riding the night in a pack of bikers in Shanghai - M Monochrom + UC-Hex

[hepcat]

So, Dirk... what do you ride?

 

[menos]

So, Dirk... what do you ride?

This Canadian steel, a '98 Blizzard steel frame with Synchros parts (the real, Canadian old ones), a Risse Racing fork and a mix of vintage Shimano XTR stuff with Mavic rims, DT Swiss spokes, a swiss made Hügi rear, … sadly my beloved CNC milled 175mm Race Face Turbine cranks broke in half during a jump a few years ago - loved these cranks:

 

[Gary Sandhu]

Nice to hear that the UC Hex performs so nicely on the Monochrome. I have one. It's beautiful, tiny and light weight. I like the ergonomics.

 

[icebear]

This Canadian steel, a '98 Blizzard steel frame with Synchros parts (the real, Canadian old ones), .../quote]
Nice ! I had a triathlon bike with custom parts and that guy who built it with a DK Principia 650 frame, used Syncros parts back in, I don't remember (possibly the early nineties) 😉, when no one else had a clue.

 

[MCTuomey]

great photos, great subject, great thread

 

[tjh]

Nice to hear that the UC Hex performs so nicely on the Monochrome. I have one. It's beautiful, tiny and light weight. I like the ergonomics.

I have one also but not the Monochrom. However, everytime I see such nice photos from it, my interest in buying a Monochrom goes up a notch.

Tom

 

[Al Patterson]

I read the title and had imagery in my mind of scantily clad chicks hanging off the back of fire-breathing hogs - deafening exhaust pipes setting off all surrounding car alarms while their biker men balanced one hand on the monkey bars and the other on an opened bottle of vodka, giving the middle finger to any cop in their way.

Then I looked.. oh I get it.. bicycles and iPhones.

Same here. Nobody I no in the US uses biker to describe bicycle riding. The Harley owners would laugh at you....

 

[menos]

Nice to hear that the UC Hex performs so nicely on the Monochrome. I have one. It's beautiful, tiny and light weight. I like the ergonomics.

Oh it absolutely does! It is my favourite 35mm of them all!
I like the build much better then any Leitz 35mm too.

This Canadian steel, a '98 Blizzard steel frame with Synchros parts (the real, Canadian old ones), .../quote]
Nice ! I had a triathlon bike with custom parts and that guy who built it with a DK Principia 650 frame, used Syncros parts back in, I don't remember (possibly the early nineties) 😉, when no one else had a clue.

Nice! I was not into road and triathlon bikes back then, but Synchros made some really nice parts for these bikes as well (loved their welded chromo crankset, just a piece of beauty and unobtainable back then for me).

great photos, great subject, great thread

Thanks a lot ;-)

I have one also but not the Monochrom. However, everytime I see such nice photos from it, my interest in buying a Monochrom goes up a notch.

Tom

Thanks Tom - the real beauty about the Mono is, that it performs great in low light and really opens up possibilities.
Shooting these with pushed TriX would have cost me 1 or 2 stops of shutter speed.

Same here. Nobody I no in the US uses biker to describe bicycle riding. The Harley owners would laugh at you....

Sorry guys I don't get it. I can't believe that motorcyclists are such tight as you make them look like - cyclists certainly are not 😛
Oh the stereo typist thinking … :bang:

 

[TheGodParticle]

😀

The title does lead one to think of motorcycles, wanna be rough looking characters and the general drinking/smoking/drugs and I hate society vibe

Nothing said about calling groups cyclists or bicyclists or bikers or any other term

That said, some nice pictures there! I like the series on your bike the most though