I snapped a lot of pics today on Rockin Ronnie’s favourite Fisherman’s Trail ride in North Vancouver. I got some unexpected interesting effects from motion blur and sunbeams.
Category: cycling
Expedition Idaho Race VIDEO
Here’s a terrific short video showing what a week long Adventure Race is like. Top teams sleep only 2-4hrs a day on average.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
All 13 teams made it to the finish. They bike a “victory lap” (3-5hrs) up a mountain to finish at the Booze and Blues fest (PDF) in Kellogg Idaho.
shift bike gears with your brain
The most comical thing we do day-to-day as a species is thumb typing on a tiny phone keyboard.
Obviously voice control would be faster and easier. But what I really want is brain control. I would text somebody simply by thinking of the message, and thinking SEND.
But that’s impossible … Right ??
… Right. But not for long … For $100 you can already control iPhone graphics with your brain.
And at some fuzzy time in the near future you’ll be able to shift gears on a bike merely by thinking UP or DOWN in your bike helmet.
Click PLAY or watch the (painfully) Toyota sponsored video on YouTube.
(via Mashable – Bicycle Of The Future Shifts Gears Via Brain Waves)
Ironman – Coeur d’ Alene or Nice, France?
I arrived the night before Ironman France – Nice to surprise Dave Adlard. I’d join his support team.
Much to my surprise, Dave’s not registered!
Turned out he’d registered in another Ironman, … for SOME reason …
Dave Adlard is a tad worried about the start of his first Ironman.
… If he survives the 2.4 mile open water swim, the 112 Mile Bike and 26.2 Mile Run should be a breeze.
GOOD LUCK DAVE.
There are only 2,399 opponents to best. (approximately) How hard could that be?
Stay close to two-time world champion Craig Alexander, Dave, and things will turn out well.
Adventure Will Change Your Life
Here’s another shout out for Alastair Humphreys’ Adventure blog:
The world sounded a scary place until I stepped out into it. Sure, it sounded exciting. Exotic places like Pakistan or Guatemala or Syria: I knew they had fascinating cultures and people that I’d love to get to know. I’d seen beautiful photography of extraordinary places and read exotic stories of crazy, bold adventures.
But I always assumed that countries like that were for real travelers; dusty, crazy guys with more nerve and experience than I would ever have. The world’s wild places were for me to enjoy from the comfort of my own home, nothing more. I enjoyed vacations. But adventures? I didn’t think they were for me.
But all that changed.
I set out one summer morning to seek adventure. I don’t know how I summoned up the nerve to begin, but begin I did. I climbed onto my bicycle, pedaled away from my front door, and didn’t stop riding for four years until I arrived back home. I cycled right the way round the world. I wasn’t rich (the whole trip cost approximately $10,000), I wasn’t brave. I wasn’t very fit. I just did it. I pedaled away from all that I was familiar with in England. …
read more and be inspired – Adventure Will Change Your Life
biking movie – Life Cycles
For months I’ve been looking forward to the Banff Mountain Festival World Tour.
Of the 7 excellent films we saw last night, one stood out for originality and attention to detail.
Life Cycles tells a spectacular story of the bike, from its creation to its eventual demise. A visually stunning journey, with thought provoking narration, Life Cycles uses Ultra HD to document the many stories surrounding the mountain bike and its culture. …
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.
Life and death are much on my mind right now.
winter cycling Saskatoon
Today I rode in to the University with Warren Long, a surprisingly challenging 30min trip.
In fact, one of my sudden stops resulted in Warren crashing into me. (I came out the better on the collision.)
I had his winter bike with a studded front tire. He rode his summer bike with regular tires. The studs really help on mixed snow and black ice.
bike riding time lapse -26C
This is either the lead dog cam at the Saskatoon Iditarod Sled Race … or Warren’s commute from home to work at the U of Saskatchewan.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
cycling Chianti, Italy
Somewhat disappointed with my attempted hike in Tuscany, I rented a hybrid next day.
Shout out for the best bike shop in Sienna, Biciclette Bianchi. Great bikes. Great service. Only 10EU full day, 5EU half day.
They recommended a tour on (relatively) quiet byways, mostly paved, through Chianti from Sienna to Gaiole.
Firewood drying:
It was like cycling through a postcard shop …
This is an ideal way to see this region. All day I was envisioning a multi-day wine tour by bike.
hmmm
Rick McCharles 