My bicycle commute in San Francisco - outbound -

A commute through San Francisco by bicycle cut down to youTube length by removing any sections where I was going straight for any lenght of time or had to stop etc.

I shot this by attaching my plain ol digital camera (Panasonic Lumix LC33) that is not very fancy at all, so the quality is not the greatest I'll admit but hope it gives the viewer the feeling of a typical commute on the streets of San Francisco.

The music is by Midnight Haulkerton, based on a collection of short stories by Cory Doctorow. Cory releases all his works under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license and so this band have also released their song, and all the individual tracks, under a CC license for us to remix, use, or whatever. I remixed the song a bit for use with this video.

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• bicycle
• commute
• San
• Francisco
• singlespeed
• fixed-gear

[twenty2082]

HOW COME YU DIDNT TAKE THE WIGGLE AND WENT THREW THE SAFEWAY LOT?,THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER,THEN WE COULD HAVE SEEN THE MURAL.

[ShozDijiji]

@twenty2082 Hey, I never replied to this it seems (thought I did). I don't like that alley behind the stores (where the mural is) due to rivers of urine across the path from the homeless n others hanging there nor the broken glass from the recycle center all over the place. The parking lot there, even with cars and carts, is much better.

THanks for the comment.

[tjsr21]

I miss San Francisco. I did a tour hear (music student) and really fell for it. Your a lucky guy, cycling here sure beats soggy Manchester (UK). If I ever go again I have made a promise to myself to do the ride out into the hills and try to ride Repack.

[ShozDijiji]

@tjsr21 Hey sorry I rarely login to YouTube and did not notice the comment. Yeah we do have great riding here and if you are back and have time, the Repack experience is definitely worth the effort. If you can come for Thanksgiving, the Klunkers gang still ride the appetite seminar, and that ride too is definitely worth hitting. It finishes down Repack and you can do it with the legends. Otherwise, either the Pine Mountain loop or doing Boyscout and hitting Repack are still fun. Thanks again

[thepartyof4]

very cool. I was glad when you lost the guy in the purple t-shirt. Really like the music, thanks for saying what it was in the description. great sculpture. Again, very cool.

[ShozDijiji]

@thepartyof4 Thanks. Riding to and from work is really a great way to see your city. Recently I have had to ride the bus or train a lot and notice how little of the outside world you see. I cannot imagine how it is for people that drive cars.

Usually YouTube comments are terrible and I dread getting one, but yours is great. Thanks for participating.

[chrospoke]

reckless, broke too many laws to count

[twenty2082]

@ShozDijiji oh i recognize where your at,44 mo

[thepartyof4]

@ShozDijiji You are so welcome! I don't get the folks who "speak" on You Tube in a way they never would in regular life. My husband and I used to ride our bikes everywhere, work and play-even put the first kid on the back of our bikes. I miss it and am just getting back on the bike, myself. Your video just adds to my motivation!

We live in Missoula, MT, a beautiful university town that's inside and backed up against a valley. You can imagine the terrain and the views! Anyway,thanks again.

[sexpantherize]

Hybrid?