RE: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 19/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:

>Smooth tire, or knobby, Cotty?
>
>Or do I want to know?
>
>
>
>-frank

Studded.

Har!




Cheers,
  Cotty


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Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-19 Thread Hal & Sandra Davis
He's carrying a couple potatoes back there.
- Original Message - 
From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: Another Bike Photo


> You are not a serious cyclist, I take it?
>
> --
>
> Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
> > erm Ryan, what IS that in his pants?!?!?  It looks mighty unnatural to
have
> > a butt shaped like that! lol...
>
>
> -- 
> graywolf
> http://graywolfphoto.com
>
> "You might as well accept people as they are,
> you are not going to be able to change them anyway."
>
>
>



RE: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-19 Thread frank theriault
Smooth tire, or knobby, Cotty?

Or do I want to know?



-frank

"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist 
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer




From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

What a lazy SOB - using the luggage rack. I use the bare tyre. At speed, 
LOL.





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Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo (attention Ryan re virus)

2004-01-19 Thread Ryan Lee
Speak of the devil.. I was reading this message and the news on TV shows a
report on the new beagle/bagle virus.. Good call Mark

Rgds,
Ryan

- Original Message - 
From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo (attention Ryan re virus)


> Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I got email this morning from ryan  with
> >hi suspecting that I have a virus...
> >I think not--
> >the email that he got was this (I cut and paste)
> >
> >RYAN - I Did not send  (what was cut and pasted below)
> > looks more like I'm in  someone's address book that did get a virus
though.
> >
> >Was thinking your mail to me  clipped below off list was a a spoof.
> >
> >I send everything out in plain text , have dial up service and never send
> >attachments...  not to mention I didn't send mail to you - but only to
the list.
> >
> >anyone???
>
> Yep. Probably the new Bagle-A virus (a SoBig variant).
>
> FWIW, folks: Don't ever believe the "From:" line in any email you
> believe to be a virus. It's always fake with viruses these days.
>
> -- 
> Mark Roberts
> Photography and writing
> www.robertstech.com
>
>




Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-19 Thread frank theriault
Yeah, could be.

Some mountain biker types wear regular road shorts under looser ones.  
There's also a sort of thin undergarment available that does the same thing. 
 And, as you said Tom, you can buy mountain biking shorts that are loose, 
but still have the chamois (which is what the pad that everyone's interested 
in is called, because on early bike shorts, it was actually made of chamois 
leather).

cheers,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist 
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer




From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Another Bike Photo
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:25:26 -0500
Actually, I think they are mountain biking shorts. Looser and pockets, but 
with the same padding.

--

frank theriault wrote:

Well, it figures that Tanya would focus in on ~that~ portion of the photo, 
eh?

I'm pretty sure you're right, Ryan.  It looks like underneath his gnarly 
loose-fitting shorts he's wearing real bike shorts (you know, the tight 
spandex ones).  They have what's known as a "chamois" (although they've 
not been made of chamois leather for a long time) in the crotch, to act as 
padding, but more importantly to absorb moisture.


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you are not going to be able to change them anyway."

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Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo (attention Ryan re virus)

2004-01-19 Thread Ryan Lee
Darn germs getting smarter and smarter! Has anyone figured out who it is
yet?

Rgds,
Ryan

- Original Message - 
From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo (attention Ryan re virus)


> I got email this morning from ryan  with
> hi suspecting that I have a virus...
> I think not--
> the email that he got was this (I cut and paste)
>
> RYAN - I Did not send  (what was cut and pasted below)
>  looks more like I'm in  someone's address book that did get a virus
though.
>
> Was thinking your mail to me  clipped below off list was a a spoof.
>
> I send everything out in plain text , have dial up service and never send
> attachments...  not to mention I didn't send mail to you - but only to the
list.
>
> anyone???
>
> ann
> _
> Hi Ann,
>
> Looks like you've caught a virus.. This mail came with an attachment too,
> but Zone Alarm isolated it for me. You might want to check it out?
>
> Regards,
> Ryan
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 9:49 PM
> Subject: Hi
>
>
> > Test =)
> > irkxdfkronpcirik
> > --
> > Test, yep.
> >
> ___
>
>
>
>




Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-19 Thread graywolf
Actually, I think they are mountain biking shorts. Looser and pockets, but with 
the same padding.

