Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[Arch]

not guessed what the plane is yet?

I guessed once you asked... Where is she then, at Heathrow? Sad to see her just sitting behind that fence, sort of like an animal in a bad zoo, or a parrot in too small a cage...

There's a great line in a book about British boffins, The Backroom Boys, about how Concorde looked like there was a tear in time and a message from the furture was poking through. She still looks futuristic, 40 years on....

 

[Aperitif]

The poor plane is caged Arch - opposite the staff parking at Eastside...once upon a time there were four in a row, which would have made a nice photo. Got one somewhere, but not with bike.

 

[Arch]

I saw one of the last flights out of Heathrow, heading west, literally into a setting sun, golden light glinting off the underside of the wings, while I was stuck in traffic on the M25. It was very sad, but a very nice way to remember her. One of the most perfect looking 'planes ever.

 

[Fnaar]

Oh well done Aperitif! I was beginning to think I'd made it too hard.
I'm not going to an air display no, I did have visions of laying on my back trying to get a passing plane in shot with my bike,

I was thinking the same... passed by Newcastle airport this morning, but there was lots oflow cloud, so not ideal... anyways, a difficult challenge, and a worthy winner....
now to think of a suitable timepiece for the next challenge.....

 

[Aperitif]

Suppose you could have sprayed a bike with water...'easyjet'

 

[Kirstie]

Apologies for the late response to the latest challenge - I've been on the other side of the atlantic for a few days.

Here is me riding my bike with a microlight in the background:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/113027262_1aca697130.jpg?v=0

And here is my bicycle AS an aircraft (and I'm going all singletrack 'look at me aren't I great me me me me me' on yo' ass in the process):

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yb3zod&outx=800&quality=70

It was in the days when I was young and bold and all that...

 

[rich p]

Apologies for the late response to the latest challenge - I've been on the other side of the atlantic for a few days.

Here is me riding my bike with a microlight in the background:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/113027262_1aca697130.jpg?v=0

And here is my bicycle AS an aircraft (and I'm going all singletrack 'look at me aren't I great me me me me me' on yo' ass in the process):

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yb3zod&outx=800&quality=70

It was in the days when I was young and bold and all that...

Good God, Kirstie that second photo makes me shudder vicariously. You've got more balls than me, if you know what I mean!

 

[Aperitif]

...can't for the life of me think why you need all that padding stuff and full crash lid...

Bike as plane would have won.

 

[Kirstie]

Good God, Kirstie that second photo makes me shudder vicariously. You've got more balls than me, if you know what I mean!

My biggest drop was 8 foot (in the not-very-good photo below). I've since seen sense and stopped the folly before it all got out of hand...wheels firmly on the ground from now on!

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=ybf1ap&outx=450&quality=70

 

[longers]

Is there a current challenge on or am I too dense to have spotted it?

As it's a long weekend for some, now might be a good time to enlighten me or stop fannying about clarify the situation .

 

[Aperitif]

Yo! longers - I set a 'challenge' but no one responded - save for dodgy who wanted an earlier closing date for entries... (Still waiting dodgy )

So. As incumbent designate - the Bike with clock challenge is still on until 21.00 on MONDAY.

Go for seconds everyone and give us a bit of your time. Make cyclechat a veritable visionfest of ticktockery!

There are so many pompous twits in Soapbox you would think that one of them had a big clock - how wrong can we be.
Come on Spindrift, linfordlunchwatch, zimzum 4:02 and twenty seconds - show us how you can ride to power on the back of a friendly challenge.

 

[longers]

I did have an image in mind but the strong winds put paid to it . No can do.

Got a "Time" picture today though and will try and get it on here tomorrow (even though it's rubbish ).

 

[Fnaar]

...ooops... meant to get a pic, but "time" was against me!

 

[Aperitif]

I think this is too hard a challenge for everyone. Even my watch broke last week - the chocolate went everywhere. I have serious beefs with the repair man, who I congratulated as being efficient and courteous etc...he turns out to be nothing but a wind up merchant who claims that his repairs are only 'part repairs' and not covered by his guarantee. What's all that about - I want my bit repaired, not the whole effing watch. Tissot here I come...complete with his bunkum.
Anyway, there's a chance of drama tomorrow so let's keep the horillogical theme going until June. Glorious June...and funny Terry.

 

[Fnaar]

Even my watch broke last week - the chocolate went everywhere. I have serious beefs with the repair man, who I congratulated as being efficient and courteous etc...he turns out to be nothing but a wind up merchant who claims that his repairs are only