Sphynx
Wannabie Member
Bisecting the Circle - Half the M25 in 5mins.
I had to make a site visit today and other than trying to fight my way through London, the only option is the M25 (Europe's 2nd longest orbital by about 5km...or Europe's biggest car-park...depending upon how you look at it).
I chose the southern route this time - my destination is exactly 180' around: if you ride directly through the centre, it's a straight line because of the original Roman roads involved.
I didn't really fancy uploading a 90 min video, so went for an accelerated music video, compressed down into 5mins. I would have done the full 360' for you, but forgot that I was recording in 720p at 60fps - that pretty much ate up all of the [only] SDHC card that I was carrying. Looking at the battery gauge, even the standard Drift battery would probably have made the distance.
Things of note:
- Because of the direction of travel, the sun-rise couldn't really catchup: it wasn't until I started more northbound again that the light starts to drastically improve;
- Watch the clouds. This was a 90 minute journey, yet most of the cloud movement is me going underneath them.
- For M/C's: Safe filtering. I only filtered when the traffic was at 20/30mph or less, and even then only about 5/10 mph faster than them (my speed did not exceed 25mph during any filtering). I never stopped, and only a single BMW took offence to being overtaken when he was stationary by [dangerously] sitting on my rear-tyre as long as he could after I passed. I lost him in more filtering less than 30 seconds later
You'll probably see him in my right mirror in the last filter sequence - that's the beauty of having my wide-angle Drift on that side of my head - for insurance backup, it sees everything in front and pretty much everything of relevance directly behind.
Anyway, enjoy.
Music: Deep Trance (2003), Against the Clock (2010), both G. Hardcastle (q-music). Used under a commercial synch license.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQbw3CF5De0[/youtube]
I had to make a site visit today and other than trying to fight my way through London, the only option is the M25 (Europe's 2nd longest orbital by about 5km...or Europe's biggest car-park...depending upon how you look at it).
I chose the southern route this time - my destination is exactly 180' around: if you ride directly through the centre, it's a straight line because of the original Roman roads involved.
I didn't really fancy uploading a 90 min video, so went for an accelerated music video, compressed down into 5mins. I would have done the full 360' for you, but forgot that I was recording in 720p at 60fps - that pretty much ate up all of the [only] SDHC card that I was carrying. Looking at the battery gauge, even the standard Drift battery would probably have made the distance.
Things of note:
- Because of the direction of travel, the sun-rise couldn't really catchup: it wasn't until I started more northbound again that the light starts to drastically improve;
- Watch the clouds. This was a 90 minute journey, yet most of the cloud movement is me going underneath them.
- For M/C's: Safe filtering. I only filtered when the traffic was at 20/30mph or less, and even then only about 5/10 mph faster than them (my speed did not exceed 25mph during any filtering). I never stopped, and only a single BMW took offence to being overtaken when he was stationary by [dangerously] sitting on my rear-tyre as long as he could after I passed. I lost him in more filtering less than 30 seconds later
You'll probably see him in my right mirror in the last filter sequence - that's the beauty of having my wide-angle Drift on that side of my head - for insurance backup, it sees everything in front and pretty much everything of relevance directly behind.
Anyway, enjoy.
Music: Deep Trance (2003), Against the Clock (2010), both G. Hardcastle (q-music). Used under a commercial synch license.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQbw3CF5De0[/youtube]
