New York June NYC Meet-Up

Back on topic: Sunday June 10th is the Fat Tire Festival; Sunday June 17th is the Mermaid Parade; so only Sunday June 24th remains.

The June Meet-Up will be at The Rochard on Lexington and 97th on Sunday the 24th.

Cal
 
Range-rover said:
What's a Fat Tire Festival?
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Bob,

Fat Tire is slang for mountain bike, and this is basically a meet-up for mountain bikers at Peekskill.

I'll be using an old steel IBIS that is set up as a single speed with 48 gear inches (one crank of the peddles moves the bike forward 48 inches) as a speed limiter. This is a retro bike from back in the day when mountain bikes were first invented and was made in 1987 before there was suspension forks, Vee brakes, and gearing on the rear wheel was limited to 7 speed.

I'm not so "gonzo" like when I was younger.

Cal
 
My workbook is now 44 pages and already is impressive. I love how the pages lay flat. At Talas the book supplier the limit on the binding posts is 4 inches thick overall. I think I will be able to max that out.50 pages seems to be only be 1 3/4 inch thick so a bit more than 100 pages.

"Maggie" bought the 23 Cron-TL for the 35mm FOV. Loves the camera. LOL.

I love going to the Leica Store because I gather the latest smut. A mucho beloved camera is being discontinued and dealers already are not restocking for fear of getting stuck. Hmmm. June will be an interesting month with more smut.

She is currently in Chicago for a few days. Yesterday I pulled out the guitars to make some noise. Spent the day playing and napping. Somehow watched the second game of NBA finals and saw the Cav's get spanked. Slept through the night.

Never realized how sleep deprived I have become. Last time I slept away like this was perhaps a decade or more ago when I rented a cabin in Vermont near Canada on Lake Champlain. Pretty much was like laying on the beach trying to read a book and cronically dozing off.

Today I feel very different, more alert and sharp, and not so old. Seems like the downtime is needed and required as maintenance, and I can't hammer all the time. Really remarkable how different I feel today.

Cal
 
Calzone said:
Bob,

Fat Tire is slang for mountain bike, and this is basically a meet-up for mountain bikers at Peekskill.

I'll be using an old steel IBIS that is set up as a single speed with 48 gear inches (one crank of the peddles moves the bike forward 48 inches) as a speed limiter. This is a retro bike from back in the day when mountain bikes were first invented and was made in 1987 before there was suspension forks, Vee brakes, and gearing on the rear wheel was limited to 7 speed.

I'm not so "gonzo" like when I was younger.

Cal
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These event's like this are alway's great.
 
Calzone said:
My workbook is now 44 pages and already is impressive. I love how the pages lay flat. At Talas the book supplier the limit on the binding posts is 4 inches thick overall. I think I will be able to max that out.50 pages seems to be only be 1 3/4 inch thick so a bit more than 100 pages.

"Maggie" bought the 23 Cron-TL for the 35mm FOV. Loves the camera. LOL.

I love going to the Leica Store because I gather the latest smut. A mucho beloved camera is being discontinued and dealers already are not restocking for fear of getting stuck. Hmmm. June will be an interesting month with more smut.

She is currently in Chicago for a few days. Yesterday I pulled out the guitars to make some noise. Spent the day playing and napping. Somehow watched the second game of NBA finals and saw the Cav's get spanked. Slept through the night.

Never realized how sleep deprived I have become. Last time I slept away like this was perhaps a decade or more ago when I rented a cabin in Vermont near Canada on Lake Champlain. Pretty much was like laying on the beach trying to read a book and cronically dozing off.

Today I feel very different, more alert and sharp, and not so old. Seems like the downtime is needed and required as maintenance, and I can't hammer all the time. Really remarkable how different I feel today.

Cal
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Sleep is very important, lately I've been having a tough time falling to
sleep and when I do I wake up a different hours, last night I slept the
whole night and I to feel better, ah the worries of life.
 
Calzone said:
Back on topic: Sunday June 10th is the Fat Tire Festival; Sunday June 17th is the Mermaid Parade; so only Sunday June 24th remains.

The June Meet-Up will be at The Rochard on Lexington and 97th on Sunday the 24th.

Cal
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Mermaid Parade is on Saturday, June 16th.
 
Calzone said:
...set up as a single speed with 48 gear inches (one crank of the peddles moves the bike forward 48 inches) as a...l
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Cal, it's equivalent to a 48" WHEEL with the cranks at the center, think a highwheel bike. So one turn of the cranks moves you forward 48 x 3.14 = ~150"

Joe
 
jszokoli said:
Cal, it's equivalent to a 48" WHEEL with the cranks at the center, think a highwheel bike. So one turn of the cranks moves you forward 48 x 3.14 = ~150"

Joe
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Joe, that makes more sense. I still don’t think Cal has the number right though. I just calculated my folding bike, and it has 60 gear inches. It is not a particularly heavy gearing, so Cal’s 48” sounds rather light.
 
