Those were some of the many words that the late, great Freddie Mercury sang about whilst prancing about the stage with that distinctive voice that nobody will ever come close to imitating.
At any rate, now that my cold is pretty much a thing of the past I decided that it would be a great time to take the ol’ bike for a spin down the trail and to the beach. And you know what? You’re going along for the ride!
That’s right. I mounted my HTC Re camera to the front of my bike and shot a time-lapse video of a portion of my ride, starting at the trail entrance and ending at the Seal Beach Pier.
Ready? Let’s roll! For best results, watch in HD since YouTube’s default standard definition really sucks.
A few notes about the video:
- Images were taken every 4 seconds
- The music is not mine; it’s some stock music I decided to throw in there
- I used the highest resolution
- This was about 8 miles of the 22 that I logged today
Also, I had the chance to ride because I was done with work early. They simply had no hours to give anyone and from what my experience has been, things are turning sour when there’s not enough in the payroll budget to pay everyone. I worked a total of 2.5 hours this morning (from 3:30am to 6am), which really wasn’t even worth waking up for. I’ve worked for companies where I had to rush to the bank to cash my check because the funds were always low and we had to ask if there was enough to cash it. Pretty sad, and I think it may happen again.
Oh well. At least I got to burn off some steam during my ride.
One more thing. I shot a video on the way back and captured something funny. About 2 miles from the beach – I made 2 stops today – I suddenly realized I wasn’t wearing my gloves. I stopped the bike, made sure they weren’t in my pouch (which they weren’t), then turned around and headed back to the beach to see if I could find them.
Oh yeah. I did. Here’s a screencap of me walking to pick them up.
They were sitting on the sand where I parked my bike when I took a little break. I sat on the rocks and let the sounds of the ocean soothe my soul for a bit.
And with that, I put them on and went home.
What’s a few extra miles, right?
Filed under: Electronics, Exercise, Gadgets Tagged: bicycling, cycling, Exercise, HTC, HTC Re, HTC Re camera