--

frank theriault wrote:

Well, it figures that Tanya would focus in on ~that~ portion of the 
photo, eh?

I'm pretty sure you're right, Ryan.  It looks like underneath his gnarly 
loose-fitting shorts he's wearing real bike shorts (you know, the tight 
spandex ones).  They have what's known as a "chamois" (although they've 
not been made of chamois leather for a long time) in the crotch, to act 
as padding, but more importantly to absorb moisture.


--
graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com
"You might as well accept people as they are,
you are not going to be able to change them anyway."



Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-19 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I did a long(ish)-distance cycle ride with my brother and his family
> last summer. At the end I rather shocked my young nephews when I
> said I was reminded of a small village in South-East Asia.
> 
> Nephews: What do you mean, Uncle Bob?
> Me: Numh Kok!

8-)  It's the pins and needles as it comes back to life I can't stand. 
Haven't been able to ride for some time due to tendonitis in both knees
8-((

mike



Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo (attention Ryan re virus)

2004-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I got email this morning from ryan  with
>hi suspecting that I have a virus...
>I think not--
>the email that he got was this (I cut and paste)
>
>RYAN - I Did not send  (what was cut and pasted below)
> looks more like I'm in  someone's address book that did get a virus though.
>
>Was thinking your mail to me  clipped below off list was a a spoof.
>
>I send everything out in plain text , have dial up service and never send
>attachments...  not to mention I didn't send mail to you - but only to the list.
>
>anyone???

Yep. Probably the new Bagle-A virus (a SoBig variant).

FWIW, folks: Don't ever believe the "From:" line in any email you
believe to be a virus. It's always fake with viruses these days.

-- 
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com



Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo (attention Ryan re virus)

2004-01-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I got email this morning from ryan  with
hi suspecting that I have a virus...
I think not--
the email that he got was this (I cut and paste)

RYAN - I Did not send  (what was cut and pasted below)
 looks more like I'm in  someone's address book that did get a virus though.

Was thinking your mail to me  clipped below off list was a a spoof.

I send everything out in plain text , have dial up service and never send
attachments...  not to mention I didn't send mail to you - but only to the list.

anyone???

ann
_
Hi Ann,

Looks like you've caught a virus.. This mail came with an attachment too,
but Zone Alarm isolated it for me. You might want to check it out?

Regards,
Ryan


- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 9:49 PM
Subject: Hi


> Test =)
> irkxdfkronpcirik
> --
> Test, yep.
>
___





Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-19 Thread Bob W
Hi,

I did a long(ish)-distance cycle ride with my brother and his family
last summer. At the end I rather shocked my young nephews when I
said I was reminded of a small village in South-East Asia.

Nephews: What do you mean, Uncle Bob?
Me: Numh Kok!

-- 
Cheers,
 Bob

Monday, January 19, 2004, 1:46:12 PM, you wrote:

> Something very few people who ride these bikes appreciate (maybe
> they don't even know) that the nerves that supply the penis pass along
> the perineum and the 'horn' of the saddle can easily damage those nerves
> beyond repair all it takes is one good hard jolt. A single one of those
> steps could do it. Impotence would be the result.



Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-19 Thread Dr E D F Williams
That's the problem. Never, ever, sit on the seat when you go over rough
terrain. The man in the picture appears to be sitting. This reinforces the
premise that the picture is posed and the bike is not descending those
steps - at the time the picture was taken anyway. Perhaps that's why it's
been taken, or cropped, so close -- to hide the man holding the back wheel.

