Videos – Videos /blogs/videos/ Just another Biketravellers.com weblog Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:09:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 Cycling culture in Amsterdam /blogs/videos/cycling-culture-in-amsterdam/ /blogs/videos/cycling-culture-in-amsterdam/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:30:09 +0000 /blogs/videos/?p=75 Just found this video over at the good people of BikeCommuters.com; it made me miss home!

Until I started travelling abroad, I never realized how wonderful the bicycle and cycling culture in Amsterdam and the Netherlands is. Get a glimpse here:

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]]> /blogs/videos/cycling-culture-in-amsterdam/feed/ 0 The new Santos belt-drive. The end of bicycle chains? /blogs/videos/the-new-santos-belt-drive-the-end-of-bicycle-chains/ /blogs/videos/the-new-santos-belt-drive-the-end-of-bicycle-chains/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:15:45 +0000 /blogs/videos/?p=71 Santos owner Robbert Rutgrink gives a demonstration of a newly developed belt-drive, where (like in some newer motorcycles) the traditional metal chain has been replaced by a non-metal belt.

Though the video is in Dutch, you can see the belt in action clearly (for non-dutch viewer, forward to 3’00”). Is this the end of chain grease, lubing and general annoyance? See more about Santos Bikes (Mountain bikes, road bikes and Travelmaster touring bikes) on their website SantosBikes.com or here at WorldOnabike.com.

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Ps: it is lighter as well (75grams vs 250grams)

Update:

Right now James Bowthorpe will try to beat the record on his round-the-world bicycle trip. He is using a Santo Travelmaster with Beltdrive.

See the article on BikeTravellers.com for more background.

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]]> /blogs/videos/the-new-santos-belt-drive-the-end-of-bicycle-chains/feed/ 0 Music videos with bikes, Robin Thicke and more.. /blogs/videos/music-videos-with-bikes-robin-thicke-and-more/ /blogs/videos/music-videos-with-bikes-robin-thicke-and-more/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:44:49 +0000 /blogs/videos/?p=68 Via the Huffington post:

Robin Thicke – When I Get You Alone. . Coolsamples and cool biking. For anybody that gets offended by his riding style in New York: what if he was in a Hummer instead?

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Lily Allen: LDN: it is nice to cycle in London! Shame the video quality is not all that good..

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Doomtree: Drumsticks: Bicycles are becoming cool and that is great.

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]]> /blogs/videos/music-videos-with-bikes-robin-thicke-and-more/feed/ 0 Asiemut: Olivier & Mel’s excellent documentary: Mongolia – India on a bike /blogs/videos/asiemut-olivier-mels-excellent-documentary-mongolia-india-on-a-bike/ /blogs/videos/asiemut-olivier-mels-excellent-documentary-mongolia-india-on-a-bike/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:31:13 +0000 /blogs/videos/?p=62 This is the trailer from Olivier and Mel’s biketravelling documentary about their trip from Mongolia to (and through)  India that has won many awards. Please read more at www.asiemut.com , buy the documantary and support the cyclists!

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]]> /blogs/videos/asiemut-olivier-mels-excellent-documentary-mongolia-india-on-a-bike/feed/ 1 The BiciClown: Millions of smiles around the world /blogs/videos/the-biciclown-millions-of-smiles-around-the-world/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:34:57 +0000 /blogs/videos/?p=58 Here is a short video about the biciclown. He has cycled half the world, with only one goal: to make people smile. Very inspirational.

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From his website:

The Biciclown

Álvaro Neil, the biciclown, was born in Oviedo (Asturias) elon the 17th July 1967…

…laughing; he cried only when he was slapped. He studied Law and Clown. At first it may seem they are not compatible activities.

He sold his car and left his job at a Notary Office in Madrid to cycle the world and offer clown shows for free to the most humble.

Thus, some people think he is crazy, others think he is an adventurer, and others say nothing and just jail him as he tells in his book ?Miles of Smiles?.

He tickles the world with his bike ?spending? his life, the life others cannot spend.

He does not think of the future, never forgets the past and lives the present, the only verbal useful tense.

Objectives

Thousands of people have no reason whatsoever to smile, to laugh. Thanks God there are expert doctors to make them laugh!!!: the clowns

Cycling alone around the World during 10 years is not just a dream

Tickling the Earth with a simple bicycle giving a smile to the people

MOSAW Miles Of Smiles Around the World (2004-2014)

Results achieved

Thousands of smiles, workshops, conferences, books, dvds and a movie.

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]]> Cycling bloopers /blogs/videos/cycling-bloopers/ /blogs/videos/cycling-bloopers/#respond Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:30:17 +0000 /blogs/videos/?p=49 Click here to view the embedded video.

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]]> /blogs/videos/cycling-bloopers/feed/ 0 How to pack for a long distance cycle trip /blogs/videos/how-to-pack-for-a-long-distance-cycle-trip/ /blogs/videos/how-to-pack-for-a-long-distance-cycle-trip/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:36:15 +0000 /blogs/videos/?p=44 Good information from my colleague Darren!

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]]> /blogs/videos/how-to-pack-for-a-long-distance-cycle-trip/feed/ 0 Lee Evans trying out for the bicycle olympics /blogs/videos/lee-evans-trying-out-for-the-bicycle-championships/ /blogs/videos/lee-evans-trying-out-for-the-bicycle-championships/#respond Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:52:58 +0000 /blogs/videos/lee-evans-trying-out-for-the-bicycle-championships/ I love how he enters 🙂

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]]> /blogs/videos/lee-evans-trying-out-for-the-bicycle-championships/feed/ 0 Robots! /blogs/videos/robots/ /blogs/videos/robots/#respond Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:59:11 +0000 /blogs/videos/robots/ Well, if even robots can cycle, then surely more humans can try to do it!

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(I wish I could cycle this steep a hill, so cool and controlled 🙂 )

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]]> /blogs/videos/robots/feed/ 0 Down The Road: Thailand /blogs/videos/down-the-road-thailand/ /blogs/videos/down-the-road-thailand/#respond Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:33:29 +0000 /blogs/videos/down-the-road-thailand/ Tim and Cindie Travis gave up their life in the USA, started cycling and never stopped! They have been on the road for more than 5 years now, written a book and every now and then they post videos, like this one from Thailand:

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More news on their website: www.DownTheRoad.org

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