Two YouTube videos capture the feeling of cruising with music

It's hard to capture on video the feeling of a good cruiser ride, but these two come pretty close. The first video, made by ultradistance rider Paul McKensie, was used on the tourbus of Clif Bar's excellent 2-Mile Challenge. It was shot with a handful of friends and Clif folks at my place in the Mission. It's got a beautiful shot of Mafiosa and I cruising in front of Mona Caron's Bikeway Mural. The second was shot by Wild Johnny, who leads the South Bay Cruiser Ride down in Redondo Beach. This one was shot at Santa Monica Critical Mass from his Xtracycle with a backwards facing web cam. Despite the grainy video, it's got some good, spirited footage. Check out wild dance sequences, especially the first few seconds of the video. Although the video itself is set to some groovy rock music, all the people dancing in the video were getting their beat from John's Soul Cycle Head Unit. There are a handful of cool testimonials about the product, including one from John. While we're on the subject of backwards-facing video shoots, last night I helped out a local electro pop band called The Rubies make a music video "I feel electric." The Swedish director Mattias wanted to capture some of San Francisco's bike culture and wanted to use bikes with the Down Low Glow.

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