CNNY said:
Joe, that makes more sense. I still don’t think Cal has the number right though. I just calculated my folding bike, and it has 60 gear inches. It is not a particularly heavy gearing, so Cal’s 48” sounds rather light.
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Christian,

You are correct that 48 gear inches is light because this is low gearing for off road use. Think of it as a good gear to do wheelies and for "log hopping."

I have 32 teeth on my crank, my rear cog is a 16 tooth, and my rear wheel is a 24 inch diameter. 32 divided by 16 equals 2 and 2 times 24 equals 48 gear inches.

The part of the math that I got wrong is saying that it is the actual distance traveled. This is not true.

Joe taught me that for single speed that 63 gear inches which is close to your single speed gearing is about optimum for road use: not to high; not too low.

For off-road about 52 gear inches seems optimum.

The idea of gear inches is to have a comparision of gearing despite and across different wheel sizes.

Joe is correct that I was wrong is stating that it was distance traveled.

Pretty much this steel IBIS on the road has a wheelie gear that is not practical because the gearing is really too low for road/street.

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Tomorrow I have an appointment for "Doctor's Hours" with a director/curator/photographer for advising my "Artistic Development."

I went to sleep after the Capitols won which is early for me. Boy does it feel good to sleep.

Made two prints last night. I have to use the highest platen gap to avoid head strikes. My 3880 is starting to show its wear and tear in the paper transport. Also I think humidity is a factor. The Canson paper I use seems to display a pronounced curve. The print head strikes the last of the upper right hand corner.

Did you know that the oldest Gun Shop in the U.S.A. is on Grand Street on the Lower Eastside? Took an interesting shot there over the weekend.

Also got a shot of this motorcyclist reclined and sleeping on his parked bike like as if it were a lounge chair.

I found out Sunday the 24th is the Gay Pride Parade.

Seems like every Sunday has an event. What shall we do?

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Post Script: One of the things I love about mountain biking is the use of upper body strength to throw a bike around; and another thing is the concept of the study of physics in real time. If you miscalculate or make a mistake it often results in a crash. Riding a bike off-road well requires a good understanding of physics, especially if racing, which means going to that hairy edge where you are almost out of control. In racing if you are not almost out of control you are not racing.

Cal
 
Sleep is crucial, been having a rather good one these last couple years although I have the occassional day of bad one. It's curious how mood and sleep alter each other.

Don't know why things are set up to screw sleep and leisure balance. School, work, etc. 4h workdays they said in 1960, heh

Until recently I didn't begin to use much upper body while biking, realised it is crucial technique in the trails.

Wanted to try that E bike to do a lazy long ride but seems like the manufacturers learned from the Diamond industry and the order is still to be filled.
Ended up doing that ride down the coast with my bike anyways.

29ers are nice as a trail cruiser and ride. The buzz is that they "climb better and ride over bumps smoothly". A 27.5/650B or classic 26" feel much more playful and aggressive.

Moving to Scandinavia in a few days. Will miss the bike and have to handle the endless summer daylight. "How can I sleep if it's still light, at 12AM?"
Curiously I think I wouldn't be able to fit a lot of stuff in luggage but will end up carrying even the tripod.


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Prest_400 said:
Sleep is crucial, been having a rather good one these last couple years although I have the occassional day of bad one. It's curious how mood and sleep alter each other.

Don't know why things are set up to screw sleep and leisure balance. School, work, etc. 4h workdays they said in 1960, heh

Until recently I didn't begin to use much upper body while biking, realised it is crucial technique in the trails.

Wanted to try that E bike to do a lazy long ride but seems like the manufacturers learned from the Diamond industry and the order is still to be filled.
Ended up doing that ride down the coast with my bike anyways.

29ers are nice as a trail cruiser and ride. The buzz is that they "climb better and ride over bumps smoothly". A 27.5/650B or classic 26" feel much more playful and aggressive.

Moving to Scandinavia in a few days. Will miss the bike and have to handle the endless summer daylight. "How can I sleep if it's still light, at 12AM?"
Curiously I think I wouldn't be able to fit a lot of stuff in luggage but will end up carrying even the tripod.


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Jorde,

As one ages, sleep becomes even more important, and the problem is most men don't sleep as well as they get older. Some nights I wake every 40 minutes, and I never sleep through a night anymore. In other words sleep is more restless and not as effective in refreshing the mind.

The mind and body can adapt. I lived at 7K feet of altitude for a year and a half when I lived in the Santa Fe National Forest. The cold did not seem so bitter in the winter due to the lack of humidity and even though the air was thin there was little pollution, unless I drove to Albiqueque where there is an inversion layer of smog that develops due to the geography (valley and mountains).

