Range-rover
Veteran
Don't forget the 2.8C I restored, I had to replace the bellows that's
behind the taking lens. I had it in pieces for a month waiting for the
part from the Netherland's to rebuilt it.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Spring Fever/Gear Alert: I just bought some bike parts: 5 chains; a chainring; a spyder; and a photo related a CNC GoPro aheadset stem mount for my Hero 7.
The steel IBIS I'm building out as a 3x1 so I'll have a 63"-48"-and 30" gears using only a front deraileur. Around 50 gear inches is what is used for an off road single speed; 30 inches is a Trials gear and is good for wheelies; 63 inches is the Joe Goldilocks road gear.
I also hit a turning point where I'm not loosing weight and am gaining a few pounds. Less flab more muscle. I can do an Adam Levine and take off my shirt at the Superbowl. No tatoo's though, only scars from bike crashes.
I signed a release giving permission to use some photo's. This is the second time that Mike the Skinny Hipster had a shot that the client wanted. I just gave permission for three out of the four shots that were mine.
"Maggie" says that this client, although not paying is good for us, so it is likely a big deal getting these shots published. The client is in California.
I'm not so keen on this Wyman's frozen berry/cherry mix with kale. Probably alright for a smoothy, but not in oatmeal. Greens and oatmeal does not work for me.
I deep six the kale, and the berries sweetens up the oats. I also add flax seeds, chia seeds and wheat germ to combine with the anti-oxidants. Oats are the type you have to cook for 5 minutes so they are unprocessed. I use double skim milk for mucho calcium and double the protein. Pretty much I am eating all superfoods. Not too costly. The Chia seeds and flax seeds are less money than Omega three supliments.
My skin looks amazing.
Cal
The steel IBIS I'm building out as a 3x1 so I'll have a 63"-48"-and 30" gears using only a front deraileur. Around 50 gear inches is what is used for an off road single speed; 30 inches is a Trials gear and is good for wheelies; 63 inches is the Joe Goldilocks road gear.
I also hit a turning point where I'm not loosing weight and am gaining a few pounds. Less flab more muscle. I can do an Adam Levine and take off my shirt at the Superbowl. No tatoo's though, only scars from bike crashes.
I signed a release giving permission to use some photo's. This is the second time that Mike the Skinny Hipster had a shot that the client wanted. I just gave permission for three out of the four shots that were mine.
"Maggie" says that this client, although not paying is good for us, so it is likely a big deal getting these shots published. The client is in California.
I'm not so keen on this Wyman's frozen berry/cherry mix with kale. Probably alright for a smoothy, but not in oatmeal. Greens and oatmeal does not work for me.
I deep six the kale, and the berries sweetens up the oats. I also add flax seeds, chia seeds and wheat germ to combine with the anti-oxidants. Oats are the type you have to cook for 5 minutes so they are unprocessed. I use double skim milk for mucho calcium and double the protein. Pretty much I am eating all superfoods. Not too costly. The Chia seeds and flax seeds are less money than Omega three supliments.
My skin looks amazing.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
So the Go Daddy commercial has a promo commercial at this level. Tomorrow, Friday is the big release. Some pre-promo release is on "Maggie's" Instagram.
See IconAcccidental on Instagram.
After work today I have to stop by a showroom in SoHo to pick up a load of stuff for Fashion Week.
Yesterday a box came full of gifts for Maggie which included a Leica Sofit, a new IPAD and other stuff.
More crazy stuff is going to contract.
Cal
See IconAcccidental on Instagram.
After work today I have to stop by a showroom in SoHo to pick up a load of stuff for Fashion Week.
Yesterday a box came full of gifts for Maggie which included a Leica Sofit, a new IPAD and other stuff.
More crazy stuff is going to contract.
Cal
Prest_400
Multiformat
I just love how you're going against the conventions totally, when everyone's so hot on for 1x12. But it's a logical way. FD gets you 3 separate gears and acts as chain guide as well!
I've eyed an abandoned 1994 Marin that's not too bad, thinking of making it a spring project as components seem intact despite 6+ mo outdoors. At least I could keep the frame, good ole Tange steel. Just free to take by walking away with it, though it's got a rear lock, but I'll wait for the workshop bud and a cargo cycle. Cuban embargo practices using a coop workshop and scavenged parts. Not fancy but fun.
