http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Global Cycling Network - what is it? en Wed, 13 May 2026 08:49:42 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-243623 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:50:02 +0000 SRD 243623@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>interesting: <a href="http://corporate.eurosport.com/news-detail/?id=6863" rel="nofollow">http://corporate.eurosport.com/news-detail/?id=6863</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-178867 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 20:58:38 +0000 le_soigneur 178867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What not to wear... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmD9QM8wGIg">GCN</a> :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-176582 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 22:37:28 +0000 SRD 176582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bizarrely, when I search them on twitter, everyone tweeting their stuff seems to be women. New market niche? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175802 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:09:14 +0000 Instography 175802@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Might be an idea to start simple and make something by gathering up as many good photos and video clips as possible and seeing what can be made of it. But yes, something properly planned and shot would be ideal but that doesn't mean we couldn't use other clips to illustrate problems / experiences. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175791 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 20:35:05 +0000 Greenroofer 175791@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If we want a 'professional' look, then surely the film needs to be properly storyboarded and shot to order, rather than cobbled together from self-filmed stuff. Isn't that the point about GCN and what makes it appealing: it's made by professionals and looks it... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175780 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 15:10:33 +0000 wingpig 175780@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Centrally script and direct and/or crowd-source self-filmed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175777 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 14:52:45 +0000 Instography 175777@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I might finally have a use for that Contour.</p> <p>I wonder if the battery on my proper video camera still works. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175776 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:40:34 +0000 chdot 175776@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good idea. </p> <p>We could interview each other too. </p> <p>Experiment runs until Sept so plenty time for better weather. </p> <p>Any 'obstacles' planned for Hogmanay?</p> <p>If so, worth getting some footage. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175775 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:38:11 +0000 Instography 175775@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Let's do one on George Street since that is an 'experiment' and it could be our contribution to their evaluation. Might need to wait for some better weather. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175769 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 12:43:16 +0000 chdot 175769@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I can't see why this would need anyone other than the people here to do it. We've got plenty of HD recording equipment."</p> <p>Both true. </p> <p>"It would be good to have one thing to criticise and one thing to be positive about."</p> <p>Indeed. </p> <p>We may have to argue about the good!</p> <p>Mostly good - the Innocent. </p> <p>Accidentally good - Silverknowes Prom (built long before 'cycling boom'). Just needs continuing to Newhaven...</p> <p>'Bad' - QBiC, tactiles, George Street implementation, and? - </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175768 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 12:35:19 +0000 Instography 175768@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Those streetfilms movies are really good and they're just clips and a voice-over. I can't see why this would need anyone other than the people here to do it. We've got plenty of HD recording equipment.</p> <p>It would be good to have one thing to criticise and one thing to be positive about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175760 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 11:32:47 +0000 chdot 175760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Maybe we could persuade them to do the QBC..."</p> <p>There's an idea. </p> <p>These people occasionally 'go overseas' -</p> <p><a href="http://www.streetfilms.org/these-four-streetfilms-may-help-sway-your-city-into-accepting-protected-bike-lanes" rel="nofollow">http://www.streetfilms.org/these-four-streetfilms-may-help-sway-your-city-into-accepting-protected-bike-lanes</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175759 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 11:26:50 +0000 Greenroofer 175759@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Instography: I agree. For those videos to be a success, though, they need high production values and professional presenters. Where GCN scores is in the quality of the presentation and the volume of output. I think you need both to build a user base. Maybe we could persuade them to do the QBC... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175749 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:07:36 +0000 Instography 175749@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Even if not the QBC, video is more likely to get picked up and re-used than blogs or closely-typed newsletters.</p> <p>Those guys - in two and a half years - 377,000 subscribers and over 64 million views. People like well made video. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175748 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:51:06 +0000 chdot 175748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"powerful campaigning videos. This what it's like to ride the Quality Bike Corridor"</p> <p>No-one cares. </p> <p>(Apart from 'us'.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175747 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:39:50 +0000 Instography 175747@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's so much of campaigning is done through blogs and (bless them) newsletters but I think there's huge scope for this style to be stolen and turned into powerful campaigning videos. This what it's like to ride the Quality Bike Corridor. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175724 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:26:42 +0000 ARobComp 175724@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Their advice videos are pretty good if you have any mid to top end components. I used their videos to learn how to extract my Rotor cranks, something that is simultaneously really complex but very simple... </p> <p>The other videos are ok, a touch pseudo sciencey however. </p> <p>After a quick google they're part of an international marketing communications agency focused on pro-bike sport. This is one of their first "brands" that they've created as far as I can see. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175687 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:29:48 +0000 dougal 175687@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah their videos on "food not appropriate for cycling" is unparalleled for silly visuals.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvy43QrIW5I" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvy43QrIW5I</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175569 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:35:49 +0000 Kenny 175569@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have no clue how it's funded either, but it is certainly entertaining.</p> <p><em> it appears to be a handful of competent-looking (and a bit blokey) cyclists</em></p> <p>Heh, yeah... Matt Stephens, who won the UK national road race championships. Dan Lloyd who cycled for the Cervélo Test Team (which he mentions *a lot*, and it's a running gag now about how he mentions is so often). Simon Richardson (not the paralympic cyclist) who, erm, I don't know much about. Matt is hilarious, mainly because he falls off his bike a lot. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14104#post-175568 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:28:19 +0000 Greenroofer 175568@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As a result of random YouTube wandering I've come across something called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuTaETsuCOkJ0H_GAztWt0Q">Global Cycling Network</a>. I can't work out quite what it is: it appears to be a handful of competent-looking (and a bit blokey) cyclists talking about sport cycling (road and cross), with a random mixture of serious and not-so-serious videos about techniques, advice, news and reviews. It has high production values, although I can't work out how it's funded. Is it part of a TV channel?</p> <p>I've found it quite entertaining. I'm sure you know about it already, and that (as usual) I'm the last to hear about this kind of thing.</p> <p>I liked this:<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMJEIiWV3VQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMJEIiWV3VQ</a> </p>