Don
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- Original Message - 
From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo


> I'll take a doctor's word for it ;-) But that's assuming he's sitting on
the
> seat.. I reckon he's just hovering over the rack (to change his centre of
> gravity and avoid the vibrations). Out of curiosity, prolonged sitting
> (without the jolts even) in that tiny seat has the same effect too doesn't
> it?
>
> Regards,
> Ryan
>
> PS. Hard to tell the mailing list is about camera equipment isn't it!
>
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:46 PM
> Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
>
>
> > Something very few people who ride these bikes appreciate (maybe
> > they don't even know) that the nerves that supply the penis pass along
> > the perineum and the 'horn' of the saddle can easily damage those nerves
> > beyond repair all it takes is one good hard jolt. A single one of those
> > steps could do it. Impotence would be the result.
> >
> > Don
> > ___
> > Dr E D F Williams
> > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams
> > Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery
> > See New Pages 'The Cement Company from HELL!'
> > Updated: August 15, 2003
> >
> > "Oh my God! They've killed Teddy!"
> >
> > - Original Message - 
> > From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 3:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
> >
> >
> > > I personally think it's a probability he biked it down- extreme
moutain
> > > biking's filled with all sorts of adrenalin junkies.. This example
> though
> > > would be at the more extreme end of extreme I suppose. Another example
> of
> > > scary would be hurtling down a very very long upward going escalator
> > (Mincom
> > > Building, Brisbane CBD- John, you'd know where wouldn't ya?) which a
> mate
> > of
> > > mine was lucky enough to witness. About the shot, if anything at all,
I
> > > think the photog made the stairs look a bit shorter (read: steeper)
than
> > > they actually were. Still.. looks good!
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Ryan
> > >
> > >
> > > - Original Message - 
> > > From: "keller.schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 6:31 PM
> > > Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
> > >
> > >
> > > > I somehow feel that this is a staged shot too (but could be wrong).
I
> am
> > > not
> > > > saying that this was part of a guided bus tour where you can pose on
a
> > > bike
> > > > with the rear wheel bolted to the ground, but...
> > > >
> > > > With that kind of wide angle, the biker would need to ride very
close
> > past
> > > the
> > > > photographer - and the photographer wouldn't have a second chance
> unless
> > > the
> > > > biker climbed up again.
> > > >
> > > > Or do I have to assume that the shot was taken by another biker with
a
> > > camera
> > > > mounted to his bike and the shutter released pneumatically with his
> > teeth?
> > > >
> > > > Sven
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Zitat von Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > >
> > > > > Kinda makes me wonder how he got the bike up there in the first
> > place..
> > > And
> > > > > before that there also is the question why you'd think of bringing
> > your
> > > bike
> > > > > up there in the first place, unless you had the express intention
of
> > > cycling
> > > > > down.. Or then if it were me, I'd take my bike up just to pose for
> the
> > > photo
> > > > > and hope I don't lose my balance lol!
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Ryan
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > - Original Message -
> > > > > From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 3:28 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > aarrgh!  this needs a warning side for people with acrophobia!
> > > scry!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I didn't even notice the guy's butt - got dizzy looking down
that
> > long
> > > > > slope.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > annsan
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>



Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-19 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 15:03, Ryan Lee wrote:

> 
> PS. Hard to tell the mailing list is about camera equipment isn't it!
> 
Everything related to photography, Pentax or both is strictly OT.
(Now I only need to remember whether OT was 'On Topic' or 'Off Topic')
-- 
Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-19 Thread Ryan Lee
I'll take a doctor's word for it ;-) But that's assuming he's sitting on the
seat.. I reckon he's just hovering over the rack (to change his centre of
gravity and avoid the vibrations). Out of curiosity, prolonged sitting
(without the jolts even) in that tiny seat has the same effect too doesn't
it?

Regards,
Ryan

PS. Hard to tell the mailing list is about camera equipment isn't it!

