One More New Year's Day celebration ride (slow)

[Joan Oppel]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30856149@N04/8340027626/in/photostream

Hmmm, can't figure out what MLK is saying about us!  I am standing with the Bleriot (of course) - that's Steve Palincsar to my right with his George Longstaff (very handsome lugged bike).

We rode from near National Harbor in Maryland, across the Wilson Bridge to Old Town Alexandria in Virginia, then along the Potomac River, crossing over to D.C. and regrouping at the Jefferson Memorial.  Our group of 12 then toured some of the sites of DC:  Martin Luther Kiing Memorial, World War !! memorial, White House, Capitol (where the House of Representatives flag was flying because they were debating the fiscal cliff bill).  We passed many of the Smithsonian museums, and the Washington Monument, too.  A fun time but a tour, not a fast ride.

Joan

[William]

Is that photo-documentation of Steve Palinscar smiling?  Or is his balaclava just smooshing the sides of his face upwards?  I had Steve pegged as one of those 19th century souls who prefers not to smile for the camera.  

[Steve Palincsar]

On Wed, 2013-01-02 at 16:47 -0600, Joan Oppel wrote:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/30856149@N04/8340027626/in/photostream
>
>
> Hmmm, can't figure out what MLK is saying about us!

I assume he's saying what the Park Ranger told us when he kicked us out
of the memorial: "No bikes allowed!" You can tell he meant it by the
stern expression on his face...

> I am standing with the Bleriot (of course) - that's Steve Palincsar to
> my right with his George Longstaff (very handsome lugged bike).

> We rode from near National Harbor in Maryland, across the Wilson
> Bridge to Old Town Alexandria in Virginia, then along the Potomac
> River, crossing over to D.C. and regrouping at the Jefferson Memorial.
> Our group of 12 then toured some of the sites of DC: Martin Luther

> King Memorial, World War II memorial, White House, Capitol (where the

> House of Representatives flag was flying because they were debating
> the fiscal cliff bill). We passed many of the Smithsonian museums,
> and the Washington Monument, too. A fun time but a tour, not a fast
> ride.

My first time on the Cycletracks in downtown DC, too: they implemented
them after I retired & quit commuting to downtown DC. I'd ridden on
those streets before, of course, but it was rather strange riding in the
left-most lane on Pennsylvania Ave. Of course, there was almost no
traffic, either bicycle or motor vehicle.

Joan neglected to mention another of the highlights of the ride: two
chain breaks (same rider, same chain, broke twice) with accompanying
roadside repairs. Joan had a multi-tool with a decent chain tool
attachment that saved the day.

[Steve Palincsar]

On Wed, 2013-01-02 at 14:57 -0800, William wrote:
> Is that photo-documentation of Steve Palinscar smiling?

No, it's me, not my evil twin PalinSCar. He never smiles.

> Or is his balaclava just smooshing the sides of his face upwards?

The balaclava I'm wearing is so old and worn from use it's no longer is
capable of smooshing anything. It's taken years to get it this
comfortable.

I got a new one a couple of years ago, but it's so tight I can't wear my
sunglasses when I have it on, so it stays unworn in the bike box.

> I had Steve pegged as one of those 19th century souls who prefers not
> to smile for the camera.

Actually, those 19th century souls were holding still for very long
exposures (20 seconds to 5 minutes). The neck braces that held their
heads still were artfully concealed in the photos. Those collodion wet
plates had an ISO speed of 6 - 10, and Daguerreotype was even slower.

[William]

Hey!  Can we use that as a slow-riding adjective?  As in:

"I did the SFR Two-Rock 200k last weekend.  It was a lovely day.  I rode it slowly, not Daguerreotype-slow, but pretty slow nonetheless"

[René Sterental]

I'll call them Kodachrome 25 rides... Incredibly beautiful but slow...

René 

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[Allingham II, Thomas J]

Why did I know that Steve P would be fully familiar with 19th century photographic techniques? ;-)

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[Allingham II, Thomas J]

That looks fun. <Two> chain breaks, <same> rider? Sheesh.

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[Steve Palincsar]

On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 16:30 +0000, Allingham II, Thomas J wrote:
> That looks fun. <Two> chain breaks, <same> rider? Sheesh.

Yes. It's possible the first fix wasn't perfect. It's also a fact that chains like that aren't meant to be broken in the "old" fashion, and any push-the-pin-in-and-out solution is strictly a temporary fix. It's just that nobody ever said how long "temporary" was -- and it turned out to be a lot shorter than I expected!

[Steve Palincsar]

On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 16:26 +0000, Allingham II, Thomas J wrote:
> Why did I know that Steve P would be fully familiar with 19th century photographic techniques? ;-)

I've only read about most of them. I have made gum bichromate prints,
though.