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@jeremy_pilk
Ah man that's awesome! your rides are totally in the vein of what I'm looking at, which I would probably summarise as 'Understanding London through the eyes of the cyclist' - or something along those lines.
I GPS mapped the couple of rides I did which were more of a aimless ride with no destination in mind, or 'derive' as the situationists would say... would you mind if I used your map data to compile a series of cross sections across London? and maybe quote some of your experiences in your written bits?
My deadline in 2 months, right at the end of April, so there quite a bit of time, but I have to start writing soon which is going to start taking precedence over the information gathering stage.
That said, I'm coming to London on the 15th march to do some rides; the plan was to interview people about their daily ride (to work etc.) and find out which bits have meaning to them (which could be something like, that pothole you make sure to avoid on road X, to looking out for the same bloke sweeping his shop front every morning, to a particular junction at which more focus is needed... etc.), and then retrace their route given what I will know about it, to see what meaning or understanding I can glean from the city.
I don't know if that makes sense, but yeah, any footage you do have would be great, do you cycle to work? Do you reckon it might be possible to do that journey in the time it take your gopro to run out of battery?
Thanks