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Old 09-21-04 | 12:08 PM
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With digital cameras so small and affordable, why don't we share pictures from our commute more often? I'll try to upload a photo as often as I can, here's the first one! (I hope it works...) Please upload, and submit a short description of the photo like I've done here.

Time: 7:22 pm
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Description: Shattered showers the whole day, but not as I biked home. It had just got dark and somewhat cold. You can see the Stockholm Globe Arena on the pic, in the background of the quite recently opened bikepath.
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Old 09-21-04 | 12:44 PM
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[Time: 7:22 pm
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Description: Shattered showers the whole day, but not as I biked home. It had just got dark and somewhat cold. You can see the Stockholm Globe Arena on the pic, in the background of the quite recently opened bikepath.[/QUOTE]

That's Globen, I haven't seen in long while, bring back memories I thought I never had.... did you take it from Ringvagen ?

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Old 09-21-04 | 12:52 PM
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Nope, from Nynasvagen, outside the city. So Ringvagen is located about a kilometer on the other side of the Globe.
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Old 09-21-04 | 01:02 PM
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My own bicycle autobahn each morning/evening....



Or if I feel like taking a more hilly route....

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Old 09-21-04 | 01:05 PM
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My own bicycle autobahn each morning/evening....

my legs are twitching just looking at that. looks like a great straightaway.
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Old 09-21-04 | 01:54 PM
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Great pics!!!! I'll have to dig out my camera.
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Old 09-21-04 | 02:25 PM
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What a coincidence, I had been planning to start a Commute Pic of the Week thread in order to promote carrying my digital camera more often. Anyway here is the first picture I've selected.

The is the Sammamish River, taken from a bridge just after I exit the trail that runs along it. You can see a bit of the trail to the right.

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Old 09-21-04 | 03:45 PM
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*kicks self for not bringing the camera tonight*
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Old 09-21-04 | 04:01 PM
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That is awesome!

I've never seen a path like that. Where is it?
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Old 09-21-04 | 04:25 PM
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I took this one in February.

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Old 09-21-04 | 05:36 PM
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Old 09-21-04 | 05:48 PM
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That is awesome!

I've never seen a path like that. Where is it?
It's the Springwater Corridor in Portland, Oregon. I live 2 blocks away from an entrance, and ride it all the way downtown to work every day.

If you ride the other direction, it goes for about 20 miles away from town, although some of the path isn't quite as nice, but still better than nothing...

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Old 09-23-04 | 07:44 AM
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I can't get contact with my ftp server from work it seems, so here's another thumbnail, from my commute this morning. Cloudy but surprisingly warm.

This is my favourite part, downhill on the big bridge that connects the city (in front of me) with the near suburbs (that I bike from). Not me on the photo (I'm holding the camera!).

This is Stockholm, Sweden, for you who didn't read my first post.
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Old 09-23-04 | 09:38 AM
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swekarl: Nice pics. Where do you live and where do you work??
I myself live on kungsholmen and work in kista.

I just discovered this forum - great stuff! and fun idea for a thread - will try to shoot some on the way home today.

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swekarl: Nice pics. Where do you live and where do you work??
I myself live on kungsholmen and work in kista.

I just discovered this forum - great stuff! and fun idea for a thread - will try to shoot some on the way home today.

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Yes, do shoot! I live in Gubbangen/Enskede and work in Vasastan. So my commute is basically Nynasvagen, Gotgatan, Gamla stan, Torsgatan - quite a nice trip. I used to live on Kungsholmen before and then I biked to Kista once.
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Originally Posted by swekarl
Yes, do shoot! I live in Gubbangen/Enskede and work in Vasastan. So my commute is basically Nynasvagen, Gotgatan, Gamla stan, Torsgatan - quite a nice trip. I used to live on Kungsholmen before and then I biked to Kista once.
Having lived in Stockholm for few years in the past, I can say that's a nice commute route, specially Gotgatan and Gamla Stan, I just hope you use the very narrow streets....

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Old 09-23-04 | 12:01 PM
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My digital camera died in my bag on the way home today. So instead of a 4Megapixel shot i took this 0.1Megapixel one with my z1010. I think the darkness of the evening made it a bit crappier than it has to - I'll shoot some more on the way to work tomorrow, see if they turn out better...
Anyway, the weather was great this afternoon! Warm, no rain, scattered clouds and no wind - I just had to make a bonus ride through 'södermalm' on my way home :-)

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Old 09-23-04 | 12:32 PM
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The only "problem" with Stockholm is that there are not real hills, almost flat as a pancake.....

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Old 09-23-04 | 05:19 PM
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Here are some from my ride home today. I still can't get the d*mn pics in the message body, so thumbnails will have to do for now. Enjoy the foliage!
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Pictures from yesterdays commute. Just to give a more accurate feel for Fall in the PNW I thought I'd post a drizzly gray day for a change. Second pic, is the evening ride home this time on the road. Finally a picture of one of many trees that are putting out berries. The Berries are clustered and more orange than the picture shows and are similar to holly berries. These aren't holly trees though, anyone know what they are?
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Old 09-24-04 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Kodama
The Berries are clustered and more orange than the picture shows and are similar to holly berries. These aren't holly trees though, anyone know what they are?
It's mountain ash! They are flowering in Sweden too now.

Very nice pictures! I like so much to see what roads and bikelanes look like in other parts of the world. Yes, it's true!

Today I chose to bring my training clothes instead of the camera - I feel I can't take both since the camera needs its camera bag and probably would get quite damaged by a wet towel... I long to publish more Stockholm pictures for you!
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This is bike path I take to work every day. (Didn't take those pics myself)



It ads 2 km to my ride, but it beats sharing the road with cars all the way through. The only sad part is when I need to go into the industrial area around where I work. There's an exit off a busy highway there, and lots of trucks/cars comming in. But the bike path I get to take makes up for it.
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Old 09-24-04 | 02:22 PM
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Beautiful BenyBen! Where is that?
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It's mountain ash! They are flowering in Sweden too now.

Very nice pictures! I like so much to see what roads and bikelanes look like in other parts of the world. Yes, it's true!

Today I chose to bring my training clothes instead of the camera - I feel I can't take both since the camera needs its camera bag and probably would get quite damaged by a wet towel... I long to publish more Stockholm pictures for you!
Thanks, I did some searches and it looks like it is Mountain Ash. There are a bunch of them all along the trail and they flower beautifully in the spring and of course these pretty fall berries.

I look forward to seeing your pictures of Stockholm, a city I'd like to cycle in some day.
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Old 09-24-04 | 03:53 PM
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Two pics from todays ride home from work.
This is Kista just north (ten kilometers or so) of Stockholm/Sweden.




yeah, i know the picture quality sucks but bear in mind they are taken using the camera on my cell phone.
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