Mr. Beanz

Ran into a first timer on GMR, Cal Lost 85 lbs and now giving it a whirl on GMR. New cyclist, not sure if he made it or not but who cares, 85 lbs? Wow! Stacey is the lady riding by claiming to be goofy. Could be but she's up there haha! Poor Hillbasher, a week vacation and lastnight was his first night back at work. He insisted on riding GMR this morning. Crazy, I myself would have went straight home to bed. Just another nice day on GMR.









Stacey






Some question the authenticity of HB's Brooks saddle, yes it's real!

whitecat

Excellent taste in music, as always I just love that style of rock. What is the name of that song you used here? And the ride looked just fine! Ah reminds me of my local mountains, the sheer joy of grinding it up slowly

Keep up doing these videos, they are an inspiration and make me want to ride more and more. And I completely understand Hillbasher, a good ride always takes priority over sleeping. Anyway, I always tend to sleep better after a good ride, I'd reckon most of us do. Keep cranking!

Mr. Beanz

Thanks! The band is Kansas, name of the song is "Carry On Wayward Son". Man, I'm getting old, this stuff was out in my highschool days, late 70's.

Also had hits "Dust in he Wind", Point of Know Return" and "Fight Fire with Fire" and few others not so popular.

Yes, Hillbasher is crazy and if you agree with his philosophy ride over sleep, you must be crazy too! I prefer the pillow!






I used "Dust in the Wind" back in a March video.

sinclac

Love the vids and the tunes reminds me of high school.

Mr. Beanz

Thanks! Highschool? Sheesh, 30 year reunion this year!

sinclac

We are getting on in years aren't we.

Just an idea how about Stair way to heaven on one of your videos?

Mr. Beanz

Only certain songs are allowed on youtube, copyrigth issues. Believe me, that one has been requested along with a few other Zep songs. Youtube disables the sound on the forbidden songs, which means voices and all!

I have to search the song on YT or test a clip of eveysong before using on YT!

along with love performances, like Do You Feel Like I do and other live tracks I've tried, don't work on YT.

whitecat

It is a nice song! Anyway much better to listen to classics then to this nonsense they make today, it's not even music anymore. Maybe you could use a few other less known tunes and make them known at least to us here at bf Sure wouldn't mind if they are as good as everything you used this far.

But why crazy It's a simple matter loving hills and the pain they bring haha But my favorite part really is the downhill. The local hill I like to drop off sometimes, is like about 3300 ft of elevation or so near the top. It makes for a fast ride down! And take in consideration, I do not ride a swift road bike, oh no, it's an mtb with slicks! So it makes it even harder

whitecat

About that, I think Vimeo doesn't have that problem, you could always try posting your video there and see how it goes.

Mr. Beanz

Thanks, I'll try that see if the songs work on vimeo. Just about every song I use is from the 70-80's so far. But the songs above, wow, they were super popular, even today lots of people know them. I'm not sure if I'd consider them less popular, old yeah but not less popular. But you are correct, today's music is not music like it used to be.

jr59

DRATT! I wanted to watch Mr Beanz use his 120 rpm up the hill.

Great vid, I do so enjoy them.

Mr. Beanz

Thanks! Yes, 120, Homey doesn't know what he's talking about, I climb at 120, sometimes 140 when I'm in a hurry!

whitecat

So I'm back today, and just to add a little bit of spam to your thread Kidding aside, just wanted to chime in - 35 miles today, and 2973 ft of climbing. I could have as well climbed a wall on some places, it's so steep granny gear barely works. So my mission for today is done, if you are interested I have some photos I could post

mduggan

Awesome video, really gets me motivated to get out there and enjoy the scenery. Have been thinking about videoing some of the rides I'm on but not sure what the best way to do it is. How did you take these? Appreciate your assistance.

Mr. Beanz

Yes, post em! Ride reports with pics are always cool!

I use a FLIP video recorder, then post on youtube, link to forums.

Flip has al the edit software built into the camera. To use music, one must use mp3 files. I convert all my cd music into mp3 with a free online rip program.