noahhussin

Hey everyone,

We're two filmmakers who've decided to give up the luxuries of cars and apartments for a year, crossing the country on recycled road bikes with a portable production studio in-tow.

We're producing a documentary about our travels in episodes, along with photography and writing. We've finished the first leg of the journey and have a short film online: https://www.americarecycled.org/?p=618

We'd love to hear feedback from other like-minded individuals about how we're presenting the lifestyle to the world. If you have 5 or 10 minutes to spare, let us know what you think!

Thanks a lot everyone,
Noah and Tim

midschool22

Nice job guys! Very cool. Can't wait for the next video.

10 Wheels

Hey Guys, That was neat.

catonec 

road kill and dumpster diving?? I like riding my bike too but obviously not as much as those dudes.

aetherguy881

Interesting, I'm looking forward to the next one.

noahhussin

Here's the post about the bike cooperative where we built the recycled bikes.

It's a volunteer run garage that collects old bike parts and teaches people to work on them. Really inspiring place.

https://www.americarecycled.org/?p=293

chambers078

Very well done guys! I really like what I've seen so far and look forward to future installments.

jshelly

very nice, I am jealous

botto 

how very tehching hsieh of you.

mustang1

I enjoyed that a lot.

(And Hsieh).

entukay

Very cool, if you ever need a place to crash in DC, you've got one here.

CNY James

generally agree. Could handle the miles, the camping, the touring aspect but I'm one of the robots that was programmed to not eat what was thrown away.

I bet the people in the touring forum would love this, you should share with them.

Rocket-Sauce 

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max power

please change title to

Living like a hippie for a year: A documentary


and stop romanticizing being homeless

surgeonstone

Beautiful work, I look forward to following along.

mzeffex 

awes0ke

Bontrager

Ironic that the wordpress theme they're using on their blog is called "clean home."

sqharaway

Not bad! I did a three week bike tour this summer by myself, so not nearly as long as the one year you are planning, but the points of your commentary captured a lot of the emotions I experienced nonetheless. One piece of advice: cut the poetic narration. Say what you need to say, and otherwise let the images speak for themselves without repeating yourself in labored, flowery prose. All the same, best of luck!

Tio

This is less in retort to sqharaway (no offense, brother), but I humbly disagree. While the narrator might have been a bit ruminative and hyperbolic, I think that that is part of the experience. What is a manufactured existential quest without a series long meandering harangues? Good stuff. In fact, I genuinely appreciated the occasionally paradoxical chronicling, situated with no shortage of meandering phrases, as it seemed to fit within the theme established by our narrator (e.g., "unedited first draft" leading into an allusion to post-modern conceptualizations of reincarnation is pure theatre of the absurd). And I genuinely mean this as a compliment to our narrator.

If you gents make it to the southwest, ABQ in particular, and want some company on the road some day, send out a PM. As a selling point I am a counseling professor, which might come in handy after the therapy of the road wears thin (meant partly in jest).

Good work and good luck.

Oh, and to the folk who recommend to stop romanticizing being homeless, maybe the same recommendation could be extended to the homely (or homebound). That mere fact that such an inappurtenant feeling can be elicited is the greatest testament that the OPs agenda is working. (again, no real offense intended... more defense of the possibilities)

RoboCheme

very nice

colombo357

LOL. Like minded? This documentary has absolutely nothing to do with road cycling. In this forum, we bicker about carbon fiber handlebars, lycra, and polarized sunglass lenses. Precisely zero members here can relate to your "lifestyle".

Couldn't have said it better myself.

If these videos end up on youtube I will be giving them THUMBS DOWN ratings.

blknyt

Don't let some of the hyper-adrenalized narcissists on this forum influence the significance of your vision. In its own way your minimalist challenge is every bit as legitimate as their pursuit of speed and performance.

The photography in this film is absolutely beautiful, and I became immediately engaged in the adventure and the characters. I was shocked that the clip lasted over 7 minutes -felt like 2. Looking forward to the next sequence.

Be safe....

noahhussin

Hey Everyone!

Thanks so much for all the feedback. We've posted a new touring video that we filmed on our way from Tennessee down to Louisiana. Let us know what you think!

https://www.americarecycled.org/2011/...m-the-road-ii/

bostongarden

Good luck to you there; looks like you're enjoying yourself and the experience. Good to see some adventure and can-do spirit.

Why did the interval training and crit racing footage end up on the editing room floor? I heard that you guys can haul out when pressed

ravenmore

Lack of open mind and no appreciation of sense of adventure. check.