Hope you enjoy these occasional excursions into the lighter side of cycling...

"Let's Get Visible":  A fun look at Conspicuity at night... (There are extra points if you're (like me) old enough to remember the original record by Olivia Newton-John.)

"One Got Fat"
Here's an old bike safety film from 1963. In the film, ten friends who are children with monkey masks and tails, plan on going to the park for a picnic. They all ride there on their bikes, but each one meets a different fate on their way to the park as a result of their failure to follow specific bike safety rules (like not making hand signals, not reading traffic signs, not riding with traffic, riding double, or riding on the sidewalk). One by one, each of the friends makes a mistake and suffers an interesting fate. In the end only one of the friends (who not only followed all the bike safety rules, but is also a normal human, whose face is not shown until the very end) makes it to the park and eats all the food by himself. Thus, as the title says, "One got fat!" Narrated by Edward Everett Horton, remembered for his “Fractured Fairy Tales” from the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show.

This is a 1979 video based on the original Effective Cycling book, which defines the role of the bicycle rider on the road as that of a vehicle operator. Emphasizes the importance of skill in controlling the bicycle and adherence to traffic laws as prime factors in safe riding. Shows examples of proper riding procedures in various situations.

Video is a little more than 25 minutes long. The actual author of most of the content, and director during filming, was John Forester. He is listed in the end credits. The motor vehicles, bicycle helmets and clothing shown in this film date it, but on the other hand, it provides a concise and well-structured introduction to bike-handling and traffic-riding techniques. Especially, check out the unplanned event at 12:40. You couldn't pay anyone to get a clip like that...