answer is from Brooks Saddles: My professional opinion on the above two films? Well, I can...
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Last Friday the weather was fine, and the winds light, so I knocked off early to head up to Ashington to collect the Frankenbike. At around 3m long, it won’t fit into the car, so the only option was to ride it home. And that’s just what I did - I rode there on the...
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You should try the Australian version. Note the fine physique of the presenters, and their completely fair & accurate reporting: Still, it’s good to see that they take safety seriously, and are pioneering the use of driver’s helmets. Shame the chin strap’s not done up (REALLY TIGHT), but at least it’s a start.
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…but this is very funny, and quite well done. If you’re watching at work, your boss will be particularly impressed (in a way that could significantly change your pay) if you could turn the sound RIGHT UP before pressing play:
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I met this woman in Whitely Bay today: See that behind the double-buggy? It’s the obvious alternative to a buggy board. I’ve always puzzled about buggy boards, which leave the parent walking along stretched out like some demented time trial cyclist who wants to spend every spare minute practising “getting really aero”. Apparently it’s called a...
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No, really, it is. Apparently, you’re more likely to be injured in an hour of gardening than in an hour of cycling. Yet there’s that campaign from The Times, that ends up getting a mention in PMQs: There’s an excellent commentary on this piece of Parliamentary history over on As Easy As Riding A Bike (bottom line: the...
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This via Retronaut: You can stop watching after the first couple of minutes - unless you want to play 1950s RP Bingo. Points awarded for every time the narrator says the word “lovely”!
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Great to see people wearing everyday clothes in this video: That video came from the same people who were responsible for this: Don’t try this at home, kids!
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