- Original Message - 
From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo


> Something very few people who ride these bikes appreciate (maybe
> they don't even know) that the nerves that supply the penis pass along
> the perineum and the 'horn' of the saddle can easily damage those nerves
> beyond repair all it takes is one good hard jolt. A single one of those
> steps could do it. Impotence would be the result.
>
> Don
> ___
> Dr E D F Williams
> http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams
> Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery
> See New Pages 'The Cement Company from HELL!'
> Updated: August 15, 2003
>
> "Oh my God! They've killed Teddy!"
>
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 3:33 PM
> Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
>
>
> > I personally think it's a probability he biked it down- extreme moutain
> > biking's filled with all sorts of adrenalin junkies.. This example
though
> > would be at the more extreme end of extreme I suppose. Another example
of
> > scary would be hurtling down a very very long upward going escalator
> (Mincom
> > Building, Brisbane CBD- John, you'd know where wouldn't ya?) which a
mate
> of
> > mine was lucky enough to witness. About the shot, if anything at all, I
> > think the photog made the stairs look a bit shorter (read: steeper) than
> > they actually were. Still.. looks good!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ryan
> >
> >
> > - Original Message - 
> > From: "keller.schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 6:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
> >
> >
> > > I somehow feel that this is a staged shot too (but could be wrong). I
am
> > not
> > > saying that this was part of a guided bus tour where you can pose on a
> > bike
> > > with the rear wheel bolted to the ground, but...
> > >
> > > With that kind of wide angle, the biker would need to ride very close
> past
> > the
> > > photographer - and the photographer wouldn't have a second chance
unless
> > the
> > > biker climbed up again.
> > >
> > > Or do I have to assume that the shot was taken by another biker with a
> > camera
> > > mounted to his bike and the shutter released pneumatically with his
> teeth?
> > >
> > > Sven
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Zitat von Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > >
> > > > Kinda makes me wonder how he got the bike up there in the first
> place..
> > And
> > > > before that there also is the question why you'd think of bringing
> your
> > bike
> > > > up there in the first place, unless you had the express intention of
> > cycling
> > > > down.. Or then if it were me, I'd take my bike up just to pose for
the
> > photo
> > > > and hope I don't lose my balance lol!
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Ryan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > - Original Message -
> > > > From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 3:28 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > aarrgh!  this needs a warning side for people with acrophobia!
> > scry!
> > > > >
> > > > > I didn't even notice the guy's butt - got dizzy looking down that
> long
> > > > slope.
> > > > >
> > > > > annsan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>




Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-19 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Something very few people who ride these bikes appreciate (maybe
they don't even know) that the nerves that supply the penis pass along
the perineum and the 'horn' of the saddle can easily damage those nerves
beyond repair all it takes is one good hard jolt. A single one of those
steps could do it. Impotence would be the result.

Don
___
Dr E D F Williams
http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams
Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery
See New Pages 'The Cement Company from HELL!'
Updated: August 15, 2003

"Oh my God! They've killed Teddy!"

