January 13, 2014Leave a Comment
A year ago, “Bicycle Dreams” producer Stephen Auerbach collected all of those film festival movies about bicycles that you won’t ever seen online and created a a bicycle short film compilation DVD.
He’s returned with a second volume, collecting three of the finest cycling films of recent times. I haven’t seen this yet but it looks promising. Trailer videos, DVD and digital download available here.
August 9, 20131 Comment on Nora Jane Struthers rides a bike
Happy Friday. I hope you enjoy this new music video from 29-year-old Nashville artist Nora Jane Struthers. The video features her and her band mates biking the streets of East Nashville.
The first time Struthers sings the song’s most important line — “I can go anywhere” — the phrase rises up out of her throat, free, wide open. The second time, a phrase later, she clamps down on it with some grit. “‘Bike Ride’ is a song about a re-awakening,” the 29-year-old Nashville resident said in a recent email. “When you propel yourself forward through time and space on your own steam, you realize your own agency.”
Read more about this song and video at NPR. You can buy the MP3 here
Via Carl, who owes me a review for a bike light!
April 24, 20133 Comments on Insanely tall tallbike
I’ve seen photos of this stupid tall tallbike floating around and you probably have too. Here’s the helmet cam footage from that 14.5 foot tallbike. I’m guessing this took place during the 150,000 strong Ciclavia from last weekened. Who needs a helicopter for aerial footage when you’ve got this?
April 18, 20132 Comments on Santa Cruz Jump Jam aerial footage
Those of you who visited the Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival last weekend probably saw the R/C multicopter floating around the festival grounds. This chopper was built and operated by Matthew Lavin, who builds these machines for clients. He kindly provided his video footage from the Sunday Jump Jam for your enjoyment.
Enjoy!
I met with Matthew yesterday morning on West Cliff Drive, where he shot video of wounder war veterans learning to surf in Operation Surf. I watched one guy with no legs do a handstand to surf! A CBS crew from Los Angeles were also there filming Operation Surf for a documentary that will air in May.
Today, I’m on my way (by bike and bus) to the Sea Otter Festival in Monterey, California. If you see a guy on a bike pulling a Burley Travoy trailer on Highway 68 south of Salinas or suffering up the 16% grade of A Road at Laguna Seca, that’s probably me. For that uphill portion, I’ll likely accept offers of a ride if you happen to have a truck.
March 18, 20131 Comment on Hey Bubba, hold my flamethrower and watch this
Los Angeles cinematographer Richie Trimble posts this bit of insanity involving a wooden mini-velodrome, a young woman in short shorts doing unspeakable things to a Bianchi Pista, an old dude on a little girl’s bike, a man with a prosthetic leg, a flamethrower, lots of fire, sledgehammers, and destruction set to Sabbath’s “War Pigs.”
Via too many sources to count; it kind of went viral beginning last Friday or so.
March 1, 20133 Comments on Spinster: A cycling psycho thriller
Kristen Tieche is a genuine bike person and a friend, and she’s legit as a film producer. I supported her psycho-thriller “Spinster”; I hope you will too.
Kristin describes “The Spinster” as a psychological thriller that follows a cycle vixen in search of true love into the dark, shadowy depths of romance. Does the protagonist’s “Maneater” t-shirt foreshadow something something a little more literal?
Go ahead already and pledge a few dollars to complete her film. It’ll be good, I promise!
