Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks!
I've gone down several times, as recently as last summer. They are far more treacherous in the rain and some of the older trackage has very large gaps and sit in high metal ridges. If one is riding briskly and a parked car throws open door, you've got to swerve, bunny hop and hope for the best. ;-) Thanks for the comment and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Pete McIntosh peter...@gmail.com Sent: February 27, 2012 2/27/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks! Nice. I remember vividly my 1st cycling experience with tram tracks here in Melbourne. In fact I still have the scars... :-) Regards, Pete Max in Melbourne -- Sent from my iPhone4 On 27/02/2012, at 23:38, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Toronto messenger Jim Kuz deftly navigates streetcar tracks: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/watch-those-tracks.html More than one cyclist has gone down after catching a wheel in those things. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks!
On Feb 28, 2012, at 6:27 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I've gone down several times, as recently as last summer. They are far more treacherous in the rain and some of the older trackage has very large gaps and sit in high metal ridges. If one is riding briskly and a parked car throws open door, you've got to swerve, bunny hop and hope for the best. ;-) I've got a lumpy collarbone to show for what wet tracks can do. Thanks for the comment and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. And while I'm at it, great shot, excellent feeling of movement in it. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks!
I've got bumps on each shoulder: one from a nasty separation, the other from a broken collarbone. Very common cyclist injuries, I'm afraid. Glad you're a member of the club. ;-) Thanks for the kind words, Larry. Bumped into Jim (subject of the photo) today and showed him the photo on my phone. He liked it a lot - always nice to get such feedback. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Sent: February 28, 2012 2/28/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks! On Feb 28, 2012, at 6:27 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I've gone down several times, as recently as last summer. They are far more treacherous in the rain and some of the older trackage has very large gaps and sit in high metal ridges. If one is riding briskly and a parked car throws open door, you've got to swerve, bunny hop and hope for the best. ;-) I've got a lumpy collarbone to show for what wet tracks can do. Thanks for the comment and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. And while I'm at it, great shot, excellent feeling of movement in it. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks!
On Feb 28, 2012, at 7:47 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I've got bumps on each shoulder: one from a nasty separation, the other from a broken collarbone. Very common cyclist injuries, I'm afraid. Glad you're a member of the club. With all due respects, I'd rather I wasn't. Fortunately the fracture I got when I highsided another bike wasn't nearly so painful. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks!
On Feb 29, 2012, at 3:27 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I've gone down several times, as recently as last summer. They are far more treacherous in the rain and some of the older trackage has very large gaps and sit in high metal ridges. If one is riding briskly and a parked car throws open door, you've got to swerve, bunny hop and hope for the best. ;-) Bunny hopping a fixie must take a bit of skill. Dave (also a member of the clavicle club) -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks!
I don't think it takes more skill than doing it on a freewheel bike, it takes different skill. There's different timing involved: one must synchronize the hop with one's pedal stroke. For the past few weeks I've been on a road bike and at first I found bunny hopping to be very difficult until I got the timing down pat. I guess the problem with doing it on a fixie is that you may not have the time/distance to wait for your pedals to be in the right place if an emergency presents itself. That's what happened last summer when I went down. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz Sent: February 29, 2012 2/29/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks! On Feb 29, 2012, at 3:27 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I've gone down several times, as recently as last summer. They are far more treacherous in the rain and some of the older trackage has very large gaps and sit in high metal ridges. If one is riding briskly and a parked car throws open door, you've got to swerve, bunny hop and hope for the best. ;-) Bunny hopping a fixie must take a bit of skill. Dave (also a member of the clavicle club) -- 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 directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Watch Those Tracks!
Toronto messenger Jim Kuz deftly navigates streetcar tracks: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/watch-those-tracks.html More than one cyclist has gone down after catching a wheel in those things. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks!
Ideal motion blur and composition. Jack - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 4:38 AM Subject: PESO - Watch Those Tracks! Toronto messenger Jim Kuz deftly navigates streetcar tracks: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/watch-those-tracks.html More than one cyclist has gone down after catching a wheel in those things. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
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I concur with Jack. Excellent motion blur, Frank! Never did much riding downtown but I too have a healthy respect for those damned streetcar tracks. On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Ideal motion blur and composition. Jack - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 4:38 AM Subject: PESO - Watch Those Tracks! Toronto messenger Jim Kuz deftly navigates streetcar tracks: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/watch-those-tracks.html More than one cyclist has gone down after catching a wheel in those things. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- -bmw -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks!
Very nice. Dave On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:38 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Toronto messenger Jim Kuz deftly navigates streetcar tracks: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/watch-those-tracks.html More than one cyclist has gone down after catching a wheel in those things. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks!
Excellent work there, Mr. Knarf! I agree with everything said thus far. -- Walt On 2/27/2012 6:38 AM, frank theriault wrote: Toronto messenger Jim Kuz deftly navigates streetcar tracks: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/watch-those-tracks.html More than one cyclist has gone down after catching a wheel in those things. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Watch Those Tracks!
I think the traffic is more of a hazard than the tracks! Nice composition and sense of action, Frank. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:38 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Toronto messenger Jim Kuz deftly navigates streetcar tracks: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/watch-those-tracks.html More than one cyclist has gone down after catching a wheel in those things. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
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Nice. I remember vividly my 1st cycling experience with tram tracks here in Melbourne. In fact I still have the scars... :-) Regards, Pete Max in Melbourne -- Sent from my iPhone4 On 27/02/2012, at 23:38, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Toronto messenger Jim Kuz deftly navigates streetcar tracks: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/watch-those-tracks.html More than one cyclist has gone down after catching a wheel in those things. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 directly above and follow the directions.
