Happy Birthday, Ting

Toward the end of last year, I bought a bicycle on Craigslist to tool around with using my helmet cam. Incidentally, Ting had never learned to ride a bike. So, one early evening as the sky was turning overcast, I decided not to take my chances with the camera in the imminent storm and suggested to Ting instead that we go to the nearby park and practice riding. This montage charts her progress over 4 days, in november and december of last year. I was happy to have witnessed and facilitated her development, and to have captured some of it with my helmet cam, just days before we both left San Francisco.

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[jbrainsthinker]

What is the title of the song in the first minute and a half or so?? I've been looking for that song for 4 years now.

[Plomomedia]

@jbrainsthinker "Un homme et une femme" by Yves Montand

[tingtingaling45]

i love this... especially the part where i look over at the little girl on her bicycle.

je t'aime aussi. : )

[Plomomedia]

@tingtingaling45 oh i misread. yes, when you look over at her, and glance around after losing your footing. i think that's your most vulnerable moment, but my favorite part of the video. glad you like it. i hope you're still riding...

[acromel]

Pourquoi le thème française?

[Plomomedia]

@acromel no real reason. somehow i came into a lot of Yves Montand downloads and i found the music sort of funny but endearing, fitting for the feel of this video. wabadabadap.

[BillyJHoward]

A bird has it's wings. I girl, her bike. Nice. Thx for sharing Plemo...

[theodosiusng]

Ooooh, what's the song?

[vasniltere]

Amazing what someone can learn with just a few days of practice. So long as they keep trying. I love that French music that you have going on in the back.

[tingtingaling45]

@Plomomedia sadly, i haven't ridden since you were here. =/

[jtchen22]

cute video!