Bi-Re-Cycle NYC

cyclist in nyc are so underated. they're doing something good especially for the sake of global warming. thumbs up!

very cool thing. Awesome way to recycle.

Cool...really gritty...very new york

I thought the fluctuations in the sound were distracting at first, but then I got so into the story that I didn't care. The words could maybe stay on screen a little longer, but they might be fine on a big TV.

Bikes rock, thanks for this POD.

liked the pod. maybe a little more dialogue/info or more of a central character. thought it was great though. thanks

I can't even ride a bike, I can Recycle one

Nicely done! the cards could be jazzed up a little, Simply, easily: like keeping the music going or putting a different track under the cards. Or put a slight move on the text.....I'm sure somebody else has an even more creative idea. Solid sound, great subject, good interviews!

Wonderful way to reduce, reuse, recycle!

Well done. It's a great and very relevant story of a bike shop that's providing a much needed service in NYC, where bikes for some people are their livelihood and only means of transportation.

Nicely edited, good b-roll, excellent music choices, too.

-Steve

I loved the pod, that guy that quit his banking job to recycle bikes. I wish I had the guts to quit my crappy job and do something I love,

Good subject but piece is too long for int info it gives. Got to know what to cut and what to keep. Camera is too shaky. Text doesn't stay on the screen long enough for me to read it. Font face is too small. Audio is out of sync with lips.

I'm surprised to see it ranked so high.

It makes sense to recycle and reduce the amount of garbage that lies around. And bicycles are a prime candidate for this. If you are not using your old bike, why not donate to such organizations so they can tune them and make them usable by others that are less fortunate. Cheers!

From one bike lover to another...good flick...good music mix. Taking a topic and making it something.

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Great piece...

This was really great, Extremely informative, and I have a bike that i'm actually trying to get rid of...soo...

Very inspiring.
How about listing all the cities that offer bicycle recycling at the end of the broadcast..

Interesting subject matter and I really liked the mix of action and interviews. I loved the close-ups of the "down and dirty" bikes and how they were resurrected.

Watch out for overdriving the music track to avoid distortion especially when it contains a heavy bass.

I love it! Makes me wanna go a fix a bike.....and ride it!

There is a group in Los Angeles called the bicycle kitchen where they recycle bikes and teach kids how to repair them.

Is some of that music from Fishbone's song Freddies Dead?

It is a waste to see so many bicycles damaged. In India, the bicycle is such a valuable item. Please help more people here to see the value of restoring these machines. Thank you.

You should have shown some of the people that are receiving the bikes, but even so, it was great. One guy posts that he will donate abandoned bikes on his property to the local bike shop after watching this one!!!

oh cool!! cool piece you have here! GL!

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I like the story...nice eco, currentastic, preaching to the choir piece.

I think you have two separate stories in there. the first is the bi-recycle shop...which needs some work on the sound and picture ( too dark in the shop)..nothing a little filtering/processing shouldn't be able to fix.

Once the musical montage starts (nice soundtrack btw) you start a whole different story / conversation....on the same general topic.

you could have the second part as an entirely new pod....or better yet, shave it all down, trim the fat, and splice the bike shop across footage of the larger story of biking in nyc.

I will save my greenlight for the next version of this you upload....which is highly unusual for me....i am pretty quick to redlight pods.....I'm very discriminating about what I think belongs on tv

....most of the pods I have "greenlit" are actually because I tried to smash the redlight button too hard, and slipped mouse over to the GL side on accident...i am more careful now....

...keep up the good work.

Great idea. I have about 8 bikes in a ditch on my land. I am going to give them to the bike shop in town.

If only every city had bicycle recycleries!!

Great subject to do a podcast on. I think it was well put together. Some of the audio was cut a bit rough but, I think visually the cuts were done very well. You get your point across. Which was the purpose of it right? Good work. Peace.

Even up the volume and a bit more tripod or steadyrest. Content is very good.

Great topic. The shots of the bikes needing recycling are a bit jumpy and long. Too much zooming.
Music needs improvement.

big cities and bikes is a great topic. New bikes get ripped off and fixed up bikes have personality. More bike lanes + drivers need to learn about the "bubble" - they come too close because they don't know.

I LOVE bicycles. Mine is my primary form of transportation and I have what I refer to as a PeeWee Herman complex. Kudos for promoting the lifestyle, but at the risk of SHAMELESS promotion, I would be so ver happy if the exact LOCATIONS of these shops were disclosed. Other than that, I'm all smiles.

Smooth. Profound. Enjoyable.

very interesting.

Great pod. Good beats. Thanks for letting me know about this place. I have a old ass bike down in my basement that has been there for years. I'm going to bring it to these guys.

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I liked the subject matter and greenlit... but your sound editing is choppy. The audio itself is good, there are just rough edits in places. Interesting vid! Keep it up!

Hip and informational. Shows how a small idea can impact the big picture. The video technique was very transparent. Made me pay attention to the message and not the camera work! Keep up the good work BreadandCircus and Bi-Re-Cycle!

i liked the music GL

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YES

i remember seeing those on almost every lamppost in NYC

i remember an old man in Norfolk, VA who does this... he sells them for real cheap. I purchased about two bikes from him

I liked the music

Great subject and story telling. Poor lenswork. Get a tripod!!!!! Story moved well, good sound quality, excellent subject matter. Keep it up, but use some static shots and stop spraying!!!!

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Thanks for the love! I liked what you guys made. GL!

My buddy does this in SB! Its great...bike kitchens in all sorts! GL

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Bicycle, Recycle, and Building Local Community Promo??!!! Loved it!