- Original Message - 
From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo


> I personally think it's a probability he biked it down- extreme moutain
> biking's filled with all sorts of adrenalin junkies.. This example though
> would be at the more extreme end of extreme I suppose. Another example of
> scary would be hurtling down a very very long upward going escalator
(Mincom
> Building, Brisbane CBD- John, you'd know where wouldn't ya?) which a mate
of
> mine was lucky enough to witness. About the shot, if anything at all, I
> think the photog made the stairs look a bit shorter (read: steeper) than
> they actually were. Still.. looks good!
>
> Cheers,
> Ryan
>
>
> - Original Message - 
> From: "keller.schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 6:31 PM
> Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
>
>
> > I somehow feel that this is a staged shot too (but could be wrong). I am
> not
> > saying that this was part of a guided bus tour where you can pose on a
> bike
> > with the rear wheel bolted to the ground, but...
> >
> > With that kind of wide angle, the biker would need to ride very close
past
> the
> > photographer - and the photographer wouldn't have a second chance unless
> the
> > biker climbed up again.
> >
> > Or do I have to assume that the shot was taken by another biker with a
> camera
> > mounted to his bike and the shutter released pneumatically with his
teeth?
> >
> > Sven
> >
> >
> >
> > Zitat von Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > Kinda makes me wonder how he got the bike up there in the first
place..
> And
> > > before that there also is the question why you'd think of bringing
your
> bike
> > > up there in the first place, unless you had the express intention of
> cycling
> > > down.. Or then if it were me, I'd take my bike up just to pose for the
> photo
> > > and hope I don't lose my balance lol!
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Ryan
> > >
> > >
> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 3:28 PM
> > > Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > aarrgh!  this needs a warning side for people with acrophobia!
> scry!
> > > >
> > > > I didn't even notice the guy's butt - got dizzy looking down that
long
> > > slope.
> > > >
> > > > annsan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>



Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-19 Thread Ryan Lee
I personally think it's a probability he biked it down- extreme moutain
biking's filled with all sorts of adrenalin junkies.. This example though
would be at the more extreme end of extreme I suppose. Another example of
scary would be hurtling down a very very long upward going escalator (Mincom
Building, Brisbane CBD- John, you'd know where wouldn't ya?) which a mate of
mine was lucky enough to witness. About the shot, if anything at all, I
think the photog made the stairs look a bit shorter (read: steeper) than
they actually were. Still.. looks good!

Cheers,
Ryan


- Original Message - 
From: "keller.schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo


> I somehow feel that this is a staged shot too (but could be wrong). I am
not
> saying that this was part of a guided bus tour where you can pose on a
bike
> with the rear wheel bolted to the ground, but...
>
> With that kind of wide angle, the biker would need to ride very close past
the
> photographer - and the photographer wouldn't have a second chance unless
the
> biker climbed up again.
>
> Or do I have to assume that the shot was taken by another biker with a
camera
> mounted to his bike and the shutter released pneumatically with his teeth?
>
> Sven
>
>
>
> Zitat von Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Kinda makes me wonder how he got the bike up there in the first place..
And
> > before that there also is the question why you'd think of bringing your
bike
> > up there in the first place, unless you had the express intention of
cycling
> > down.. Or then if it were me, I'd take my bike up just to pose for the
photo
> > and hope I don't lose my balance lol!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ryan
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 3:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
> >
> >
> >
> > > aarrgh!  this needs a warning side for people with acrophobia!
scry!
> > >
> > > I didn't even notice the guy's butt - got dizzy looking down that long
> > slope.
> > >
> > > annsan
> >
> >
> >
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Re: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-18 Thread Ryan Lee
No credit due my way Frank.. I found it in the aus.bicycle newsgroup under
the topic "MTB'er descends stairs :)". The fella who posted it there said it
was from this thread on bikeforums.net
 http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=26701&page=19&pp=15
and discussion in the newsgroup mentioned it might have been some
Incan/Mayan/Aztec thingo. I thought an interesting little discussion was on
why he was going down the stairs instead of the smooth bit in the centre, to
which someone said 'why did whoever built it even put a smooth bit in the
centre', to which somebody helped with a projected visualisation of 2 fellas
pushing a wheelbarrow up the stairs..

