Re: GESO - Bikespotting

On Apr 17, 2010, at 5:40 AM, eckinator wrote: > AFAIK Giro have either terminated or massively reduced theirs - back > then they replaced any helmet for a flat fee of 50 DEM and a Giro > helmet was considered affordable at DEM 329 when I bought mine. I > think they went from 50 DEM to 50 EUR to 50

RE: GESO - Bikespotting

t: Re: GESO - Bikespotting On 4/14/2010 4:50 AM, Richard D Bush wrote: > I don't understand why so many bike riders don't wear helmets. It's a > vertical fall that often does in the bike rider. Same could be said for pedestrians by the way. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don

Re: GESO - Bikespotting

2010/4/16 David Mann : > On Apr 16, 2010, at 9:40 AM, eckinator wrote: > >> 2010/4/15 Larry Colen : >>> >>> Bell was nice enough to send me a replacement. >> >> so was giro when I wiped out. the service charge was about one 6.5th >> of the helmet > > I know Specialized have a discount replacement p

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On Apr 16, 2010, at 9:40 AM, eckinator wrote: > 2010/4/15 Larry Colen : >> >> Bell was nice enough to send me a replacement. > > so was giro when I wiped out. the service charge was about one 6.5th > of the helmet I know Specialized have a discount replacement program, at least in the USA. I

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2010/4/15 Larry Colen : > > Bell was nice enough to send me a replacement. so was giro when I wiped out. the service charge was about one 6.5th of the helmet cheers ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, pl

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On 4/15/2010 2:13 PM, mike wilson wrote: eckinator wrote: The longer I read what you say and what you link to the more I doubt my helmet beliefs and choices. I was aware of rotational injuries but was and am still under the impression that a helmet, preferably one with at least a chin bar, can

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eckinator wrote: The longer I read what you say and what you link to the more I doubt my helmet beliefs and choices. I was aware of rotational injuries but was and am still under the impression that a helmet, preferably one with at least a chin bar, can also keep your head or parts of it clear o

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> > also keep your head or parts of it clear of the edge of a > curbstone which I see as the most critical threat around > town. I have yet to find any clear statement on that. For now It is probably worth while finding out the main causes of cycling accidents where you regularly cycle, and ma

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2010/4/15 Bob W : >> I don't understand why so many bike riders don't wear helmets. It's a >> vertical fall that often does in the bike rider. > > [...] > >> will be fast downhill sections, though I suspect that the >> risk/benefit window is narrower than people think. In other >> words, there is a

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> I don't understand why so many bike riders don't wear helmets. It's a > vertical fall that often does in the bike rider. [...] > will be fast downhill sections, though I suspect that the > risk/benefit window is narrower than people think. In other > words, there is a narrow range of situati

Re: GESO - Bikespotting

On 4/14/2010 4:50 AM, Richard D Bush wrote: I don't understand why so many bike riders don't wear helmets. It's a vertical fall that often does in the bike rider. Same could be said for pedestrians by the way. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Riding uphill in warm weather, I don't have wind

RE: GESO - Bikespotting

> On 3/4/2010 3:57 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > A couple of weekends ago I did a shoot for a local bike mag, > > Dandyhorse. It's called Bikespotting, where the writer and I stalk > > cyclists and record their answers to "the question of the month". > > This month it was something banal (is

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> > I don't understand why so many bike riders don't wear > helmets. It's a vertical fall that often does in the bike rider. > > RB > Here are the facts: Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSU

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2010/4/14 Richard D Bush : > > I don't understand why so many bike riders don't wear helmets. It's a > vertical fall that often does in the bike rider. definitely. my only ever city speed endo flip (front wheel caught in tram rail) broke my collarbone and helmet. had I not worn a helmet it could h

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I don't understand why so many bike riders don't wear helmets. It's a vertical fall that often does in the bike rider. RB On Apr 14, 2010, at 5:29 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Most refreshing set of portraits, Frank. Everyone is visibly different. It is not like you were doing a repetitive job

