July Ride

As promised back on July 7th, I've stitched together the videos I took that day into a quick little movie. It's five minutes you'll never forget!

Highland Park Bridge

I don't really know if this bridge is named the Highland Park Bridge, or if it even has a name at all, but it is located in the historic Highland Park subdivision in Lafayette, IN. It crosses over a creek bed and is hidden between houses. Unless one is looking for it, it is easy to pass by and never notice it.

I'm thinking that maybe a former co-worker who lives nearby first told me about the bridge, and it's been 7 or 8 years since I last visited. With their new high-res satellite photos, we can see it on Google Maps:

Click to View in Google Maps
For some reason, I was feeling nervous about taking a movie on what may be private property, so I went to the Tippecanoe County GIS site to view the property boundaries. Looks like we're OK (although it's unclear if anyone owns it).



Here's the video of my crossing:


Miles Ridden: 19.0

Intervalometer

My old Cannon digital camera has a mode called Intervalometer that allows time lapse photography. The shortest time setting is one minute. I lashed the camera to the handlebars and recorded my commute today on the South Work Route.



You may have noticed that the morning ride ended at the back door of my building rather than the bike rack. That's because I couldn't find my keys this morning. I learned later that my wife had grabbed them by mistake.

As part of my continued effort to document where I park my bike, here's a shot of the Trek next to the conference table outside my office. (What a messy desk!)

Parking Inside
Miles Ridden: 8.4

Morning Rush Hour

Way back in December, I took some video during my ride in to work. Today, I'm finally ready to post it.

The camera was mounted on the handlebars, so the perspective waves back and forth as I ride. I doubled the speed of the video, edited out half of it, and added music. Here is the somewhat spastic result:

Serenity Now!

In the 40s and low wind - how could I not ride today after work?

I left around 5:15 and followed the River Road/Campus route, with a little extra. Remember back a couple of months ago when I complained about the pedestrian path that was planned for the Tapawingo Extension? Well, today I rode the unfinished road. I was a little concerned about a police officer not appreciating my hobby of riding on roads under construction. Sure enough, there was one waiting to turn at the far end, but I guess he didn't look my way (or didn't care), and he moved on.



Why the Seinfeldian title? From the moment I started east on River Road to when I left campus, I had one car after another pass me unsafely (while there was oncoming traffic). Instead of getting angry, I just thought about how nice the ride was going and kept my mood up. Serenity now!

To continue my series of bike mounted camera videos, here's part of my ride down the hill at Ross-Ade stadium. I've mounted my camera on the left fork near the axle. I was worried the entire time that it would fall off.



Miles Ridden: 10.3

Snow Ride (Take It Easy)

Tom asked for spinner miles this week. While I didn't get a real ride in, I did strap the camera on my son's bike and ride the cul-du-sac in the snow. The dog came along for fun.

Here's the movie:

In the Windows

I took a video of myself riding down Main Street back in May, during this ride.

Lights! Camera! Action!

The Geek wants to affix a video camera to his helmet, and he has linked to another rider that has posted couple of movies of trail rides. The video is a little unnerving, since we can't really see what's coming up, but it looks like fun.

I can't top that, but I do have a handheld feature from last year that I can show. I took this on the same November day as this picture as I was riding down Northwestern Ave in West Lafayette. There was a little bit of auto and foot traffic heading to the Purdue Women's Basketball game that was soon to start. I'm using my Canon PowerShot S-50 on the movie setting held in my right hand. (Don't laugh at the sweats, it was cold!)

Click for Movie (19MB)

Towards the beginning, a van honks and I spin around to get a picture. Turns out, it was my wife driving to the store for supper. What a great coincidence!

UPDATE:

Here's the video on YouTube: