What road bike do you have?
08-01-11, 12:09 AM
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Just built this up & I love it! but.. it's gotta go, I didn't even get to chop the stem 
btw I LOVE the Bottecchia
btw I LOVE the Bottecchia
08-01-11, 03:42 PM
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This is my first road bike, I got it from a friend who has MS who can't ride it any longer. He only put about 50 miles on it. I got quite a good deal on it.
2009 Specialized Tarmac Comp Double with Mavic Aksium wheelset and an Ultegra rear derailleur. Everything else is 105. I've got pedals coming tomorrow.
08-01-11, 04:20 PM
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I'm a newbie here and I hope these pictures work. Here's my new Trek 2.1 and my old 80's Guerciotti
08-01-11, 04:49 PM
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08-01-11, 06:58 PM
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got some new bottle cages, arundel mandible. ordered some 3t ergonova bars so i'll swap those out, get new housing and use my new arundel black cork tape. after all that i plan on building up a new set of wheels and in a month or 2 i'll be getting a new frame and swapping everything over. oh yeah i plan on getting some dura ace carbon pedals too, never ending new stuff...
until then...
also new saddle, my old arione cx shell was cracked
until then...
also new saddle, my old arione cx shell was cracked
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08-01-11, 09:50 PM
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Please accept my meager offering. Mismatched tires. Toe clips. Downtube shifters. Still pretty dang fast.
08-02-11, 06:35 AM
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Cheers,
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08-02-11, 06:45 AM
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Please accept my meager offering. Mismatched tires. Toe clips. Downtube shifters. Still pretty dang fast.
https://gallery.me.com/powermatt99/10...13122562180001
https://gallery.me.com/powermatt99/10...13122562180001
08-02-11, 07:54 AM
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I just got the bike out of my parents shed where it had lived since I went off to college 12 years ago. I got it working pretty good. I need to get new tires (urban preferably) and pedals/shoes. Ultimately, I'd like to upgrade to a steel-frame bike with more modern components.
08-02-11, 10:11 AM
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How do I post full size photos? All I get when I upload is a thumbnail.
08-02-11, 11:03 AM
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08-02-11, 11:24 AM
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That bike is SEXY! ^^^
Thanks man! I'll take some classes and reshoot my bike for you! On a side note, it is VERY wide open. Purposely. I was comparing my different lenses. I had a 24 f/1.4, the 50 f/1.2, and the 85 f/1.2 all on a 5D. I shot the bike with all the lenses wide open, then shot them with the lenses stopped down. I was curious the sharpness of the lenses wide open / stopped down as it was my first time shooting them. Mostly an experiment. Just so happened the ones i posted where wide open. Actually, they were so wide open, focus was a bit off on all the shots. Although, this probably does not deserve an explanation as I was just sharing photos of my bike, not looking to print these in a magazine or out shooting for a company.
Here is my other rode bike: Trek T1. Or rather a track bike I ride on the road..haha
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Thanks man! I'll take some classes and reshoot my bike for you! On a side note, it is VERY wide open. Purposely. I was comparing my different lenses. I had a 24 f/1.4, the 50 f/1.2, and the 85 f/1.2 all on a 5D. I shot the bike with all the lenses wide open, then shot them with the lenses stopped down. I was curious the sharpness of the lenses wide open / stopped down as it was my first time shooting them. Mostly an experiment. Just so happened the ones i posted where wide open. Actually, they were so wide open, focus was a bit off on all the shots. Although, this probably does not deserve an explanation as I was just sharing photos of my bike, not looking to print these in a magazine or out shooting for a company.
Here is my other rode bike: Trek T1. Or rather a track bike I ride on the road..haha
.Chris
My 50mm f/1.4 wide open is fun too, and I've also done my fair share of comparisons with my 17-35 f/2.8... see the difference is they are throw away pics, and if I'm going to show someone a pic, it's going to be either a crap cell phone pic, or if I bust out the camera, it will at least be properly exposed and using DOF in a proper way. Nothing wrong with wide open, but at least find a focus point that makes sense.
I like the black and white pic better. I know this isn't the photo forum, but here is a pic of mine, if you want to chat sometime about photos, cameras, etc.
08-02-11, 11:52 AM
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I said extremely shallow depth-of-field was overused is all. It's the sepia of the 10s. I would like to be able to see the entire object that is the primary focus. Some people think that even small objects should be 3/4 blurry. 
08-02-11, 01:40 PM
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08-02-11, 02:04 PM
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Synapse SL with Campy Record 10 speed. Going to fix the bar tape. What color should I wrap the bars?
08-02-11, 07:19 PM
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08-02-11, 10:00 PM
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Do I win the prize for highest periscope?
08-03-11, 12:16 AM
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Specialized Allez
I think it's either an '88 or '89, does anybody know?
08-03-11, 04:05 AM
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It makes no sense to make an image blurry when reality isn't blurry.
Depth of field is nice to give a 3D effect but the object that is photographed shouldn't be half blurry.