The LA Bike Tour

By WILL CAMPBELL
May 25th, 2009 @ 9:15 PM Biking in LA, Events, Fun, Sports

From start to finish: The 65 minutes it took me to complete this morning’s 21-mile L.A. Bike Tour route condensed down to a 4-1/2 minute timelapse video captured from my handlebar cam. Now you can not and say you did:

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7 Comments so far

  1. Dave Share (daveshare) on May 25th, 2009 @ 10:21 pm

    NEET!


  2. Lucinda Michele (la_michele) on May 25th, 2009 @ 11:03 pm

    Way to go, Will!!!


  3. Burns! (burns) on May 26th, 2009 @ 1:59 am

    I really like these time lapse videos. In addition to just being cool, they remind me that I’ve really got to get on my bike more. And stick a camera on the handlebars.


  4. barleye on May 26th, 2009 @ 8:57 am

    you were definitely hauling ass…..took me 78 minutes and i didn’t stop the whole time. I was averaging about 14-20 mph the whole route. you kept passing everyone.


  5. WILL CAMPBELL (willcampbell) on May 26th, 2009 @ 10:10 am

    Thanks Barleye. I definitely exploit this event for its opportunities to push myself. In the aftermath I kept thinking that if I’d poached up as far to the front of the corral as possible and hadn’t had the chain fail, I would’ve had a shot at besting my personal record of 63 minutes. Next year.


  6. babamoto on May 26th, 2009 @ 5:19 pm

    Will: very cool. Thanks. I havent ridden tha bike tour in a million years, but your vid made me recall the pre-dawn start and the beautiful, eerie transition into sunlight. You were bookin’, eh? I think my best was 1:18 on the old, old course.
    Did the old lady trying to cross the tour route carrying two plastic grocery bags make her appearance this year? She be ghost, you know.
    Babamoto


  7. cruftbox on May 26th, 2009 @ 8:31 pm

    I did the ride in 1:15. I waited on the right side to start and waited for the crowd to roll a bit before getting on the bike. I had a good time. I was wearing my Captain America jersey…



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