Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-07 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/7/2010 12:58 PM, frank theriault wrote: For the record, I quit smoking about 7 or 8 years ago. When I stopped smoking, I noticed that I breathed easier on my bike - not as big a difference as I expected, but it was noticeable. I'm not a zealot about it: if one wishes to smoke, that's up

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-07 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > What about your lungs? /ducks for cover/ For the record, I quit smoking about 7 or 8 years ago. When I stopped smoking, I noticed that I breathed easier on my bike - not as big a difference as I expected, but it was noticeable. I'm not a

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/6/2010 10:51 PM, frank theriault wrote: Oddly, lots of messengers smoke. I used to smoke. It's quite an art smoking whilst riding fast. You've kind of got to keep your head up, tilt a bit to the right and hang the cigarette "just so" out the corner of your mouth. That way smoke and ashe

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread eckinator
2010/10/6 Bob W : >> BTW, smoking on bikes is nothing new;  witness this old Tour de France >> photo: >> >> http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads17/tour_de_france_old_passing_cig >> arette_smoke1279743847.jpg >> >> cheers, >> frank > > I love that photo. It's cheap wine in their bidons, too. Back

RE: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread Bob W
> BTW, smoking on bikes is nothing new; witness this old Tour de France > photo: > > http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads17/tour_de_france_old_passing_cig > arette_smoke1279743847.jpg > > cheers, > frank I love that photo. It's cheap wine in their bidons, too. Back in those days they'd have b

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > > Frank, just the other day I was standing by the reception desk of our > company and a man walked in - evidently he was a bike messenger. I > immediately though of you... If you hiccuped at that moment, I am not guilty > :-). > > Is this g

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/6/2010 12:35 AM, frank theriault wrote: No big whoop, just a slice of messenger life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/10/race-prep.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Leica CL, 40mm f2.0 Summicron, TriX, low-rez scan. Frank, just the other day I was standing by the receptio

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread David J Brooks
I like this one. The smoke in his mouth, the concentration, and the strewn about bike wheels make for an interesting shot. Dave On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 6:35 PM, frank theriault wrote: > So in another thread I talked a bit about Alleycat races, messenger > races through city streets through regula

RE: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread Bob W
> No big whoop, just a slice of messenger life: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/10/race-prep.html > that's a lovely atmospheric shot. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the lin

RE: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-06 Thread Bob W
> > nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it? > > I always find the combination of bicycling and smoking to be a bit of a > cognitive dissonance, as out here in the boonies where bikes aren't very > practical transportation they seem to be mostly a toy used by people trying > to g

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:32 PM, eckinator wrote: > nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it? I always find the combination of bicycling and smoking to be a bit of a cognitive dissonance, as out here in the boonies where bikes aren't very practical transportation they seem to be mo

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-05 Thread eckinator
nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it? thanks for sharing ecke 2010/10/6 frank theriault : > So in another thread I talked a bit about Alleycat races, messenger > races through city streets through regular traffic. > > Basically you pay a couple of bucks (usually $10) and that