Good Video

bikes are the best! thanks for the info & entertainment.

GL

Hey guys, I finally got to check out the video. Thanks for the publicity. Stop by anytime. Good luck!

great video. i'm in the process of recycling bicycles right now in hopes of having a bicycle show the last week of september out here in buffalo. great to see this kind of work being done. excellent informative piece.

The intro is a little long, but I love the music and the rest of the pod moves nicely. Great topic. GL!

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I love the story and the message - I think some of the shots could be cut down a bit.

I already GL'd this a while back.
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a bike is all you need in NYC

nice

Cool. Work on the intro a little bit more. I love the music.

not enough variety in scenes, holds too long on each scene, pacing is too slow. Narration boring

Yay! More bikes!

Pretty cool.

Thanks for checking out "To Be Green". This is a great piece and a great message. GL.

You've go my GL. Love this bike group. Good interviews. Great message. Could use a little audio work and do you have permission to use those songs? I want to see this on TV! Good luck getting the votes and keep up the great work.

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I think your story is great and it does flow nicely. Editing and music def help with that. I wasn't able to read through the large text pages, hope you can lengthen them:)

Nice cuts, and good audio!

positive, uplifting story. i like the music! nice cuts...

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Good piece, fun music. Hope to see this on TV soon. GL ( how can I find royalty free music like that for my pods? Is it expensive?)

GL from me.

Shola

Intersting, engaging, flows nicely!
The sound cuts out between some scenes. Can you fix those? Anything to get it on TV! :)
GL!

this is good on so many levels.
GL

Thanks for the feedback guys. We really appreciate it! please check out our profile and contact us if you are in the NYC area.

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I've lived in NYC all my life and never even heard of this place before. Sounds like an awesome alternative to just throwing the old bike on the side of the road. You had some great footage, a nice mix of media, and a fine-tuned editing style.

Finished taking out the trash yet? Great stop by and check out Susan Cagle a young lady who performs in the subways of NYC and has the spotlight being set on her! Thanks in advance for your comments.

I like -- people need to see this

stin and mike doin it big...great job. It's JPatt in the hooouse keeeed.

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Good idea! A friend of my in Japan however got in trouble for doing his own bit of recycling. He found a bike in a junk heap, exchanged the bent front whell, and went on his way - right into a nest of cops.

They yanked him into their office and got in touch with the old owner who lost the bike to a thief 3 years earlier. The owner refuse to let my friend keep it so they had to thrown it back on the junk pile! Madness!

Great subject...nice job!

good job! i like the guy drinking his purple drink... i mean, grape drink =)

Way to go local!

Great subject!

Great message... excellent camera work. I love the internship idea...doing something positive for NYC, thank you!

This has a such a funk to it, plus when my Dad retired he got into fixing up bikes as a hobby.

Great subject and a great feel, love it!!!

Nice work. You had some good interviews and the music was really well selected for this piece. I wish I had bke recycling place like that nearby. GL.

Really god job on this. For some strange reason I feel like I have seen a pod on this place before. Nevertheless, you did a great job with it. My only complaint is that you extend your graphics in length. I am a pretty fast reader, but I couldn't keep up with those paragraphs that were only up for a few seconds. And the audio transitions seemed a little off. Other then these two things, pretty strong piece.

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great subject.

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GL --- I enjoyed your film. Great subject and great soundtrack.
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I enjoyed this video. Absolutely GL!

I like how this was shot...its gritty very NYC. GOod pace........sick music too.GL!!

This is a great idea BUT 1/ lose the written bits - why not voice it over footage? 2/ tighten up your camera work - superglue the zoom so you never use it again 3/ use a tripod or a steadicam AND I was waiting for the bike shop guy to show us a bunch of stuff he'd found on the street (the "before shot") and the bike he made from it (the "after" shot. Then I think you'd have a great little video and I'd GL it.

If you tighten this up some and remove some of the dead space, bad edits and audio inconsistency it would rock. Great subject matter, good interviews, good music..just slightly to raw yet. cook it just a little more and it will be ready for the air.

Great work guys. Good movement, pacing. Interesting subject matter/ characters. Very impressed.

It is a good beginning. The video is educational and has merit to promote conservation, sustainability and environmentally friendly. The video production is good. The producer needs to include more human faces and their unrehearsed comments.

I would rate this work excellent for beginners.
Continue your good work.

Excellent alternative to getting around in such a crowded city. One has to wonder why bicycles aren't suddenly being 'rediscovered' in other cities and towns with the incredible gas price hikes! Best of all, they offer internships... I'd rather do my internship in a shop dedicated to recycling and renewal than in an office where waste is common.

Good story, I had no idea that many people in NY were riding bikes, I loved the shot of the lady in the business suit riding down the street. I hope more people around the country see this and follow.
As for the production value, good music, camera was sometimes all over the place thus making portions hard to watch, however, with that said at times I felt like I was watching a Beastie Boys video (must be a NY thing?!)I would have liked some more interviews.

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This is a great idea. Good production... GL! Like the fisheye shot a lot.

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Watched this intently from start to the finish. Excellent documentary. The music is fantastic-first rate production. BreadandCircus is a team on the move. Offered many perspectives-really unbelievable. Loved it.

What a timely topic with escalating gas prices. Nice to see this kind of story coming out of the City. Keep up the good work. Want to see much more from BreadandCircus. You are on a roll!

GL Love it!

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not bad. GL.

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The camera showed me things I wanted to see, and the dialogue was interesting. New York is definetely ready to go the way of the rest of the world's large cities. Unfortunately, only a few American cities are.