Short bike videos
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Amsterdam Bicycle Rush Hour 5 minutes, 2013
Meester Visserplein in the city centre. 5:30pm. The junction is busy, a main cycle route crosses a main motor vehicle route, but traffic flows smoothly and relaxed.
https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/amsterdam-bicycle-rush-hour/
The man who lived on his bike-HD 3 minutes, 2012
I love being on a bike, it helps me feel free. I get it from my dad. After days and days of cycling the streets of Montreal, come cold or sun, or even a little frightened, I dedicate this film to him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rw3q32oPCk
The Cyclists 2 minutes
Shot in Amsterdam (and a bit in Utrecht), Netherlands.
thomas.collardeau.com https://vimeo.com/70667749
Portrait of a Cyclist 26 seconds, 2014 Animation
https://vimeo.com/99181686
Legs of Amsterdam 13 minutes, 2015
Portrait of Amsterdam's most authentic bicycle repairmen.
In the fast-paced rhythm of Amsterdam, Frans van der Meer runs his 90-year-old bike shop as one of the city's most authentic bicycle repairmen. Frans not only knows his trade, but also harbours a piece of old Amsterdam, where the city is like a village, where neighbours are like family, and bicycles are like legs.
https://vimeo.com/133432406
Kid Gives Speech After Learning How To Ride A Bike (HD) 1 minute, 2011
Kid gives a speech after learning to ride a bike for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PzoxTgfRO0
Janette Sadik-Khan - New York's streets - Not so mean any more 14 minutes, 2013
Janette Sadik-Khan, transportation commissioner of New York City, shares projects that have reshaped street life in the 5 boroughs, including pedestrian zones in Times Square, high-performance buses and a 6,000-cycle-strong bike share. Her mantra: Do bold experiments that are cheap to try out.
https://www.ted.com/talks/janette_sadik_khan_new_york_s_streets_not_so_mean_any_more?language=en
How the Dutch got their cycle paths 6 minutes, 2011
The Netherlands is well known for its excellent cycling infrastructure. How did the Dutch get this network of bicycle paths?
https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/how-the-dutch-got-their-cycling-infrastructure/
Havana Bikes 5 minutes, 2014
Ángel, a typical bike riding Habanero, provides an insight into Cuban bicycle culture and the importance of bike mechanics.
Groningen - The World's Cycling City-HD 15 minutes, 2013
Groningen has a population of 190,000 and a bike mode share of 50 percent. Cycling is as comfortable as in any city on Earth. The sheer number of people riding at any one time will astound you, as will the absence of cars in the city center. It is remarkable just how quiet the city is. People go about their business running errands by bike, going to work by bike, and even holding hands by bike.
http://www.streetfilms.org/groningen-the-worlds-cycling-city/
Eight to eighty, people of all ages cycling in the Netherlands 6 minutes, 2011
People of all ages cycle in the Netherlands. Making the streets safe enough for people from the age of 8 to 80 is not something to strive for but already a reality. This video focuses on the more senior and the very young cycling in the Netherlands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swqaAIkGtpA
Danny Macaskill - The Ridge 7 minutes, 2014
Danny Macaskill climbs aboard a mountain bike and returns to his home of the Isle of Skye in Scotland to take on a death-defying ride along the notorious Cuillin Ridgeline.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_IQS3VKjA
Bike Te Atatu - A Futurementary 3 minutes, 2014
A look into a possible future for Te Atatu and eventually Auckland. Made by Bike Te Atatu for the purpose of starting a conversation about our streets and what we want for our community.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoXKJUFhNcs
Bicycle Culture by Design - Mikael Colville-Andersen at TEDxZurich 15 minutes, 2012
The focus on re-establishing more liveable cities continues unabated. The primary problem however is that 85 years of traffic engineering revolving around the car has failed miserably. It's time for modern thinking. Design can help. Historically, streets were human spaces. Let's design our cities like we design toasters or smartphones, following the desire lines of our citizens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX8zZdLw7cs
Beauty and the Bike Short 8 minutes, 2009
Why do British girls stop cycling? When in cycle-friendly countries the bicycle is a central part of life for most young women. Beauty and the Bike aims to show why - and work with cycling advocates around the world to make urban cycling attractive.
http://www.bikebeauty.org/english/Bikebeauty_2010_English/Home.html
TITLE | TIME | LINK |
The Man Who Lived on his Bike | 00:03:02 | |
Portrait of a Cyclist | 00:00:27 | |
Legs of Amsterdam | 00:12:43 | |
The Cyclists | 00:02:01 | |
Groningen | 00:15:35 | |
Beauty and the Bike short | 00:07:59 | |
Dan Macaskill - The Ridge | 00:07:40 | |
Cycle Rush Hour Amsterdam | 00:05:00 | |
JSK - Remaking the Streets of NY | 00:14:02 | http://www.ted.com/talks/janette_sadik_khan_new_york_s_streets_not_so_mean_any_more |
Bicycle Culture by Design: Mikael Colville-Andersen | 00:15:25 | |
How the Dutch got their cyclepaths | 00:06:29 | |
8-80 -all ages cycling in Amsterdam | 00:06:00 | |
Kid's speech on learning to ride | 00:01:10 | |
Havana Bikes | 00:05:20 | |
Bike Te Atatu Futurementary | 00:03:20 | |
01:46:13 |