Segment starts at 10:40, interview w/LB at 13:08.
AW? Me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB9Jc5IdDPI
AW? Me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB9Jc5IdDPI
Nice -- awesome community!
Maybe Apple will build a few factories in Detroit instead of China?Really awesome community. The day I discovered it I was in Downtown Detroit for a bike and a run in the late afternoon.
People asked me if I was going to do Slow Roll that evening but I had a meeting at 6:30 pm so I couldn't, since they start at 7:00pm.
When I arrived on my bike back at my car at 5:00 pm I saw several hundred cyclists marshaling for something, I asked what it was and they said " Slow Roll".
I figured there was some screw-up with time, and I figured I'd ride a bit with them.
Really weird, they kept riding up and down the same street and stopping to re group every two or three minutes. A professional film crew was taping the whole thing as well!
Some riders told me they were filming a documentary.
They zoomed in on me a bunch of times, from a truck with a boom and real camera guy, but after about a half hour a guy stopped everyone and came up to me wanting to know who I registered with.
Turned out EVERYONE had signed waivers and submitted photos and they couldn't find me in their files!
They booted me out, and the next week I went to the REAL Slow Roll where I was interviewed for the PBS show before the ride.
A few months later the secret that only riders Jason Hall and Mike McKool knew about was released...
It was an iPad ad being filmed featuring the Slow Roll story!
I ended up on the cutting floor because of the waiver thing, but how cool would THAT have been!
The ad is really cool, view it here:
Sounds good. I've always had a soft spot for Detroit, ever since I took a few courses on labor and urban sociology back in college.Shinola chose Detroit to manufacture their watches as well as bicycles following their purchase of the name from the defunct shoe polish company.
Their research indicated that Built in Detroit would add extra value to their product, so they moved in and enjoy very low operating costs as well. Their stuff is selling REALLY good in New York!