Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[Aperitif]

Two more excellent reflective entries...come on MessenJah, Arch, bonj, Spire, Kovu - let's see what you can do to make this thread the sunniest, wettest, most moonlit place on the forum.
Five days to go before judgement day!

 

[Aperitif]

The judging has been completed and the winner, with her pane full photograph is summerdays! Thanks to rich and mr phoebus for their entries.
Unluckily, we do not find the time to see and record all the interesting images that pop up along the way when cycling; this winner reminded me of other things.
Well done summerdays - your turn.

 

[summerdays]

Err thank you very much... it was a grabbed photo as I cycled past the JCB window panes and noticed our reflections.

Now I'm supposed to set another challenge? Having not read the whole thread.. what sort of thing is it supposed to be.... does it have to be your own bike in it?

I'm off to Legoland today so it will probably have to be later today to set the challenge... but something on the line of "the joy of cycling", enjoyment, participation (assuming some of you are going to the London Freewheel). Would that fit in with the previous sort of challenges? Also you have a deadline... is it supposed to be a week or two?

 

[longers]

Well done Summerdays, was a great photo

As I understand the rules*, you can set whatever you want as the challenge, your bike, someone elses bike, no problem. A bike of some description would probably fit the ethos of the challenge.

How long you want it to run for is entirely up to you as well.

* not even sure there are any

 

[Aperitif]

Well stated longers. Time to lego of your inhibitions summerdays - ask all us keen ones to show you our technik etc...
Leogland weather is fab - don't live too far away from it.(Got a house with a bright green roof and walls of red yella and bloo bricks...) Hope you have enjoyed the day (by the time you get around to looking in again).
No London Freewheel for me - as much as I wanted to go - too many people have a call on my time. Next year.

 

[yenrod]

Again, Summerdays that window photo is fantastic !

Anyhow.

My offering today

 

[rich p]

Again, Summerdays that window photo is fantastic !

Anyhow.

My offering today

I don't think she's set the challenge yet Yenners! If it turns out to be a piccie of your bike by a Chorley sign, you're nailed on

 

[summerdays]

Sorry only just catching up... we were a lot later back from Legoland than I was expecting (St John's Ambulance - Badgers celebrating 21 years of Badgers - and the place was packed, and people didn't come back to the coach when they were meant to etc). Aperitif - I hope you don't live so close that you have to avoid the queueing traffic, I grew up not to far away - on the edge of Burnham/Taplow.

Anyway the challenge (sorry yenrod) is that I would like to see "Joy on a bike", with either 2,3 or 4 wheels. How you interpret this I'm leaving upto you. I'm assuming there will be a body in the photo ... I was going to say a face then I thought of that photo of Baggy going through a puddle. Equally I don't wish to see any x-rated joy on/with a bike!

 

[Auntie Helen]

I was at a cycling event yesterday in Colchester (to encourage more people to cycle more) and this chappie was working as 'Dr Bike' doing free bike servicing. In a lull in the proceedings he asked if he could have a go of my recumbent - spot the joy!

 

[Amanda P]

Not taken specifically for the challenge, but...

...they seem pretty cheerful, don't they?

 

[Aperitif]

Nice photos! Joy indeed...particularly from 'Dr Bike' who has jumped in Auntie's recumbent and found the seat to be toasty warm - deluxe!

 

[summerdays]

Thank you .. that's the idea smiles and wheels....

Uncle Phil ... the last bike of the 4 what is it... he looks more upright than I expect from a recumbrant...? (Not that I've ever been on one).

 

[Amanda P]

I think it's a titanium Rans Stratus. It's a long wheel-base recumbent, so the rider's legs are a bit lower than on Banjokat's short wheelbase bike (he's the guy in red in front).

Some recumbents are more, well, recumbent than others...

 

[rich p]

We used to make go-carts like them when I was a kid, out of old prams. Now they call them recumbents! Whatever next?

 

[Fnaar]

We used to make go-carts like them when I was a kid, out of old prams. Now they call them recumbents! Whatever next?

I remember those