Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Took a five-plus hour bike ride from Palo Alto to, and around, San Francisco. This time lapse condenses it to thirty minutes. This full time lapse consists of 57 smaller time lapses, ranging from three to thirty seconds each, along with two normal speed video clips.
First four-and-a-half minutes of the video shows normal speed video clips shortened via editing software. The rest is using the time lapse feature on iOS. However, time lapse of the bike ride is way too fast and nothing can be seen clearly. I stretched the time lapse a bit so it is now a total of thirty minutes instead of twenty-five. Now, buildings and roads can be seen better. However, the video looks choppy because it's missing a good amount of frames.
Here are some crappy pans of certain locations in San Francisco:
28:46 - 29:00 Chinatown
29:54 - 30:43 Embarcadero
*Long bridge in the background is the Bay Bridge (better view in outro at 30:51).
30:44 - 30:51 AT&T Stadium
Hopefully the video didn't make you dizzy. Moral of the story: don't use time lapse while cycling.
Took a five-plus hour bike ride from Palo Alto to, and around, San Francisco. This time lapse condenses it to thirty minutes. This full time lapse consists of 57 smaller time lapses, ranging from three to thirty seconds each, along with two normal speed video clips.
First four-and-a-half minutes of the video shows normal speed video clips shortened via editing software. The rest is using the time lapse feature on iOS. However, time lapse of the bike ride is way too fast and nothing can be seen clearly. I stretched the time lapse a bit so it is now a total of thirty minutes instead of twenty-five. Now, buildings and roads can be seen better. However, the video looks choppy because it's missing a good amount of frames.
Here are some crappy pans of certain locations in San Francisco:
28:46 - 29:00 Chinatown
29:54 - 30:43 Embarcadero
*Long bridge in the background is the Bay Bridge (better view in outro at 30:51).
30:44 - 30:51 AT&T Stadium
Hopefully the video didn't make you dizzy. Moral of the story: don't use time lapse while cycling.
