Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-27 Thread Chris Mitchell
i notice all those frames are a little more stretched out than today's typical road frames, more like a touring bike — that's the kind of frame i like to ride Thanks Steve. Yes, it would have made a good touring bike. Would have saved me from spending a fortune at Chas Roberts's emporium when

Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-27 Thread Stanley Halpin
Very nice shot Chris - thanks for sharing. Looks like you are in perfect position coming out of that corner! I think all of the old action shots of me with my bike show me actively lolling about at rest stops and at the end of long rides. Now I am going to have to go have a look. stan On

Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-27 Thread Chris Mitchell
Thanks Christine. Still just as long, but not so lean now... Chris On 27 May 2014 05:55, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: I new it was you in the blue cap. I looked for the chap with the long, lean legs! Nice one! Cheers, Christine On May 26, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Chris Mitchell

Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-27 Thread Chris Mitchell
Thanks Dave. I couldn't do it now - was fearless then... Chris On 27 May 2014 06:40, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: On May 27, 2014, at 6:34 am, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: A picture of me road racing at the age of 17. Taken by my dad on his Spotmatic, on Ilford

Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-27 Thread Chris Mitchell
Thanks Stan. I've got a lot of lolling about shots too. My dad was a pretty good photographer, but action shots were not his speciality. He got it just right on this one though. Chris On 27 May 2014 20:04, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Very nice shot Chris - thanks for

PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-26 Thread Chris Mitchell
A picture of me road racing at the age of 17. Taken by my dad on his Spotmatic, on Ilford slide film: http://mitch.myzen.co.uk/PDML/RoadRace.jpg We had a wet bank holiday weekend, so I spent a happy weekend scanning all sorts of family shots. If only I'd had the presence of mind to keep that

Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-26 Thread Chris Mitchell
Should have said, that's me in the blue cap. CM On 26 May 2014 19:34, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: A picture of me road racing at the age of 17. Taken by my dad on his Spotmatic, on Ilford slide film: http://mitch.myzen.co.uk/PDML/RoadRace.jpg We had a wet bank holiday

Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-26 Thread mike wilson
From what I can see on the web image, he nailed the focus. Impressive. On 26/05/2014, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: A picture of me road racing at the age of 17. Taken by my dad on his Spotmatic, on Ilford slide film: http://mitch.myzen.co.uk/PDML/RoadRace.jpg We had a wet

Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-26 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 26/5/14, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: A picture of me road racing at the age of 17. Taken by my dad on his Spotmatic, on Ilford slide film: http://mitch.myzen.co.uk/PDML/RoadRace.jpg Lovely shot! Memories.. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O)

Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-26 Thread Christine Aguila
I new it was you in the blue cap. I looked for the chap with the long, lean legs! Nice one! Cheers, Christine On May 26, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Should have said, that's me in the blue cap. CM On 26 May 2014 19:34, Chris Mitchell

Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-26 Thread David Mann
On May 27, 2014, at 6:34 am, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: A picture of me road racing at the age of 17. Taken by my dad on his Spotmatic, on Ilford slide film: http://mitch.myzen.co.uk/PDML/RoadRace.jpg Awesome. Good photo. I don't like riding in a bunch. Can't stand

Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-26 Thread Chris Mitchell
Yep. He knew what he was doing. I learnt a lot from him. Chris On 26 May 2014 21:35, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: From what I can see on the web image, he nailed the focus. Impressive. On 26/05/2014, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: A picture of me road racing at

Re: PESO: Boy Racer (Bike and Pentax content too!)

2014-05-26 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-26 12:34 Chris Mitchell wrote A picture of me road racing at the age of 17. Taken by my dad on his Spotmatic, on Ilford slide film: http://mitch.myzen.co.uk/PDML/RoadRace.jpg interesting, and well-photographed If only I'd had the presence of mind to keep that bike. The frame was