Annette, Nicole and I made the trip down to Greenville again today to see the RR Championship. It was a great day watching some of the best US cyclists compete for the National RR title. We ran into Terry and his daughter Sarah while Nicole and I were wandering around downtown Greenville. We took lots of pictures, this time we did get pictures of the Podium Girls.
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Nicole and I made the trip down to Greenville today to see the TT Championship. It was a great day watching some of the best US cyclists compete for the National TT title. It seemed that Floyd Landis got the biggest cheers from the crowd at the start even though last years winner David Zabriskie was there to defend his title.
We took lots of pictures, but unfortunately we did not get any pictures of the Podium Girls.
CyclingNews covered this event with a lot of pictures.
There were a lot of Snow Bikes (when it snows here everyone stays inside) and some tandems. Paketa showed their version 2 tandem that they claim can be built to about 24 pounds with the right component mix. Wow 24 pound tandem, that is 2 pounds lighter than our Ruegammer!
Quite a few single speed and commuter bikes. Renovo featured a ride worthy wooden frame bike.
I will be going on my first bike ride since April, today!
I probably won’t make it out of the neighborhood but at least I am on the bike. After my morning visit with the surgeon, I asked if I can go back to completely normal activities and he said he didn’t see any issues. I got to see the x-rays of all the hardware now inside of my neck. The palsy in my left arm is nearly gone. I just need to do some weights to rebuild the strength. So I decided I am going to blow the dust off the single-speed and take a short trip to see how it feels.
In previous posts we explored photographing your bicycle for specific purposes. Documentation and art are two ways to immortalize your collection of bicycles. There are a few people on the world wide web that have either mastered the craft of bicycle photography or have figured out a way to do it so inexpensively that they merit attention.
Today I was supposed to go in for additional surgery. The idea was to close up the hole in the back of my neck with what amounted to a vacuum cleaner. As much as I love gadgets and technology I became more and more reluctant to undergo anesthesia again. As much as I enjoy hospital food I really didn’t want two more days of eating it. Even though I live for the care of nurses and their wholly unflattering scrubs I just didn’t really want to go back in the hospital just yet.
I just want to thank everyone for the nice comments. We are by no means professional photographers and each trip out is a learning experience for us. We tried some new things. Nicole used a brand new camera and took, what I think were some of the best pictures on the day. Richard used a new camera and he experimented all day with exposure settings. I was trying out some daylight flash pictures, like the guys you see taking tour pictures, to bring some light to the shadows on the riders faces.
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