I am sure none of us sound minded cyclists would ever think about riding the streets at night without the proper reflective gear or clothing. A headlight and some sort of blinking warning lights are a must in twilight or night time riding. But, how many of of don’t even think twice about those same rational decisions during the day! Well maybe we should.
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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.
In the first post in this series we discussed some tips about taking documentary images of bicycles. While that is a very good place to start, there is so much more to bicycles than just a sum of it’s components. Bicycles are one of the most efficient and elegant machines mankind has ever created. So why not show off just how beautiful bicycles really are. (Please note that most of the images in this article are not mine and I did attempt to get permission to use them, as a result some of the images may change over time.) We are not professional photographers but dabble in both photography and cycling. Do not take this article as the gospel on artistic bicycle photography but rather a starting point to spur your imagination.
This is the first in a series of articles offered as a suggestion on how to photograph your bicycle. These are not hard and fast rules and you have plenty of room for artistic expression. There are just a few things that you should know about how to take simple documentary types of photographs for your collection or for sending to your cycling associates via email or for posting on various bike related forums. We are not professional photographers nor professional cyclists but we have a passion for both and want to pass on some of the things we have learned along the way. Hope you enjoy it.
For the curious out there that want to know details of the components that are on our new tandem I now present a build list. Please note that the choices we made, we did for personal or availability reasons and might not have been the choices you or anyone else may have made. Also take into account what your end goals are in comparison to ours when looking to outfit your own single or tandem bicycle.
Here are a few more images taken today. A bit better focus, a different background. To see the effect of the unidirectional carbon take a look at the image in front of the trellis and garbage can. That particular image really looked a lot like the actual bike from the specific angle the sun was hitting it at. The striations in the carbon tubes are clearly visible through the clear coat.
Remember the excitement as a kid when you got your first bicycle and couldn’t wait to get it our onto the driveway. Well the same kind of feeling came over us. That said we get on the road for the first ride and all is not as it seems. First thing is that we miss the Thursday night group by five minutes. Then rushing around I do not do my usual check before starting out. so we get on the road and since we haven’t ridden a tandem since August it was a shaky start. We wiggled and wobbled down the road and I had a hard time holding the handlebars still and straight. Everything giggled. It was like riding in a ‘77 Olds Delta 88 with bad shocks.
Here are some more images taken during the build process.
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