I did a few solo laps around the Rose Bowl late this afternoon. This was my first time back riding here since last fall. No change, and lots of familiar faces and a couple BF members, including bigdraft......we spoke briefly during his warmup.
I just puttzed around and whipped out my P&S camera for a little video action...turn sound down, they're really crappy.....


dumb video 1
dumb video 2

Those aren't crappy! I think they're cool. I felt like I was out riding today by watching them!!! Thanks for sharing, George.

Great vids. Great weather I missed. Hopefully I can get out tomorrow and enjoy.

vid1: that roller coast action made me dizzy!
vid2: was nice of you to let the pack pass you, after you lapped them

Well, if we're sharing. Here's a time lapse of a ride to and through Griffith Park I did a few months back. Strapped a camera to my handlebars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY1F6N2muSI

And another - this one not quite so fast and shorter. Going through Venice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79YjlESXy_E

Cool vids! Is Rose Bowl an oval track? I only see cars going the other way.

Joel...those time lapse shots are interesting. I've got to try it one day. Does your camera have auto time lapse or did you have to manually hit the shutter every few seconds?

Auto time lapse function - I can vary the duration. Had to try it a few times until I got the right timing. My first couple tries were so fast you couldn't tell what was going on. Guess it would be great if you were shooting a flower in bloom or something.

That's cool G! How'd you do that hotwheel track trick?

damn. i didn't know the TDF peloton rode around the rose bowl.

looks safe to be barreling around the bowl with 300 people "not racing".

great videos, george.

joel's videos give me vertigo but very cool, too.

Any bike vids are cool!

What kind of camera do you have that does auto time lapse? I want to try it!

that's actually a small group as it's just the start of the season as the ride starts up as soon as daylight savings time starts. the montrose ride george and a few of other others do on saturday mornings has 150 to 250 riders sometimes.

george get out there and get in the pack! don't make me bring the tandem, i've got a space for you on the back

Love the cool vids, George!! Can you slow down next time you pass the cute chicks out jogging and zoom in a little?

DIZZY from the first one

Is that Del in the back? I haven't seen you guys in a while

Yep, that's him..... I'm trying to break him from his routine Tue/Thur Rose Bowl, Sat Montrose, Sunday LaTuna rides, and get him to join some of our BF rides locally....

Those videos are cool. Still kinda queasy after that first one, tho.

All the videos were awesome!

George, what time were you at the RB yesterday?

Joel, what type of camera is that?

John...I was there from 5 to 7, and had to drive to Hollywood to help close shop.
I just used my point n shoot camera to shoot the video clips.
A digital video camera, otoh, will have time lapse capability.

Pentax Optio - comes with time lapse function.

My wife was there last night doing a couple laps on her new bike and was looking for her in your video, but didn't see her.

The peloton freaked her out a bit, she wasn't expecting a 100 riders to pass her at once!

Actually, that was a relatively small pack last night.........on typical Tues/Thurs summer nights you'll see 100 yard long double pacelines....

Hi George, these were so neat-- I've never been to the Rose Bowl to ride or for any reason so now I know what it looks like. Very cool. I had no idea so many people ride there! That was a nice sized group that went past.

I like your helmet.

Fixer, those were sweet. Loved the Peloton passing!