Cheers,
Ryan




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From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:45 PM
Subject: RE: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo


> That is a freaking amazing shot!!
>
> Are those ~stairs~ he's riding down?  Back when I had a mountain bike, I'd
> fly down one or two flights of no more than 10 in front of some of the
> office buildings here in town, but nothing like that.  Hope all his
fillings
> are in tight.  
>
> Did you take that one, Ryan?  What lens was used?  Looks pretty wide.
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The
pessimist
> fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
> >Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:48:45 +1000
> >
> >Knarf, you'll enjoy this one.. Don't think you want to have your camera
on
> >for the ride though.
> >http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8389&stc=1
> >No, it's not me. Still haven't got any shots of me & (shiny new) bike yet
> >:-)
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Ryan
> >
> >PS. If the photog dropped his camera, I wonder how many bounces it would
> >do..
> >
> >
> >- Original Message -
> >From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:26 AM
> >Subject: OT: Another Bike Photo
> >
> >
> > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2051027
> > >
> > > Printed full frame (hence the black abatement), so I know cropping
will
> > > help.  Just thought I'd see how it looks this way.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > frank
> > >
> > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The
> >pessimist
> > > fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer
> > >
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Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
Tanya,
I think you've paid far too much attention to the shape of this  
gentleman's backside , but to clarify I might add that competitive  
bicycle riders have a certain amount of padding in that area. On the  
other hand, he might have a condition that requires him to wear  
Depends.
Paul
On Jan 18, 2004, at 8:57 PM, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:

erm Ryan, what IS that in his pants?!?!?  It looks mighty unnatural to  
have
a butt shaped like that! lol...

cool shot btw...

tan.

-Original Message-
From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 19 January 2004 10:49 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
Knarf, you'll enjoy this one.. Don't think you want to have your  
camera on
for the ride though.
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8389&stc=1
No, it's not me. Still haven't got any shots of me & (shiny new) bike  
yet
:-)

Cheers,
Ryan
PS. If the photog dropped his camera, I wonder how many bounces it  
would
do..

- Original Message -
From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:26 AM
Subject: OT: Another Bike Photo

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2051027

Printed full frame (hence the black abatement), so I know cropping  
will
help.  Just thought I'd see how it looks this way.

cheers,
frank
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pessimist
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Re: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-18 Thread frank theriault
Well, it figures that Tanya would focus in on ~that~ portion of the photo, 
eh?

I'm pretty sure you're right, Ryan.  It looks like underneath his gnarly 
loose-fitting shorts he's wearing real bike shorts (you know, the tight 
spandex ones).  They have what's known as a "chamois" (although they've not 
been made of chamois leather for a long time) in the crotch, to act as 
padding, but more importantly to absorb moisture.

Any other questions?

-frank the road bike guy.

"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist 
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer




From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Re: Another Bike Photo
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:27:42 +1000
lol Tanya! I'm *guessing* it's padding.. Oh btw! On the other 90% of the
photo there's this steep descent down stairs and that fella whose b*tt you
were staring at is going down on a bike! ;-)
Ry

- Original Message -
From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:57 AM
Subject: RE: Re: Another Bike Photo
> erm Ryan, what IS that in his pants?!?!?  It looks mighty unnatural to
have
> a butt shaped like that! lol...
>
> cool shot btw...
>
> tan.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, 19 January 2004 10:49 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
>
>
> Knarf, you'll enjoy this one.. Don't think you want to have your camera 
on
> for the ride though.
> http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8389&stc=1
> No, it's not me. Still haven't got any shots of me & (shiny new) bike 
yet
> :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Ryan
>
> PS. If the photog dropped his camera, I wonder how many bounces it would
> do..
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:26 AM
> Subject: OT: Another Bike Photo
>
>
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2051027
> >
> > Printed full frame (hence the black abatement), so I know cropping 
will
> > help.  Just thought I'd see how it looks this way.
> >
> > cheers,
> > frank
> >
> > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The
> pessimist
> > fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer
> >
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RE: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-18 Thread frank theriault
That is a freaking amazing shot!!

Are those ~stairs~ he's riding down?  Back when I had a mountain bike, I'd 
fly down one or two flights of no more than 10 in front of some of the 
office buildings here in town, but nothing like that.  Hope all his fillings 
are in tight.  