With that kind of unirthodox mech practices I don't dare trying camera repair. I notice the RF on my Texas Leica is sort of slightly off at infinity...
The Mediterranean diet is basically about eating properly, together with activity, and I think natural superfoods are much better than processed supplements, and you get to skip some middleman.
Feel that I'm doing rather fine diet wise but could be better. Of course young age allows many practices such as chocolate indulgence.
I got a community darkroom key and some chems on the way. Soon I should begin to work on that HP5!
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Jorde,
Whatever film and developer you select I suggest that you stick to only one film and developer and master it. Pretty much you want exposure and development to be like having a deadly kung-fu move like a reflex.
Chocolate is to me like doing drugs. It is an antidepressant, and it today's sad world everyone needs an antidepressant.
I'm looking into buying this NOS Spinergy Front wheel that is ceramic and is for rim brakes that uses a composite string instead of spokes for weight savings. The weight savings over spokes is that the composite threads is about 1/3rd the weight of traditional spokes, but I suspect that the rim is perhaps built with overkill because these wheels are known to be sturdy and durable as well.
The idea for me is less rotating mass for instant/better acceleration. Simple physics I can use to my advantage as I only weigh 156 pounds.
The design of the wheel involves more loading and unloading like how a suspension bridge works, rather than a typical spoked wheel. It is said that the acceleration is snappy and that the composite cables is like a free suspension.
Seems like "Clydesdale" sized riders and Enduro riders say that these wheels over years have proven durable.
Currently I am using a black Mavic "Cross Roc" wheel with 20 butted radial spokes on the Ti IBIS. Only paid $75.00 in EBAY BIN. A custom built wheel will cost hundreds of dollars, even If I supply a hub. My old retro Mavic 231's with 32 butted spokes, cross three, that my friend Harry built for me is lighter than any stock built wheel I can buy it seems. For really light wheels I have to have them custom built because stock wheels are built for heavier/bigger riders. BTW my Harry built wheels are bombproof. Too bad Harry now lives in Arizona.
I love the more agile and quicker handling of my 26 and 24 inch wheels. I seem to like the hyper more twitch shorter wheelbase that is more responsive and better for climbing, but on downhills and at high speeds this also translates into sketchy handling that requires skill. Some of my friends consider my old steel IBIS "Unridable." LOL.
Also know that I have riders that like to ride on my "six" right behind me for spectating and entertainment value because I am juggling speed, balance and physics in real time and ride that edge of almost being out of control.
Not so different than Big Wave Surfing in a way.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
630K followers.
"Maggie" already says, "I can't wait till Fashion Week is over." At this point it is a ritual rather than a new exprience.
Yesterday I was a "Mule" hand went to some showroom on Broadway in SoHo to pick up two shopping bags of clothes.
Saturday I have to play "stalker" and take shots of "Maggie" between all the shows she will attend. Oh-yeah.
Monday I have to get up early and be "put together" for work because a make-up artist will be appearing at our door at 6:20 AM. How rude is that?
Meanwhile the Compact Drive spyder I ordered seems to have the wrong "dish" and this will effect my chainline. I suspect that Alex sent me a spyder for a RS8 the newer crankset, and I need to old one.
Still have to send Phil my fork to get tweaked. Still have to change the dampers on the "Jersey Barrier." I'm also waiting on the 5 chains I ordered to get me through a season, and the stem mount for my GoPro.
The past two days I have been training some guys from Brookhaven National Labs on how to operate and maintain a 3.5 million dollar cyclotron. One guy formally was in the Navy nuke program and also was a nuclear operator at Indian Point. The Henrik was an immigrant from Poland over 20 years ago.
This is what I love about NYC. I don't have to travel the world because the world comes here. Over 4 days I met with these guys individually one on one. So all I needed was four work days to bond and make some really great friends.
A PhD friend a BNL told me there are only 1000 cyclotrons in the world. Yet again, the world is not that big. Pretty much the world of physics is all the same people. One PhD I worked with at Grumman, at Los Alamos National Labs, and Then a Brookhaven National Labs.
Cal
"Maggie" already says, "I can't wait till Fashion Week is over." At this point it is a ritual rather than a new exprience.
Yesterday I was a "Mule" hand went to some showroom on Broadway in SoHo to pick up two shopping bags of clothes.
Saturday I have to play "stalker" and take shots of "Maggie" between all the shows she will attend. Oh-yeah.
