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08-13-08, 08:15 AM
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Cycle Cam Movies
In another post, someone had posted a link to magnatom's youtube movies. From his subscriptions, I've found a couple more:
andyb0000, mailpauljonescouk.
I find these videos are fascinating for some reason. But these guys are all in the UK. The only one I found in the USA is wwbikeped and he only has a handful of videos.
Does anyone have any links to more USA commuters posting videos? I like watching the UK guys, but if I keep watching them, I'm going to end up riding on the wrong side of the road
andyb0000, mailpauljonescouk.
I find these videos are fascinating for some reason. But these guys are all in the UK. The only one I found in the USA is wwbikeped and he only has a handful of videos.
Does anyone have any links to more USA commuters posting videos? I like watching the UK guys, but if I keep watching them, I'm going to end up riding on the wrong side of the road
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I'm not a big fan of these guys, I don't approve. Ditto for CM. They seem to only be interested in irritating drivers 
The reason I like the videos I posted:
1) There are a some that simply show interesting sections of the commute, different conditions, nothing bad happens (good!)
2) There are a lot that show some good and bad road positions, as well as pointers about how to not get squished, and a few examples of mistakes made by the bicyclist, excellent safety advice overall.
3) The bad driving and near misses tend to be the most often posted, and I admit it, they are interesting
The reason I like the videos I posted:
1) There are a some that simply show interesting sections of the commute, different conditions, nothing bad happens (good!)
2) There are a lot that show some good and bad road positions, as well as pointers about how to not get squished, and a few examples of mistakes made by the bicyclist, excellent safety advice overall.
3) The bad driving and near misses tend to be the most often posted, and I admit it, they are interesting
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I'm not a big fan of these guys, I don't approve. Ditto for CM. They seem to only be interested in irritating drivers
The reason I like the videos I posted:
1) There are a some that simply show interesting sections of the commute, different conditions, nothing bad happens (good!)
2) There are a lot that show some good and bad road positions, as well as pointers about how to not get squished, and a few examples of mistakes made by the bicyclist, excellent safety advice overall.
3) The bad driving and near misses tend to be the most often posted, and I admit it, they are interesting
The reason I like the videos I posted:
1) There are a some that simply show interesting sections of the commute, different conditions, nothing bad happens (good!)
2) There are a lot that show some good and bad road positions, as well as pointers about how to not get squished, and a few examples of mistakes made by the bicyclist, excellent safety advice overall.
3) The bad driving and near misses tend to be the most often posted, and I admit it, they are interesting
anyhow it's interesting to watch these "daredevils" thru highway traffic. I'm following some ebay auctions for a cheap aiptek digital camcorder to start making videos of my commute.
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CM on the other hand I have no problem with. When you have groups of over 400 riding together you are going to get some bad apples that are there only to try and start a fight. Sure CM is a bit of an inconvenience to motorists but until drivers understand that cyclists are in the streets the CM groups will help to open their eyes to the sheer volume of people on bikes. Here in SD we had over 1500 people on the last ride according to the website(I personally wasn't present)
People also need to realise that cyclists are increasing in number at an alarming rate due to gas prices and that all of these cyclists are inexperienced so we all need to keep an eye out for people getting back into the game.
I expect I'll get flamed for my opinion but I'm used to it by now
