No credit due my way Frank.. I found it in the aus.bicycle newsgroup under the topic "MTB'er descends stairs :)". The fella who posted it there said it was from this thread on bikeforums.net http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=26701&page=19&pp=15 and discussion in the newsgroup mentioned it might have been some Incan/Mayan/Aztec thingo. I thought an interesting little discussion was on why he was going down the stairs instead of the smooth bit in the centre, to which someone said 'why did whoever built it even put a smooth bit in the centre', to which somebody helped with a projected visualisation of 2 fellas pushing a wheelbarrow up the stairs..
Cheers, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:45 PM Subject: RE: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo > That is a freaking amazing shot!! > > Are those ~stairs~ he's riding down? Back when I had a mountain bike, I'd > fly down one or two flights of no more than 10 in front of some of the > office buildings here in town, but nothing like that. Hope all his fillings > are in tight. <g> > > Did you take that one, Ryan? What lens was used? Looks pretty wide. > > cheers, > frank > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > >From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo > >Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:48:45 +1000 > > > >Knarf, you'll enjoy this one.. Don't think you want to have your camera on > >for the ride though. > >http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8389&stc=1 > >No, it's not me. Still haven't got any shots of me & (shiny new) bike yet > >:-) > > > >Cheers, > >Ryan > > > >PS. If the photog dropped his camera, I wonder how many bounces it would > >do.. > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:26 AM > >Subject: OT: Another Bike Photo > > > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2051027 > > > > > > Printed full frame (hence the black abatement), so I know cropping will > > > help. Just thought I'd see how it looks this way. > > > > > > cheers, > > > frank > > > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > >pessimist > > > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > > > > >http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.ms n.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/features&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca > >
