Originally Posted by
November
Agreed. This "commercial" blows. The only person not looking/behaving like a ****** was the guy eating on the bus. While everyone else was having panic attacks or pedalling like a fool, he was the willow that bends but doesn't break. Completely unflappable.
To be "viral" a video has to be clever, brief and make an impact. This just stunk up the joint.
No offense to folder fanatic.
None taken as I had nothing to do with the making of that video. I simply post them when I see them here and other places on the World Wide Web for strictly educational purposes.
Originally Posted by
ShinyBiker
It's good to see folding bikes in action. However, the video makes it seem that the Brommie rider will not sweat vs. the full size bike rider. Brompton could have put more emphasis on the multimodal benefits of their bike.
Thanks, FF!
Always happy to help out.
Originally Posted by
jefmcg
1) You don't label your own video as viral, that's something that happens after you release it. It saves you the embarrassment at calling it "viral" with 577 views in 6 months. This is viral:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE
2) South west trains???? WTF? I've just started cycling my folder the whole 26 km as many days as I can, because the sweet hell that is south west trains. I notice that he gets off a Vauxhall (smart choice. the main station, Waterloo, is a mile from Vauxhall but 7 minutes journey time, because the train has to wait 6 1/2 minutes for a platform). But at Vauxhall, he better be standing near the door and on the right side of the carriage because people getting off at Vauxhall with luggage have to beg their fellow commuters to let them off before the door shuts. I'm not sure about Wimbledon, but from Richmond the SWT are so crowded you can't always board (even without a folder) and the last time I caught one I was standing with my legs slightly apart, and a man behind me had a leg - innocently -between mine. Which was horrible, but there was nothing to be done as it was too crowded for him to change his stance.
3) Why doesn't the woman using public transport take the train into central london rather than the underground. Especially as there is a magical train leaving Wimbledon at 8.20 with no crowding.
4) I was describing the ad to my partner. "It ends with the guy on the Brompton getting the girl" "That's totally unrealistic"
joan
ps London underground is much worse than South west trains. First day at new job in Canary Wharf, the 11 minute journey from Waterloo to CW took over an hour "passengers are being held here due to overcrowding on the platform"
I do not know much about London in the UK so I cannot comment here about it. With the exception that I wish to visit and see for myself it's good and bad sides.
And that segment about meeting up with a pretty girl on a Brompton? Pure fantasy directed at the young men (and even some older ones). Nothing like that can happen in real life.