Oh I don't know, some people would say riding without using the handlebars is about as dangerous as it looks :P

Nice video Sam! Is that blood on the groud at 4:04?

great plot ;)

That really looks dangerous, Sam. I see some vignetting, too; what was the aperture value ?

Hey... scary video... I was just waiting for the crash scene :-)

Btw... you need to oil your bike chain :-)

-Kaj

Oh my god that was awesome! please do more of these in the future as they are great.

Cool! Et balèze en plus!
Ce 5D2 est vraiment exellent aussi.
Merci de partager tes experiences photographiques et vidéos.
Un blog d'une grande qualité.
( ^__^)

This is insane, very nice video I must say, but insane.I ride around town with my bike too, maybe I should try it sometimes? LOL

oh my god! that's so cool... but i was a little afraid that you were going to have an accident

Going into a new medium are we Sam? Looks to me like a chase sequence from one of the Bourne films or something like that with all the shaky cam. Strangely I prefer the video to the photo. Maybe it's just because we've seen those handlebars before though!

awesome video and image, as always! Keep up the good work, and don't do *too* many crazy things

Sam, it's not what will happen to YOU if you fall, just hate to see the 5D smashed!! :)

Bravo Sam.
You should try the Tour of France is less risky.
Best regards

I am taking this moment to scold you for riding so close to the curb one(no) handed while operating a camera! I hope you were wearing a helmet at least?

Beside that, I don't think James Cameron could make a bike ride look more perilous! Good job!

Fantastic Sam. I thought you'd get pinched in that tight spot in the right lane, you're pretty brave going through there with a camera running. Well done.

wow... ballsy

It sounds that you need to clean your bicycle chain. Damn, I have to do this too ;)

You're lucky nobody opened their car door.

sam! this movie so impressive that I almost forgot you were using a markII! I also tried to riding a bicycle and shooting photos, but I have no techincal that could shooting well. awesome!

nice concepte

Yeaaa! FedEx! Oh, and great shot and vid too. That camera is amazing and it's killing me not having one. Thanks for the great shots!

I really like these action/movement shots. Cool video too! You ride really well without using your hands. lol!

Keep up the great work Same! :)

That is the coolest video ever!
You are right, the wide angle lens definately makes your cycling look dangerous and faster too. I am a cyclist, and it looks like you are tracking at about 40km/h, but probably only doing 20-25km/h. Love how you ran the yellow light too. I also love that you are moving through traffic faster than the cars!

ohmygosh! Thanks for the absolutely mad video! and how did you take photos while riding! (i noticed you've posted shots like this in the past, so must be really experienced)

Love the video, just amazing how it takes me right into Toronto...and what is that crowd of people at the end of the video?

Crazy! That wide angle makes everything look deadly! Great footage.

Nice sequence! Good thing no one opened a car door.

Sam, I'm loving it. This is so cool. More please!!!!!

wonderful... I feel slightly more dangerous this Wednesday morning with my espresso.

I haven't seen anything like this before, well done.

I liked how your video was had a traveling destination and at the end you finally made it to the big event. Not sure what the event was but you made it. On another note, the video seemed pretty intense. I kept thinking you might wipe out on the curb out get hit by a car. Keep up the great work. Perhaps a video near Frank Gehry Architecture could be next?

I'm pretty sure that trip would look dangerous regardless of the lens.

!!!

Wow, you're brave - I don't think I could do that with cheap camcorder, never mind the 5D mkII!! LOL. Awesome video... I love the still shot, too :)

Exciting! (You're certainly right about the wide-angle lens.)

As a veteran urban cyclist with good survival instincts, I recommend checking out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doored

Holy crap, even the Dutch (who are known for doing everything by bike) don't pass by cars on the right... Especially not without using your hands.
And now I'm wondering about the demonstration... Any pictures of that tomorrow?

I get nervous just watching this video. I wondered about from the still shot, with no hands on the handlebars. I've tried to do photos like this myself (in places much less treacherous for cyclists than downtown Toronto) but always feared for my camera (if not my own safety) after a few largely unsuccessful shots. You're a brave man.

I was cringing a few times, thinking how a wonderful 5D MkII was going to become instantaneously integrated with a few of those vehicles (oh, and I was concerned about your health as well). ;-)

You looked like you had a couple of close calls there... I very much like this ddoi feature. :)

I like how you ride right between the cops with one hand!