Monday I have to get up early and be "put together" for work because a make-up artist will be appearing at our door at 6:20 AM. How rude is that?
Meanwhile the Compact Drive spyder I ordered seems to have the wrong "dish" and this will effect my chainline. I suspect that Alex sent me a spyder for a RS8 the newer crankset, and I need to old one.
Still have to send Phil my fork to get tweaked. Still have to change the dampers on the "Jersey Barrier." I'm also waiting on the 5 chains I ordered to get me through a season, and the stem mount for my GoPro.
The past two days I have been training some guys from Brookhaven National Labs on how to operate and maintain a 3.5 million dollar cyclotron. One guy formally was in the Navy nuke program and also was a nuclear operator at Indian Point. The Henrik was an immigrant from Poland over 20 years ago.
This is what I love about NYC. I don't have to travel the world because the world comes here. Over 4 days I met with these guys individually one on one. So all I needed was four work days to bond and make some really great friends.
A PhD friend a BNL told me there are only 1000 cyclotrons in the world. Yet again, the world is not that big. Pretty much the world of physics is all the same people. One PhD I worked with at Grumman, at Los Alamos National Labs, and Then a Brookhaven National Labs.
Cal
Dan
Let's Sway
Huh? You go through 5 chains in a riding season??
I rotate two chains on my road bike so there is always one clean one waiting and the wear-and-tear is cut in half between the two.
Prest_400
Multiformat
Always thought about the kung fu like B&W. HP5+ and HC110 are the chosen ones. For some reason, in Europe Ilford is very uniformly and reasonably priced. Chose HC110 as it's economical, has long shelf life and not much of a factor but it was St. Ansel's choice too. DHL changed the delivery from today to Tuesday. Ha.
Caught my "not yet bike buddy" again at the weekly music circle we attend and had a nice short chat about riding the forests here. He says it's too cold and XC on the plowed tracks is boring. TBH I barely do anything but a granny stroll nowadays. (We're at 32F, 60 deg north in latitude). These young people have no spirit
My commuter has some worn Mavic 217 with an XT hub... Your mention of eBay has me looking at it and I found a wheelset that could run cheap. I'm tracking a NOS Tange Ultimate frame, 17", 1.9kg steel. I think that any new steel frame nowadays will be much heavier than that. If I had more workshop availability I'd franken build one with that.
Shipping however adds up a lot. That's what I like about cameras, easy and cheap to move around AND hoard.
And the fact about retro and "obsolete" formats is that one can get NOS and depreciated used stuff cheap. Dad's trying to sell his carbon 27.5 hardtail and it's being tough to get $900 for it.
But yes, those now retro 26 MTBs with short flat bars are twitchy and playful. I do appreciate wide riser bars for XC.
Cross country and just ride with the cameras on the backpack. No records set here due to photo stops.
Caught my "not yet bike buddy" again at the weekly music circle we attend and had a nice short chat about riding the forests here. He says it's too cold and XC on the plowed tracks is boring. TBH I barely do anything but a granny stroll nowadays. (We're at 32F, 60 deg north in latitude). These young people have no spirit
My commuter has some worn Mavic 217 with an XT hub... Your mention of eBay has me looking at it and I found a wheelset that could run cheap. I'm tracking a NOS Tange Ultimate frame, 17", 1.9kg steel. I think that any new steel frame nowadays will be much heavier than that. If I had more workshop availability I'd franken build one with that.
Shipping however adds up a lot. That's what I like about cameras, easy and cheap to move around AND hoard.
And the fact about retro and "obsolete" formats is that one can get NOS and depreciated used stuff cheap. Dad's trying to sell his carbon 27.5 hardtail and it's being tough to get $900 for it.
But yes, those now retro 26 MTBs with short flat bars are twitchy and playful. I do appreciate wide riser bars for XC.
Cross country and just ride with the cameras on the backpack. No records set here due to photo stops.
I was surprised that my commuter above still has a good chain with plenty of stretch space. I think the most wear I had was 2 chains in a year. Could ride more
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Saul,
I own 4 bikes. My road bike (Ti Basso with a purple fade, that is basically a Litespeed "Classic" rebranded) needs new chainrings and a chain. My Ti Basso Mountain bike is also getting a new chain and just got a new set of chainrings. My two IBIS Mountain Trials bikes (one steel and another Ti) are bikes that I experiment with and are rather creative.