Did you take that one, Ryan?  What lens was used?  Looks pretty wide.

cheers,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist 
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer




From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:48:45 +1000
Knarf, you'll enjoy this one.. Don't think you want to have your camera on
for the ride though.
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8389&stc=1
No, it's not me. Still haven't got any shots of me & (shiny new) bike yet
:-)
Cheers,
Ryan
PS. If the photog dropped his camera, I wonder how many bounces it would
do..
- Original Message -
From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:26 AM
Subject: OT: Another Bike Photo
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2051027
>
> Printed full frame (hence the black abatement), so I know cropping will
> help.  Just thought I'd see how it looks this way.
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The
pessimist
> fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer
>
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Re: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-18 Thread Ryan Lee
lol Tanya! I'm *guessing* it's padding.. Oh btw! On the other 90% of the
photo there's this steep descent down stairs and that fella whose b*tt you
were staring at is going down on a bike! ;-)

Ry

- Original Message - 
From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:57 AM
Subject: RE: Re: Another Bike Photo


> erm Ryan, what IS that in his pants?!?!?  It looks mighty unnatural to
have
> a butt shaped like that! lol...
>
> cool shot btw...
>
> tan.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, 19 January 2004 10:49 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo
>
>
> Knarf, you'll enjoy this one.. Don't think you want to have your camera on
> for the ride though.
> http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8389&stc=1
> No, it's not me. Still haven't got any shots of me & (shiny new) bike yet
> :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Ryan
>
> PS. If the photog dropped his camera, I wonder how many bounces it would
> do..
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:26 AM
> Subject: OT: Another Bike Photo
>
>
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2051027
> >
> > Printed full frame (hence the black abatement), so I know cropping will
> > help.  Just thought I'd see how it looks this way.
> >
> > cheers,
> > frank
> >
> > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The
> pessimist
> > fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer
> >
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RE: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-18 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
erm Ryan, what IS that in his pants?!?!?  It looks mighty unnatural to have
a butt shaped like that! lol...

cool shot btw...

tan.

-Original Message-
From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 19 January 2004 10:49 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo


Knarf, you'll enjoy this one.. Don't think you want to have your camera on
for the ride though.
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8389&stc=1
No, it's not me. Still haven't got any shots of me & (shiny new) bike yet
:-)

Cheers,
Ryan

PS. If the photog dropped his camera, I wonder how many bounces it would
do..


- Original Message -
From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:26 AM
Subject: OT: Another Bike Photo


> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2051027
>
> Printed full frame (hence the black abatement), so I know cropping will
> help.  Just thought I'd see how it looks this way.
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The
pessimist
> fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer
>
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Re: OT: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-15 Thread Bob W
Hi,

you have the makings of a really good essay or exhibition there,
Frank. You could certainly get it published in specialist magazines
round the world if you can write some text to go with it. I'm a
very inactive member of a cycling pressure group in London called
'London Cycling Campaign'. They issue a 2-monthly magazine called
'London Cyclist'. Your essay would go very well in the magazine, I
think. I don't think they'd pay much, if at all, but it would look
great on a CV and be a real ego-booster.

http://www.lcc.org.uk/

-- 
Cheers,
 Bob


Wednesday, January 14, 2004, 11:26:54 PM, you wrote:

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2051027

> Printed full frame (hence the black abatement), so I know cropping will 
> help.  Just thought I'd see how it looks this way.



Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
I really like this one Frank. Great framing and composition. Nice  
contrast. And of course it's a pretty picture of a girl and her dog.  
Good job.
Paul


- Original Message -
From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:26 PM
Subject: OT: Another Bike Photo

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2051027

Printed full frame (hence the black abatement), so I know cropping  
will
help.  Just thought I'd see how it looks this way.

cheers,
frank
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pessimist
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer

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OT: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-14 Thread frank theriault
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2051027

Printed full frame (hence the black abatement), so I know cropping will 
help.  Just thought I'd see how it looks this way.

cheers,
frank
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