Bell Labs was something. Sometimes discovering monumental things by accident.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc...ound_radiation

Not in that article, but I recall from it featured in some TV program, when the folks at Princeton heard of this, they said "Boys, we've been scooped."

I worked for one of those two researchers who got the Nobel Prize, Bob Wilson. A very gentle man with a humble demeanor, and apparently his partner Arno Penzias had the opposite personality. He rose further in the organization, but I think Wilson was happy where he was leading a small department involved in research. I worked on that site with the giant horn antenna. Very exciting to be there and help them.

ScottCommutes it's been a week; got a link to the video yet? We'd love to see it!

I've been watching their Facebook page, nothing yet. They're a government-adjacent 501c3 that does non-mass but non-individual-car stuff in North Jersey. Their social media seems moderate with a post every few days and videos probably less than monthly. Seems likely Scott did not encounter a camera crew or director or producer per se. But I'm sure the result will be pretty authentic

https://avenuesinmotion.org/about/our-mission/

Nothing yet. I emailed - the woman said she needed to polish the video. Also, she said there was some wind noise that he wanted to try to reduce.

Hardly a camera crew. More like a woman holding a flower and another recording it all on her cell phone.

Here's the video on YouTube:


There are a couple of other bike commuter videos there as well.

Very nice. It came out better than you made it sound.

Very nice. You described the little joys of bike commuting very well.

I've been asked to give a lunchtime talk at work next week, about bicycling. No direction given, so it'll be a combo of commuting, nice local recreational routes, and an intro to randonneuring.

I gave a talk some years ago as part of an Ignite event. I'm no public speaker; it went okay.

Seems like they clipped the ride footage? Or did they not even record it?

Cool! Loved the story about finding a case of tomatoes! That's as Jersey as you can get!

They followed me pretty far, and I assume they were recording. I have no idea what happened to that footage.

nice stoic and sarcastic delivery, would work well here.

you look like a cyclist here ... height, jawline, hairline :))))))))))))))

If the part that survives is any indication, it was probably ruined by wind noise. At some point, one has to go to a wireless microphone with "dead rat" attachment to dull the wind noise.
Then, video editing too. Ah well. It was fun anyway.

Thanks to you guys, I have 39 views on the YouTube clip and no longer suffering the humiliation of having the least views of the four riders interviewed!

:eek: I get how you wouldn't have heard of a specific organization, but how do you hang around here and not know about Bike to Work Week?

This morning I wore the free T-shirt from BTWD 2013, to pick up my free T-shirt for BTWD 2025. Actually SANDAG that organizes activities in San Diego, now calls it "Bike Anywhere Day", and also tries to raise cycling awareness over the week and the whole month.

I ride around my town with an obnoxiously visible yellow Kitty Litter Bucket, decorated in reflective tape. A few times I've stopped for groceries on the way home, and when I put the bucket in the bagging area, the cashier recognizes "Oh you're that guy!" Because that has happened a few times, I've thought about contacting our local magazine (excuse for small business ads), and suggesting they could do a profile on "The Bucket Guy", as an opportunity to raise awareness about bike commuting/safety.

My stress would be that it's easier to dress than you might think. You don't need spandex and clip shoes. You can be like me and wear any old shorts and t-shirt, and the same crocs on flat pedals as I end up wearing all day (although I do have the luxury of a shower at work so I change into jeans)

B-b-b-but, efficiency, aerodynamics, and performance metrics; the smirks from the experienced popcorn eating experts of BF; the Horror! ;)

The less efficient you are, the more you work in your workout! That's why exercycles have resistance settings

Even popcorn has metrics

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But who cares about the physical benefits of the workout? It's the stats to post on Strava and "dropping" the strangers you meet on the street and or on the Internet that is the goal of the self proclaimed experienced cyclists of BF.

Going fast is fun and racing, even indirectly, is also fun

I do. Long before Strava, I liked to feel myself getting stronger, able to flatten hills in the Summer that took my breath away in the Spring.

And the older that I get, the more these small personal victories matter. Just yesterday, I stood and mashed on the pedals of my folding bike loaded down with 35# of groceries and smiled as I hit 10mph 😂

Sure it is. And going fast with no effort downhill is even more fun that going fast by working at it.

Speak for yourself. :lol:

I always do