I found that when I drove east and hit sea level I felt energized initially, but as I got close to the east coast I could feel my body struggle with the pollution.

Also when I got off a plane in the tropics (Costa Rica) the long days made me giddy, exhilerated and energetic. I suspect a somewhat polar effect that would correspond to land of midnight sun and polar darkness or short days.

I'm considering Seattle, and many people forewarn me to be aware of the gloomy 3 months that cause the suicide rates to rise. All I can say is that NYC weather and pollution are no bargain, and that the ill effect of pollution gets compounded by aging, and that New York winters and summers are a different kind of evil.

I rely on the model created by Navy SEAL survival training where 95% of survival is due to "a positive mental attitude."

For me mountain biking is a very different type of cycling. Road riding is more about cardiovascular training for endurance, but mountain biking is more strength and interval training. Ideally both types of training are required to be ultrafit.

As far as climbing goes the smaller wheels have less inerta, so for climbing it requires less energy and power to accelerate and maintain momentium, but a certain level of skill is required involving bike handling to capitolize on the laws of physics.

Certainly the 29'er has its advantages over very rough terrain and high speeds, but I would say that the bigger wheels are a disadvantage in climbing.

Also disc brakes certainly are a better brake, but they require a stronger wheel which comparitively is heavier than a lightweight wheel with a rim brake. Then there is Cantilever verses Vee-brakes. The Vee-brakes offer a lighter touch and more leverage, but one tandem builder I know refuses to use them because the pads are thin and wear out so rapidly.

For my style of riding (single track) about 80% of the riding involves climbing, and my old out of style bikes still serve this single style of riding very well. To me more fun to ride and more of a challenge.

Cal
 
Christian is no good. He made me buy a black 6x9 Linhof Rolliex that will fit my baby Linhof's.

The black 6x9 I bought from KEH that mistaken was advertised for 2x3 Linhof's was actually a 4x5 film back, but Joe luckily contacted me to secure it before I shipped it back. I had just printed the shipping label and had gotten a RMA number from KEH. Joe is a lucky dog.

So I paid the same price, meaning it was a good deal and a hard to find price, especially for the later black versions in minty condition.

I can use this with the 53 Zeiss Biogon for 24mm FOV in 6x9, and 28mm FOV in 6x7. This lens is ultra low distortion. Mucho good.

Free gym workout when I use this camera.

Cal
 
I have the tendency to stay up late, cutting off at 1AM, when the next day is free.
Amusingly after lunch there's always a slump of laziness but no sleep while after 10PM there's a crazy rebound in energy.

Strangely it's june already and didn't get the kick of the longer days, how did it become June? I just checked it was January yesterday!
The advantage of hostile weather is that mild weather feels very fine. Ironically they're now having a sustained hotter weather than down here. So I guess I'll leverage that well.

I agree about those 29er wheels and climbing, marketing buzz. Perhaps I didn't recall it well. I picked the smaller bikes and their playfulness was much more fun.

Moving is a strange feeling, I now can understand to an extent what you may feel escaping NY. In one hand I grew and stayed in my nice 25K pop beach town and commuted to city. You feel that moving on is a great step but there's always that little attachment to the place. Shot quite a bit to document as well.

I passed by a photo store and there was a Technika IV 4x5 on display. That is big! Every once in a while I do think about movements being great and a 6x9 roll back seems a good idea for budget and neg size.


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CNNY said:
I plead innocent! You have free will!
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Christian,

You offer a drug addict drugs. No free will for this artist. LOL.

Also the price and condition were both good. What would you predict would happen?

The versions for Baby Linhof's are kinda rare or premium priced.

Cal
 
Cal,
you know I'm only looking for crappy looking bargains. I only send you the links that are too good for me. If only you knew about all the crazy gear that I don't send you...it requires real restraint.
 
CNNY said:
Cal,
you know I'm only looking for crappy looking bargains. I only send you the links that are too good for me. If only you knew about all the crazy gear that I don't send you...it requires real restraint.
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Christian,

Back in the day I was accused of single handedly downsizing an aerospace company called Grumman after we won the Cold War.

A lot of aircraft parts went into building my 84 Scrambler with the Corvette engine. AN grade 8 nuts and bolts, braided aircraft hydrolic lines for my gas lines, and a lot of Mil-Spec parts.

I supplied mucho parts for my friends that built race cars. One of my friends owns a historic vintage Funny Car.

Then there is the guitar shop that I supplied...

Pretty much in Long Island City I had remnents of an airplane company in my basement, but then I moved to Madhattan.

Pretty much I recycled a lot of hardware and electronics that was being thrown away, and because of my scars from poverty I was a hoarder. Generally I have a poor memory, but it is interesting to know that somehow I was organized and knew where everything was located in my warehouse in the basement.

Cal
 
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