Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-07 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: What about your lungs? /ducks for cover/ For the record, I quit smoking about 7 or 8 years ago. When I stopped smoking, I noticed that I breathed easier on my bike - not as big a difference as I expected, but it was

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-07 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/7/2010 12:58 PM, frank theriault wrote: For the record, I quit smoking about 7 or 8 years ago. When I stopped smoking, I noticed that I breathed easier on my bike - not as big a difference as I expected, but it was noticeable. I'm not a zealot about it: if one wishes to smoke, that's up

RE: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread Bob W
nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it? I always find the combination of bicycling and smoking to be a bit of a cognitive dissonance, as out here in the boonies where bikes aren't very practical transportation they seem to be mostly a toy used by people trying to get in

RE: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread Bob W
No big whoop, just a slice of messenger life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/10/race-prep.html that's a lovely atmospheric shot. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread David J Brooks
I like this one. The smoke in his mouth, the concentration, and the strewn about bike wheels make for an interesting shot. Dave On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 6:35 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: So in another thread I talked a bit about Alleycat races, messenger races through city

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/6/2010 12:35 AM, frank theriault wrote: No big whoop, just a slice of messenger life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/10/race-prep.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Leica CL, 40mm f2.0 Summicron, TriX, low-rez scan. Frank, just the other day I was standing by the

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Frank, just the other day I was standing by the reception desk of our company and a man walked in - evidently he was a bike messenger. I immediately though of you... If you hiccuped at that moment, I am not guilty :-).

RE: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread Bob W
BTW, smoking on bikes is nothing new; witness this old Tour de France photo: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads17/tour_de_france_old_passing_cig arette_smoke1279743847.jpg cheers, frank I love that photo. It's cheap wine in their bidons, too. Back in those days they'd have been

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread eckinator
2010/10/6 Bob W p...@web-options.com: BTW, smoking on bikes is nothing new;  witness this old Tour de France photo: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads17/tour_de_france_old_passing_cig arette_smoke1279743847.jpg cheers, frank I love that photo. It's cheap wine in their bidons, too.

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/6/2010 10:51 PM, frank theriault wrote: Oddly, lots of messengers smoke. I used to smoke. It's quite an art smoking whilst riding fast. You've kind of got to keep your head up, tilt a bit to the right and hang the cigarette just so out the corner of your mouth. That way smoke and ashes

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-05 Thread eckinator
nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it? thanks for sharing ecke 2010/10/6 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: So in another thread I talked a bit about Alleycat races, messenger races through city streets through regular traffic. Basically you pay a couple of bucks

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:32 PM, eckinator wrote: nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it? I always find the combination of bicycling and smoking to be a bit of a cognitive dissonance, as out here in the boonies where bikes aren't very practical transportation they seem to be