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01-25-14, 08:04 AM
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Gary, when you hike the Adirondacks, do you take pictures? I never have, because every picture I have tried to take or have seen taken fails to capture the feel of that area. I wondered if you had the same impression.
Billy, if you still have the urge to see Lake Tear of the Clouds, I will be game this summer. I have been having the urge to get back up there lately.
Billy, if you still have the urge to see Lake Tear of the Clouds, I will be game this summer. I have been having the urge to get back up there lately.
01-25-14, 08:07 AM
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out walking the earth
My family, for 4 years now, has had a weekly photo contest using the hipstamatic app. So we tend to take lots of photos using iphone. My wife has a duffer Rebel and my son uses my ancient Rebel. They're a bit more artsy than me who generally just prefers to crush trail.
That said, I have some ADK photos that I really love, but there's a peculiarity to the light in the high peaks that's impossible to capture and is one of the qualities that make the area so incredible.
That said, I have some ADK photos that I really love, but there's a peculiarity to the light in the high peaks that's impossible to capture and is one of the qualities that make the area so incredible.
01-25-14, 08:09 AM
#2278
So it is
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As is the case over and over again.
01-25-14, 08:14 AM
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A group of birders during migration season at Cape May, NJ.
Below, experienced birders can identify birds half this size from twice this distance. They are badass! To an inexperienced eye these are just specks in the sky and can easily glide right past you unseen, even if you're looking for them. These guys happen to be Osprey, a bird roughly the size of a Bald Eagle, and I''m guessing they're about a half mile high in the sky, maybe more.
Below, experienced birders can identify birds half this size from twice this distance. They are badass! To an inexperienced eye these are just specks in the sky and can easily glide right past you unseen, even if you're looking for them. These guys happen to be Osprey, a bird roughly the size of a Bald Eagle, and I''m guessing they're about a half mile high in the sky, maybe more.
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01-25-14, 08:28 AM
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Lester, how did you get so cleanly down to bare metal? The bare lettering, and cleanliness of the lug details are amazing.
01-25-14, 08:31 AM
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I never thought of it in the context of lighting, but that kind of makes sense. Colors rarely seem right in photos, and water is never captured (especially streams) the way they really look. Thanks. New food for thought.
01-25-14, 08:33 AM
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My android keyboard gets worse and worse for autocorrect and gibberish words. It just tried to make gibberish into giberfish. WTF is a giberfish?
01-25-14, 08:36 AM
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So Saris went back to Reynolds wheels for the G3? Reynolds, Enve, Reynolds. I wonder what that story is. They'd be a great resource for the 46mm Reynolds v. 45mm Enve clincher debate.
I think Enve was started by Reynolds engineers. I bet it's a similar product, and Reynolds was cheaper.
I think Enve was started by Reynolds engineers. I bet it's a similar product, and Reynolds was cheaper.
01-25-14, 08:36 AM
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My family, for 4 years now, has had a weekly photo contest using the hipstamatic app. So we tend to take lots of photos using iphone. My wife has a duffer Rebel and my son uses my ancient Rebel. They're a bit more artsy than me who generally just prefers to crush trail.
That said, I have some ADK photos that I really love, but there's a peculiarity to the light in the high peaks that's impossible to capture and is one of the qualities that make the area so incredible.
That said, I have some ADK photos that I really love, but there's a peculiarity to the light in the high peaks that's impossible to capture and is one of the qualities that make the area so incredible.
01-25-14, 08:48 AM
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Best wheel deal each year is the Assaults at Performance with the coupon. $700 or so for a pair of Reynolds 46mm carbon clinchers. Excellent.
rjones - are you listening? Assaults and ti would be hot.
rjones - are you listening? Assaults and ti would be hot.
01-25-14, 08:50 AM
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Still kicking.
Got up early and put in 28 miles.
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01-25-14, 08:51 AM
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Team ride this morning, and any member of any team is welcome. I think it's a better option than the hooligan (ish) rides that are out there. 10 am across from Big Ring in Golden, and actually heads up your way, sbxx. There were PZ, Altitude, Sonic Boom, Natural Grocers, Bike Law, and a couple others represented last week.
01-25-14, 08:53 AM
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Exactly. That's why I don't feel bad tossing a few bucks towards the CX-Rays. I did the front last night. We'll see how it behaves today.
01-25-14, 08:53 AM
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winter is unseasonably warm this year. really nice riding temp right now.
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01-25-14, 08:57 AM
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Team ride this morning, and any member of any team is welcome. I think it's a better option than the hooligan (ish) rides that are out there. 10 am across from Big Ring in Golden, and actually heads up your way, sbxx. There were PZ, Altitude, Sonic Boom, Natural Grocers, Bike Law, and a couple others represented last week.
01-25-14, 09:03 AM
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01-25-14, 09:03 AM
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You'll pay for that in another season or another year. Mother nature gives out no more free rides.
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01-25-14, 09:28 AM
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01-25-14, 09:56 AM
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Definitely a skilled craftsman at work. I've had a few lugged steel frames stripped and rarely do they look that clean.
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01-25-14, 10:00 AM
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semi related - with the leather business, i've been hunched over an industrial sewing machine for the past couple days. i would not survive in a sweat shop. my back has seized up a couple times and i have a purple bruise on my thigh from the presser foot knee lifter.