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If you like cycling and/or cartoons you should watch “The Triplets of Belleville”. It’s worth a replay too.

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This weekend the boys decided it had been long enough, so they both came out for a ride! I was thrilled to have company!

Well one of them only rode for less than half of the ride and the other… Well lets just say he payed the price for not riding as often as he should!

It was a beautiful day for October. The sun was out and the wind wasn’t too bad. I’d planned a short 33 mile loop for us. It was mostly flat with a few long gradual hills to climb. Plus it had a killer down hill with speeds of over 45mph. What I hadn’t planned on was the fact that my friends haven’t been riding. Plus my idea of “flat” and theirs seems to be a little different. The one that finished the ride with me, said he was duped into going on my little “journey of pain”. But, he liked the new route and wanted to ride it another time. Had he been riding on sundays and not watching football for the last 6 weeks, he’d probably enjoyed the ride a little more.

Apparently I ride hills all the time and I don’t really notice them.

It was great to have riding buddies again and hopefully they’ll keep it up. The images are from our ride and hopefully I’ll get to shoot and ride with them some more.

Once again fall has returned to the Ohio Valley. The leaves have changed and the weather is getting colder. It seems like every morning I need/want leg warmers. Most mornings are in the 40′s or below and most of the people I ride with either can’t or won’t ride. So to make the rides a little more interesting, I’ve been taking my camera with me. These are a few images from this week. Hopefully I’ll get some of my slacker friends out riding and I can get some shots of them.

This site has wonderful images and some interesting stories.

from the story “Never take a toy camera to the Tour de France”.

http://www.velodramatic.com

I need to get their book! VeloDramatic.com Cycling Photography

The 1910 Challenge from RAPHA on Vimeo.

This makes me want to ride some serious climbs. If only I could get the guys I ride with to do some climbs! Plus, ride for 14 hours, starting at 3am.

I was shopping at a local Walmart this morning when I happened upon this little beauty.  I saw these genuine carbon fiber water bottle cages a few months ago at the same store for around $20, and there was just one left.  Since then I’ve checked back periodically to see if they received any more.  They did.  This was the only one left, and believe it or not this 28 gram carbon fiber cage was just $8!

I couldn’t find similar cages for less than $30, and this same model was selling on EBay for that price.  And no, this was not marked incorrectly, the info on the peg matched the info on the cage, it wasn’t on sale, and yes it is genuine carbon fiber.

From http://www.thefirefliestour.com