Bicycle Wheels and a Film Lesson

A Zoetrope was an early animation method used during the mid 19th century. It consisted of a series of different pictures placed around a cylindrical column. When the column was spun fast enough the images appeared to meld together to create the ILLUSION of movement.

The average human eye can only perceive single images at speeds slower than 10 frames per second (fps). This is why a movie can stream single frames at speeds of 30 fps, but still appear to be motion picture. This is also why a bike’s spokes appear to blend together when they’re rotating quickly.

I was fortunate enough to come across an extremely cool demonstration of this principle, USING a bike wheel.

Check it out on Youtube here!

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Summer Biking Withdrawal?!

I would never have thought it possible to have biking withdrawal during the SUMMER!
I know, crazy right?!

Leaving my bike tethered at my mom’s house was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. It just looked so lonely and sad, but I didn’t have a choice; imagine trying to drag my bike through airport security!

Now that I’m back in Massachusetts, with its abundance of lush green foliage and fresh, moist air, I am now forced to ride in, dare I say it, a CAR …the pure irony of the situation is unbearable.

Instead of riding my bike, I am now reduced to getting my boring finances planned out and completing tasks I had been putting off until now because I had much more productive things to do …like riding my bike and getting some much needed vitamin D.

Summer biking withdrawal (or SBW) is a serious condition that affects one’s mood, appetite and general well-being. In order to avoid this terrible condition, one must:

• Ride his or her bike at least once a day (when weather permits, and when it’s an especially glorious day).
• Spend no more than thirty minutes on the computer. The other 23.5 hours should be spent bike riding, eating or sleeping.
• If one cannot get access to some form of sustainable transportation, find a convertible and drive with the top down.
• Don’t go to college half a country away and always have a backup bike for when you come home.

Don't become a SBW victim like me. Take these steps to benefit your overall quality of life.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer so far! Get some extra biking in for me! (Please) ^-^