I have Middleburn cranks on the two IBIS bikes which has a modular ability to change/convert spyders. One spyder is a "Pro Trials Guard" that I have mounted a 20T chainring with a 16 tooth freewheel. This bike has a 26 inch front wheel, a 24 inch rear wheel, and only a 39 inch wheelbase. The gearing is only 30 gear inches for full blown trials. Interesting to note that Middleburn has been around a long time and now it seems the modular and "spyderless chainrings" are the rage. This is old school and was done also by White Industries, Paul Components and of course Middleburn back in the day.
I can also have UNO chainrings and Duo chainrings which are spyderless chainrings. The steel IBIS has horizontal drop-outs like a track bike, so it is ideal for single speed ad well as creating a two speed that I intend to build out where a 42/32 Duo can provide me with a two speed bike using a Paul's Components "Melvin" as a chain tensioner for 48" and a 63" gearing.
Know that not far from where I live in East Harlem is Highbridge Park which is a rather large NYC park in Madhattan that pretty much is abandoned and ferrel. Other than the pool, and the skate board park under the George Washington Bridge it is pretty much a "no-man's land" except to very near the entrances. Inside pretty much is a feral overgrown NYC park.
Kinda funny in the summer seeing many of the local residents of Washington Heights Bar-B-Q-ing right next to the no Bar-B-Q-ing signs right near the entrances to the park, but once in the park proper you are pretty much in "Gladiator mode" if there is any trouble. A good place to kill someone during the day, or a place to dump a body. The geography is basically a ridge/cliff that extends south to north parallel to the Harlem River and the Harlem River drive.
On the extreame northern end of Highbridge Park there are some technical mountain bike trails complete with "rock gardens." Beware of glass though, and there are reports of seeing teenagers having sex near or on the mountainbike trails.
Much of the park is gravel roads, so not the best for a road bike. Ideally I'd like to have a 3X1 63"-48"-30" on the steel IBIS for this park. Near the mountian bike trails is also a BMX track...
The Ti IBIS is currently a 46T-17 freewheel single speed with a perfect chain length that requires no chain tensioner. The Ti IBIS set up with a 23.5 s "Kojak" slick on the rear, a a 26 "Kojak" slick on the front weighs less than 17 1/2 pounds and is built for acceleration and climbing.
Once I timed the lights on Third Avenue from 79th Steet to 101st Street where I live. Know there is no bike lane on this avenue and pretty much I too a lane and was doing the speed of traffic.
Understand that "Vision Zero" lowered the speed limit to 25 MPH and the lights were all "timed" for the reduced speed. Pretty much when I jumped and pumped the light was just turning yellow and I just accelerated into the traffic favoring the left side to avoid stopping buses.
I made it to 101'st no problem and could of kept on going, but I wanted to go home. Not bad for an old guy pushing 60 at the time.
So now Shimano is coming out with a 12 speed, and I don't really need all those gears on my retro bikes, so I took advantage of closeouts on 11 speed XTR. I also like using Road Dura-Ace on mountain bikes to simulate Suntour MicroDrive because I'm a "weight weenie." I have a stockpile of XTR and Dura-Ace to replace the drivetrains on three bikes. Building wheels will require some cash flow, but otherwise I'm ready...
Know that I like doing crazy things like putting a Corvette engine in an 84 Jeep Scrambler with a half cab. "Crazy is good," I say. You should also know that even though I only weigh 156 pounds at 5'9" (no shoes) that I'm known as a hammer who stretches chains. On a mountain bike I kinda use it like a stairmaster and am out of the saddle stomping gears. Basically I kill/destroy chains. I also like to have chain rings, freewheels/cassettes, and chains "kitted-out" as an expansion and exploitation of the Middleburn modular approach. My Middleburn cranks are designed for tandems and are fully warranteed for Trials use.
Its been a while. I see you got your not big, but huge printer. I thought I was known as the guy who printd "Monster Prints." Care to elaborate more? Know that I'm a smut queen and want to know. Don't be shy. LOL.
Cal
Range-rover
Veteran
New York has everything, tell Maggie good luck this week.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Bob,
If it were only a week it would not be so bad. For "Maggie" and "Poor Calvin" it is "Fashion Month."