The framerate seems a little slow, is this normal

I love this! I posted it to my tumblr. :)

Man, don't even try that on Madrid, or it would be called straigh suicide.

(Anyway, simply biking, in Madrid, is a suicidal attempt)

Nice video, it's nice to see how is the city you shot in such a ride.

did you hit some one?????...... this is crazy......i guess this is the response you were looking for ... maaaaan... it is crazy(in a good and freaky way)

This is really cool. Kinda crazy feeling watching the video. Really amazing quality.

Awesome video!

Great video !
Because of you I want a 5D

Impressive ride. There is a lot happening on your way. One gets the feeling to be right there in the street. Btw the first traffic light you crossed at 00:26 was definitely not green ;-)

Quite dangerous ride especially without hand.
And your first light was not really red but almost..
Nice job

I used to ride no-handed all the time, but that was in a small town with very little traffic. Just the thought of the parked cars, tracks in the road, squeezing between cars and the curb - all while holding a very nice & expensive pro DSLR - you're crazy!! :)

OMG! Please be careful out there! That was my first thought. Then I realized that was a really cool video with great quality. I'm impressed. Third, it was interesting to see the city this way, rather than a snapshot at a time. (Not that your pictures are snapshots; they're so much more than that.)

@ Ian

That's not blood at 4:04, I believe it's horse dung from the mounted police.

holymoly. this is great and how did you get so lucky to get all those green lights?!
your a nut.

Nice!!

Next step: do it on a motorbike.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cangrejorojo/3204177104/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cangrejorojo/2809243862/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cangrejorojo/2809242394/

Be careful!

those lens really give the whole movie some spectacular effect.
nicely done!

Sam, what a courageous act! I loved it, so exciting, so entertaining. Loved it loved it. Sitting in my team room from Kingston.
Sally

I like your bike! ^^
Nice video!

GTA: Toronto!

Dude, you're my hero!! That is amazing.

And to the person who thought that the substance on the ground at 4:04 was blood, I think it is actually horse shit from the riot control police horses at one of the many recent Tamil protests.

One unforeseen bump and you would have gone down hard, and possibly ruined your promising career as a content and life documentarian. Some may try this because of your lead, despite your recommendations to not copy what you did. I guess your disclaimer absolves you of your behaviour, eh?

Wonderful footage though.

Love the tutorial video...please keep them coming!

should buy a liitle tripod-head that you connect on steer that way you could even cycle faster :)
Happy that we have cyclepaths in the netherlands :)

Hey, is it always so... deserted on the streets of your town? Here, in Warsaw, I can't fit my bike between the cars :)

This video is terrific and goes sooo well with Flight of the Bumblebees!

What a fool! I hope all of us cyclists will have to get a license so they can yank yours.

Does your wife know you are doing this!! Stay safe and becaureful!! Nice work though didn't think watching someone ride their bike on king st. would be so fun.

Got to try this, fabulous, creative use of the 5DmkII, Thanks

Next time you take the bike out and the camera you ought to mount something on the handlebars, perhaps a pinata. Maybe some stuffed animals . . . SS

Yaouzaa! A little to close for me Sam...
But love your Daily Dose!!
M :-)

Cool!!
You are crazy but this video rules!!
Congrats

Way to run the yellow light, you're a madman on the bike.

Dude that is unbelievable. The section around 2:00 looks like a whole line of door prizes just waiting to be claimed. You are very brave... these streets are harrowing to cycle at the best of times with both hands on the bars!

Riding your bike no-handed down a busy city street while filming with a $2500 camera - what could go wrong?

Like how you threaded the needle between the two cops at 3:46!

cool!

awesome video...kinda got motion sick by just watching it lol

you know i think sam taped or strapped the 5d VERY well to his hand, so that it does not drop.. that's what i would do anyway, if i was doing this.

and some biking experience helps!

I was scared for you falling or dropping your camera.

Cop or no cop, this is the first time I've ever seen a bicyclist yield to pedestrians.

Putting a wide angle on a camera will look like that you are going twice as fast as you normally would & yeah quite dangerous & I see you trying to manoeuvre this around the city. without any hands.. LOL.. Great shot though...