land-o-lakes
No, not butter, but Minneapolis, MN.
My camera is still in Fernie, Alberta with TransRockies Stage 4, 94th Leask, Christian USA 9:38:35.25 who's in the middle of putting in what's turning out to be a 50+hour week on the bike. I would lament having to take photos with my phone...
But I'm too busy wincing while laughing at him for taking on such a horrible bike race. I'd only laugh harder at those that take on La Ruta, except its not cold in Costa Rica. That's a good one to chew on: What's worse - 4x6 hour days in the tropical bacteria infested mud, or 7x6 hour days in fridgid mud.
I don't have to do either this year. Celebrate.
On Tuesday before jumping on a plane, I had the opportunity to work with Tom Dipace, a well known and gracious photographer who's work has been on the cover of ESPN magazine, among other places. Not being a guy who's all that stellar looking or visually striking, its always a little awkward to be in a photo shoot....but this guy can make even me look menos mal. It must be something to do with having assistants and bringing a lot of gear to the shoot.
My favorite moment, having attracted a small crowd at one point, was after I'd finished riding a loop in the grass, a very excited woman asked what we were taking photos for.
Glamour Shots. I said, with a straight face, and sat quietly on the bike's top tube.
She stared. "Oh...ok" Then walked away.
The iPod is dead. Camera, walking in Canada somewhere.
100 miles in Minnesota: a camera phone documentary.
Fresh and glass-like pavement. Zero traffic.
Small town/open space pump tracks. Sorry about the bar-mounted Garmin. The stem mounts keep breaking. Stem mount=pro. Bar mount= MS150.
Two things you'll spend a lot of time riding on in Minnesota - lake bridges
and rails-to-trails paths.
Old churches. I visualize the year 1907 and its mid-winter. What's this place like?
It looks like some counties are catching up with other countries around the world. If you're going to build a big road, give it a big shoulder....
and give it rumble strips, where they're needed - on the white line.
My camera is still in Fernie, Alberta with TransRockies Stage 4, 94th Leask, Christian USA 9:38:35.25 who's in the middle of putting in what's turning out to be a 50+hour week on the bike. I would lament having to take photos with my phone...
But I'm too busy wincing while laughing at him for taking on such a horrible bike race. I'd only laugh harder at those that take on La Ruta, except its not cold in Costa Rica. That's a good one to chew on: What's worse - 4x6 hour days in the tropical bacteria infested mud, or 7x6 hour days in fridgid mud.
I don't have to do either this year. Celebrate.
On Tuesday before jumping on a plane, I had the opportunity to work with Tom Dipace, a well known and gracious photographer who's work has been on the cover of ESPN magazine, among other places. Not being a guy who's all that stellar looking or visually striking, its always a little awkward to be in a photo shoot....but this guy can make even me look menos mal. It must be something to do with having assistants and bringing a lot of gear to the shoot.
My favorite moment, having attracted a small crowd at one point, was after I'd finished riding a loop in the grass, a very excited woman asked what we were taking photos for.
Glamour Shots. I said, with a straight face, and sat quietly on the bike's top tube.
She stared. "Oh...ok" Then walked away.
The iPod is dead. Camera, walking in Canada somewhere.
100 miles in Minnesota: a camera phone documentary.
Fresh and glass-like pavement. Zero traffic.
Small town/open space pump tracks. Sorry about the bar-mounted Garmin. The stem mounts keep breaking. Stem mount=pro. Bar mount= MS150.
Two things you'll spend a lot of time riding on in Minnesota - lake bridges
and rails-to-trails paths.
Old churches. I visualize the year 1907 and its mid-winter. What's this place like?
It looks like some counties are catching up with other countries around the world. If you're going to build a big road, give it a big shoulder....
and give it rumble strips, where they're needed - on the white line.
posted by jsager at 8:03 PM
4 Comments:
you know you can switch bar mounts to stem mounts by rotating the rubber thing right?
of course - but what happens is the mount breaks in "stem" mode, leaving you having to use it in "bar" mode because the zip-tie guides crack.
alright, well that is no help for that!
Man, next time you are in Minnesota I need to drag you down to Winona. Killer singletrack and great roads all down deep in the river valley.
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