Sunday, March 30, 2008

More movie fun

Date: March 30
Mileage: 13
March mileage: 606.2
Temperature: 37

I did a short ride up the Dan Moller Trail today that turned into more of a moderately long hike. I was gone for nearly three hours, but the opportunity to leave the house and its incessant blaring of college basketball, plus the four-mile descent that takes all of 15 minutes, made it all worth it. I made another short video today during the downhill run. This one is much better than Friday's. I got a better angle by stuffing my Olympus point-and-shoot in my goggles, so I had a ghetto helmet-cam thing going on. One thing I noticed after watching the clip is that it actually makes the ride seem fairly smooth - there's no indication that I spent most of the narrow stretch correcting my line with my handlebars while my rear wheel fishtailed wildly in the snowmobile-churned sugar snow. It may be proof that I do in fact have sound upper body handling - or it could just be poor quality footage. Either way, I got my hands on some video editing software, so today there is music and titles. Enjoy!


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29 comments:

  1. SnakebiteMarch 31, 2008 at 4:50 AM

    Nice soundtrack.

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  2. uncadan8March 31, 2008 at 5:29 AM

    Too cool! With scenes like that, I think I could get into snow-biking!

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  3. DougMarch 31, 2008 at 5:35 AM

    That was fun, thanks for taking us along Jill!

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  4. bluecolnagoMarch 31, 2008 at 5:48 AM

    sweet! **smiling**

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  5. The Old BagMarch 31, 2008 at 6:20 AM

    Fun!

    I can't decide if I'm jealous of you still having a pile of snow, or if I'm glad ours gone....

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  6. ShellyMarch 31, 2008 at 6:46 AM

    bike bobsled

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  7. BrianMarch 31, 2008 at 7:16 AM

    Your talents are mimitless - that was awesome.

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  8. BrianMarch 31, 2008 at 7:17 AM

    Actually they are limitless - unlike my editing skills

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  9. AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 7:19 AM

    Wow, that looks like fun!

    All I did Sunday was eat pizza at Coney Island. I'm not sure that counts as Spring training.

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  10. jacobtubbsMarch 31, 2008 at 8:21 AM

    what was that song?

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  11. AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 9:37 AM

    you are my new hero! helped inspire me to get up the morning and ride even if it is "cold" by my spoiled California standards.

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  12. AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 10:19 AM

    That was fun, esp. with the soundtrack!

    Faster than I thought it would be, at least by video perception.

    VA Biker

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  13. UnknownMarch 31, 2008 at 10:47 AM

    Song is "The Good Times are Killing Me" - Modest Mouse.

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  14. AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 12:15 PM

    Now, THAT was fun! I read your blog all the time, and of course I know you ride in the snow, but having no personal experience with snow, it's hard to imagine what pedalling a bike in powder is like. Finally, I can see why you might like it. Alaska is incredibly scenic. So completely different than my environment. Where I live in N.C., it hasn't snowed more than about 1" since 2003.

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  15. mxwalkerMarch 31, 2008 at 2:40 PM

    You live in a beautiful place Jill. Thanks for sharing the ride.

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  16. Alaskan Dave Down UnderMarch 31, 2008 at 2:55 PM

    That is just way too cool! Good choice of lyrics :)

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  17. Beast1624March 31, 2008 at 3:44 PM

    Why in the WORLD would you want to do that instead of watching college basketball??? (he said with tongue-in-cheek)

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  18. RayMarch 31, 2008 at 6:13 PM

    What was name of the song and artist???

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  19. UnknownMarch 31, 2008 at 6:41 PM

    You are truly an inspiration, thank you.

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  20. BluenoserMarch 31, 2008 at 7:13 PM

    That was too good.

    -B

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  21. AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 9:19 PM

    you are a trip

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  22. AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 9:30 PM

    This is so beautiful. I can see why you love it so much.

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  23. AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 10:11 PM

    Thanks Jill, that helps me to see why and how!
    Now if some chilled air could be blown at my face.....

    Craig

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  24. DanCyn On The IslandApril 1, 2008 at 11:46 AM

    So how many snowshoers did you knock over on the way down? :-)
    -
    Cynthia in the Valley

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  25. DanCyn On The IslandApril 1, 2008 at 11:49 AM

    haha, oh my goodness, I was only halfway through it when I asked about the snowshoers. Which made the ending even funnier...
    Cynthia in the Valley

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  26. AnonymousApril 1, 2008 at 4:28 PM

    Nice work Jill! Looking forward to seeing more. -dave_

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  27. AnonymousApril 2, 2008 at 1:01 AM

    Very nice, the video and the ride!

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  28. AnonymousApril 4, 2008 at 5:06 PM

    Thanks

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  29. AnonymousJuly 30, 2008 at 11:46 AM

    Cool, bike skillz, video skillz, and time travel! March 3008 huh?

    lol cool video...and you should have buzzed the hikers...

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