There are the before and after events that straddle Fashion Week. For example the smaller less known designers have a week of events that they piggyback onto New York's Fashion Week.
And then since everything in the fashion industry is a last minute frenzy for no good reason the possibilities of a sudden last minute trip to Europe or China is still possible.
For Maggie New York is the least important show. She got an invite to a show in Milan, but they are not going to pay for the trip. If she goes to one show in Milan then next year she will be invited to mucho shows in Milan.
I expect that since she attended and was invited to Paris by a high end luxury designer last year that she likely will be invited to mucho shows in Paris.
Cal
ptpdprinter
Veteran
Sounds like the equivalent of a photographer being asked to do free work in exchange for exposure.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
I contacted Alex about the possibility he sent the wrong spyder. We'll correspond more after I show him what I already have on the Ti IBIS and compare it with what he sent me. We'll straighten this out next week.
A 3X1 speed on the steel IBIS for offroad with mountain bike "chubby-tires" (politically correct, no body shaming) would be awesome.
BTW the "Pro Trials Guard" is this thick cylindrical slab of aluminum that is red anodized with toothed ridges to protect the chainring. It is kinda beefy and evil looking. Designed impact with rocks and non-movable objects in mind.
It is an "Evil-bike." "I love it," I say.
Decades ago I had the frame striped and had it powder coated flore-S-cent orange. In some places the powder coat bubbled so it is now displaying a kinda rust spater/splatter, and has this hammered patina of sorts.
Somehow I found this old retro titanium "high-rise" stem that was popular back in the day, along with these retro Bontrager handlebars I had. These are "period" correct from the late 1980's when Mountain Biking was new.
The love here i that this was my first mountain bike. How cool would it be to still own the first car you ever bought.
For me that would be either a white 67 Mustang convertible that kinda my sister gave me for paying the $75.00 parking ticket, or a 1967 Volvo 122S that I actually bought. If I had to choose I take the Volvo. It was a better car, handled well, and was more fun to drive. The Mustang was a rat.
Moral of the story here is it pays to buy to keep. I do this with my cameras in mind.
Cal
A 3X1 speed on the steel IBIS for offroad with mountain bike "chubby-tires" (politically correct, no body shaming) would be awesome.
BTW the "Pro Trials Guard" is this thick cylindrical slab of aluminum that is red anodized with toothed ridges to protect the chainring. It is kinda beefy and evil looking. Designed impact with rocks and non-movable objects in mind.
It is an "Evil-bike." "I love it," I say.
Decades ago I had the frame striped and had it powder coated flore-S-cent orange. In some places the powder coat bubbled so it is now displaying a kinda rust spater/splatter, and has this hammered patina of sorts.
Somehow I found this old retro titanium "high-rise" stem that was popular back in the day, along with these retro Bontrager handlebars I had. These are "period" correct from the late 1980's when Mountain Biking was new.
The love here i that this was my first mountain bike. How cool would it be to still own the first car you ever bought.
For me that would be either a white 67 Mustang convertible that kinda my sister gave me for paying the $75.00 parking ticket, or a 1967 Volvo 122S that I actually bought. If I had to choose I take the Volvo. It was a better car, handled well, and was more fun to drive. The Mustang was a rat.
Moral of the story here is it pays to buy to keep. I do this with my cameras in mind.
Cal
B-9
Devin Bro
Cal, while your talking bikes
See many of those Cargo bikes around town?
Looking at a few tandems right now and drafting a few ideas on how to add cargo space to the rear. My brother is a decent welder, has a fancy pipe bender, and might find time to help me out between welding up minibikes and gokart frames.
Typically I walk to the post office in the summer since I am only about 5 city blocks away. As of late my load in tow has increased two/three fold and it is no longer practical even with my Postal Issue sling. (Apparently it is a federal crime for my to have that bag!?) Got caught with it last week without issue but was given fair warning to hang it up.
I found some inspiration here:
https://inhabitat.com/inhabitots/9-...bikes-for-toting-kids-and-goods-in-eco-style/
Im really digging the Madsen "Bucket Bike" (last on that list)
See many of those Cargo bikes around town?
Looking at a few tandems right now and drafting a few ideas on how to add cargo space to the rear. My brother is a decent welder, has a fancy pipe bender, and might find time to help me out between welding up minibikes and gokart frames.