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Most refreshing set of portraits, Frank. Everyone is visibly different. It is not like you were doing a repetitive job. Well done! Boris On 3/4/2010 3:57 PM, frank theriault wrote: A couple of weekends ago I did a shoot for a local bike mag, Dandyhorse. It's called Bikespotting, where the wr

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Pikespotting, so you're advocating giving fish bicycles? On 3/5/2010 9:04 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Way to go, Frank! Big congrats on the Pikespotting gig. All of your pictures are excellent, but I especially like the one of the guy with the bike over his shoulder and that graffiti on the d

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On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Derby Chang wrote: > Well done. But I have to say, your personal B+W conversions are even better Thanks, Derby. The portrait of Vanessa that I converted to BW wasn't "eligible" for Bikespotting anyway, because we need at least part of a bike in the pic. As for

Re: GESO - Bikespotting

frank theriault wrote: A couple of weekends ago I did a shoot for a local bike mag, Dandyhorse. It's called Bikespotting, where the writer and I stalk cyclists and record their answers to "the question of the month". This month it was something banal (isn't it always?) like "is there safety in n

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On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Oh, geeze.  Typo.  Frank, I didn't not mean what I wrote.  I meant > Bikespotting.  Sorry about that. I apologize!!!   Cheers, Christine > > p.s.  I'm not even sure how that happened.  the B & P aren't even neighbors > on the keyboard!!!

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On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 2:41 AM, Bob W wrote: > I think you're mistaking him for Josef Koudelka: Well, we both shoot a lot of B&W. I'm sure the similarities end there... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@p

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On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Oh, geeze.  Typo.  Frank, I didn't not mean what I wrote.  I meant > Bikespotting.  Sorry about that. I apologize!!!   Cheers, Christine > > p.s.  I'm not even sure how that happened.  the B & P aren't even neighbors > on the keyboard!!!

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ot;Bob W" To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 1:41 AM Subject: RE: GESO - Bikespotting Way to go, Frank! Big congrats on the Pikespotting gig. [...] I think you're mistaking him for Josef Koudelka: http://tinyurl.com/yec

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> > Way to go, Frank! Big congrats on the Pikespotting gig. [...] I think you're mistaking him for Josef Koudelka: http://tinyurl.com/yecmtsj http://images.google.co.uk/images?rlz=1C1CHMA_en-GBGB339GB339&sourceid=chrom e&q=koudelka+gypsies&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=bAeSS4aCMobw0wTfksXxDA&sa=X&oi=imag

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Way to go, Frank! Big congrats on the Pikespotting gig. All of your pictures are excellent, but I especially like the one of the guy with the bike over his shoulder and that graffiti on the door. Nicely gritty there. It's really interesting the different bike garb folks wear. Nice work, Fran

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> I'm happy with what I got and actually learned a lot (hope to > do it again next time). I tried to vary the looks and get a > mix of "candid" > and "posed" shots. Anyway, here they are: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/bikespotting.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always we

Re: GESO - Bikespotting

On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:57:41 -0500 frank theriault wrote: > I'm happy with what I got and actually learned a lot (hope to do it > again next time). I tried to vary the looks and get a mix of "candid" > and "posed" shots. Anyway, here they are: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/bik

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Good job on these Frank. Nice back grounds and some interesting looking folk. They all seem to be skinny for some reason. Dave On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 8:57 AM, frank theriault wrote: > A couple of weekends ago I did a shoot for a local bike mag, > Dandyhorse.  It's called Bikespotting, where t

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Frank, That's a good series of photos. Each person stands out and looks good - not a trivial thing to do. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 7:57 AM, frank theriault wrote: > A couple of weekends ago I did a shoot for a local bike mag, > Dandyhorse.  It's called Bikespotting, where the write

Re: GESO - Bikespotting

Remarkable consistent exposure throughout. A crisp series which, wisely, includes a choice of general happy folks. Very nice collection. Jack --- On Thu, 3/4/10, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: GESO - Bikespotting > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Thursday,