Tag: bicycle

Getting the Shot

I love making photographs. 

I ride for fun, transportation and exorcise.  While out I am always thinking about the photo, it is the way I see things, saving data in the background for when an angle of view and the light may come together just right.  Often times this will help guide the direction I head out on a ride.  Sometimes it works as planned, often times I catch things unplanned during the ride and get shots like this gem on Wednesday,

This morning on the other hand was hazy, I woke up late and was hoping to just get a few miles in and see if anything presented itself.  Heading back home with a little extra time I looked up and saw the tree at one of my favorite turns,

Just a little left of the sign you can see the eucalyptus up on the hill above town.  Inspired, Five minutes and a couple hundred feet of climbing later I was set up and ready, bagged the shot and made it home.

Have fun this weekend, play outside and enjoy your family.

Why We Shouldn’t Bike with a Helmet

I will seldom post a “hey look at this” but I liked this one.

Mikael Colville-Andersen giving a speech at TEDx in Copenhagen on Why We Shouldn’t Bike with a Helmet.  Grant at Rivendell tipped me to this through their Blog.  This is the most concise expression I have yet seen on brining bicycles back into our culture as everyday transportation and not just play things or exercise equipment.   Enjoy, and spread the word.  Actively riding in your own community every day will help to improve the quality of your rides, be the front edge of the rising tide.

Regularly scheduled posting will catch up later this week, Daylight Saving Time is spinning me sideways still.

Stuffing a Bicycle Frame Bag

What do you put in a frame bag for daily use?  Today it was my Houdini jacket, one dozen eggs and two avocados.

Most days is has my Gorillapod with extended legs as well as the Houdini,

On longer rides can get a 2L Platypus bag of water in there with the jacket and a first aid kit with room to spare (I still need to grab a picture of that). The most asked question by people on the street suprisingly is, “do you keep a fly rod in there”? and if I was going camping it would be the perfect place to keep the tent poles.

When I first made the bag I knew it was going to see more than touring duty, but it turns out to be incredibly useful every day.