Typically I walk to the post office in the summer since I am only about 5 city blocks away. As of late my load in tow has increased two/three fold and it is no longer practical even with my Postal Issue sling. (Apparently it is a federal crime for my to have that bag!?) Got caught with it last week without issue but was given fair warning to hang it up.
I found some inspiration here:
https://inhabitat.com/inhabitots/9-...bikes-for-toting-kids-and-goods-in-eco-style/
Im really digging the Madsen "Bucket Bike" (last on that list)
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
PTP,
Similar but realize it is more like a paid vacation and you are treated like a VIP.
A limo picks you up from the airport after the first class or business class flight. You are staying at UBER luxury hotels. Any you are meeting and having dinner with famous and influential people.
On one trip there was a "Plus One" which means that not only "Maggie" gets invited, but she can also bring a guest, and that guest was me.
The ride in the Mercedes limo from the airport in Mad-Rid was not too shabby. The driver lowered the blinds to filter the overly bright light down. Our hotel was formally a Palace for a Duke that was converted into a luxury hotel. The bathroom in out suite had a glass walls to create a loft like space.
The way they fed us was with rich meals might be deadly and definately was not sustainable. I wondered if I would say need a stent after having lunch because the food was so good and great.
A trip to the Prado included a guide who gave us a walking tour which also included a supplied ontourage. While there were massive lines for this sold out Vasquez exhibit we bypassed the crowds and the lines and were let in.
Another event for "National Book Week" we were told to go to the National Library. At the door we were told that the National Library was closed for a special event, until they figured out who we were. Pretty much had a private guided tour of their "Library of Congress" when it was closed to the general public and were shown all these timeless treasures and priceless antiquities.
Somehow I had to buy a Paul Smith tuxedo four days before getting on the plane. This type of stress is what I hate about the fashion industry. Then there were these formal events, as well as a full blown photo shoot of my gal in another luxury hotel where they used the luxury hotel as the location.
Just outside was a monument, the same one as in Columbus Circle here in NYC. The Luxury hotel was on Madrid's Fifth Avenue. Oh I forgot, we had another one of those six course deadly lunches where you might need a stent after eating. My God killing yourself by eating this way to go is rather pleasant. What a way to kill yourself. Really that great.
The Palace of the Dukes where we stayed was a few blocks away from the Royal Palace that has 375 rooms or something re-dick-U-las like that. When you see the size of this monster palace it makes anything we have in Washington DC look like a bungalow.
On a trip to London "Maggie" once had the same Suite in a luxury hotel that Lady Gaga books when she is in London.
So now I know what its like to say be say Jay Z.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Devon,
My friend Ignacio invited me to do "The Tour de Bronx." At a rest stop to use the bathroom I met the National Cargo Bike Champion who had just won the 2018 Championship that was held in Philly.
I met him by inquiring about the cargo bike he was using. Interesting to note that my profiling I would say he was likely a black man from the West Indies. He was a bit of a girlie man like me with narrow shoulders and was skinny/scrawny like me, but then again lanky and muscular. He was also taller, perhaps 6'2," but likely no more than 180 pounds.
When I inquired about what he had to do to win the championship he told me, "Make deliveries, some of them 300 pounds, over bridges and tunnels."
So this man is really not human. Can you imagine how fit and strong this skinny bitch is? He was in his thirties, but of course he looked 21 to me. This dude was half man half machine. In my case, I'm half man: half testicle.
That's a funny story. Go directly to jail for impersonating a mailman.
Anyways my guess is that it is really about the issue of government property. If you are a postman the government does hot want you to appropriate government issued equipment for personal use, and if you or not a postal worker it suggests that you mugged a mailman to steal his bag.
So give it up, how did you get a Postal sling? You know me: I'm a smutt queen. Give it up. LOL.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
I just looked in Oysterfest to see if the still had Criterion bike racing as part of the Oyster Bay annual event out on Long Island. LIRR would take you right where your want to be.
Too bad because it would be a great event for a Meet-Up: food, beer, crowds, and bike racing around a cityblock in packs so if some one crashes a pileup generally ensues.
Most of the crashes happen at the corners. Just listen for the sound of scrapping metal, a pedal scraping the pavement when a racer leans a bit to much in one of the turns. On the course the use hay bales as a barrier to protect the general public from the flying bikes and riders.
Kinda crazy, but I like it. Seems like they don't do the Crit anymore.
Devon's post reminded me of the last page of an issue of "Bicycling" magaizine I had. It seemed like two guys racing on a tandem are negociating a switchback at a high rate of speed was captured by someone shooting a 35mm film camera that had a motordrive.
They rolled a tire in the turn. Rolling a tire is a term where sewn-up tires are used and there is no bead on the rim. Adhesive is used to glue the tire to the rim. So when you roll a tire you hear that awful sound of metal on pavement before you are sliding on the asphalt or worse concrete like an errant Frisbee. I know because it happened to me.
So what made the sequence of shots funny is that they printed up captions for each shot, but did it like a first grade reader Dick and Jane story.
"Hear John curse." and "Bad John bad." were some of the captions.
LOL.
I'll try to find that story about this bike race held in California. It is like that Las Vegas Barstow and back offroad race held in Nevada, except it ist some place to Sonoma and back through rolling hills on a bicycle: 100 miles there and 100 miles back.
It depicts the first time a tandem entered the race, and jokes were made. The riders of the tandem got the last laugh. This story is a legend. I think one of the tandem riders was Joe Breeze.
Cal
Too bad because it would be a great event for a Meet-Up: food, beer, crowds, and bike racing around a cityblock in packs so if some one crashes a pileup generally ensues.
Most of the crashes happen at the corners. Just listen for the sound of scrapping metal, a pedal scraping the pavement when a racer leans a bit to much in one of the turns. On the course the use hay bales as a barrier to protect the general public from the flying bikes and riders.
Kinda crazy, but I like it. Seems like they don't do the Crit anymore.
Devon's post reminded me of the last page of an issue of "Bicycling" magaizine I had. It seemed like two guys racing on a tandem are negociating a switchback at a high rate of speed was captured by someone shooting a 35mm film camera that had a motordrive.
They rolled a tire in the turn. Rolling a tire is a term where sewn-up tires are used and there is no bead on the rim. Adhesive is used to glue the tire to the rim. So when you roll a tire you hear that awful sound of metal on pavement before you are sliding on the asphalt or worse concrete like an errant Frisbee. I know because it happened to me.
So what made the sequence of shots funny is that they printed up captions for each shot, but did it like a first grade reader Dick and Jane story.
"Hear John curse." and "Bad John bad." were some of the captions.
LOL.
I'll try to find that story about this bike race held in California. It is like that Las Vegas Barstow and back offroad race held in Nevada, except it ist some place to Sonoma and back through rolling hills on a bicycle: 100 miles there and 100 miles back.
It depicts the first time a tandem entered the race, and jokes were made. The riders of the tandem got the last laugh. This story is a legend. I think one of the tandem riders was Joe Breeze.
Cal
B-9
Devin Bro
Cal,
Ive got an insider that leaks out the good vintage gear that has been stowed away in dusty closets. Got a few nice shoulder pads, the rucksack, and a few heavy leather straps.
The bag is easily identifiable even with the insignia removed. The material is heavy weave of some poly blend. Super tough. Ill still use it around camp. Hell of a catch all.
I was offered a new release of the bag this past fall and had a gut feeling we might both be putting our necks out and decided to pass.
You can say the local post and I have a long and somewhat shady relationship.
Ive got an insider that leaks out the good vintage gear that has been stowed away in dusty closets. Got a few nice shoulder pads, the rucksack, and a few heavy leather straps.
The bag is easily identifiable even with the insignia removed. The material is heavy weave of some poly blend. Super tough. Ill still use it around camp. Hell of a catch all.
I was offered a new release of the bag this past fall and had a gut feeling we might both be putting our necks out and decided to pass.
You can say the local post and I have a long and somewhat shady relationship.
Prest_400
Multiformat
I get allured by stories so you had me reading about it. Had to google it and don't know if I really found it; but IBIS site holds a lot of different stories. Still got to get through:
https://www.ibiscycles.com/info/303030/
Under #8 Tandems there's this:
https://www.ibiscycles.com/images/uploads/wygwam/BG_Tandem_Oct88_0001.pdf
It's a small feature on a green background titled "The truth about tandems: Smaller ain't faster"
MrFujicaman
Well-known
B-9, I remember back in the 1970's when Spiratone started selling copies of the shoulder pads for the mailbags. I wanted one,but somehow never got around to ordering one. After all these years, I spotted the Domke version on Ebay and bought one. Worth every penny!