Pic of the Day

[Hamina]

Muddy out there.....
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Why no mudguards?

 

[steve_sordy]

^ Love that burnt copper (titanium?) metallic colour!..........

Titanium looks like stainless steel, but slightly darker. Many think it is stainless steel.

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

Titanium looks like stainless steel, but slightly darker. Many think it is stainless steel.

When titanium (and most steels including stainless) gets heated, it changes into several colours from yellow-orange to blue to coppery brown. You’ll see this in stainless steel header exhaust pipes. I can’t remember where I first heard the term ‘burnt titanium’ before - it might’ve been a paint colour sample book made for artsy interior decorators... ?

 

[Hamina]

"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets, rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

^ From now on... I will always see a romance novel scenario - when night-riding through a forest trail! ???

 

[Jimbo Vills]

Jumping on the night ride theme. Minus the romance novel!

Did see a ? which I was surprised about.

And got stopped by the police who had just interrupted a ‘couple’ in the car park to the local woods. Which wasn’t a surprise ?

copper couldn’t keep a straight face ?

 

[steve_sordy]

When titanium (and most steels including stainless) gets heated, it changes into several colours from yellow-orange to blue to coppery brown. You’ll see this in stainless steel header exhaust pipes. I can’t remember where I first heard the term ‘burnt titanium’ before - it might’ve been a paint colour sample book made for artsy interior decorators... ?

Fair enough I had not considered oxidised versions; even steel can go almost all of the colours of the rainbow.

 

[deksawyer]

Strange 2 for 1 incident. 1 puncture and 1 crank falling off, both at the same time. That's on 2 different bikes. Crank fell off a few miles later so i insisted he tighten it right up.

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

Strange 2 for 1 incident. 1 puncture and 1 crank falling off, both at the same time. That's on 2 different bikes. Crank fell off a few miles later so i insisted he tighten it right up.

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Amazing photo! You could enlarge that and hang it on a gallery! The art piece could be titled...
How many men does it take to change a light bulb! Or... to fix a flat!


But hey no and all kidding aside, that really is a fantastic photo. I'd hang a canvas print of something like that on my wall.
It's more than just lighting and colour... the composition works so well to draw the viewer's eye to where everyone is looking.
Very pleasing...

 

[steve_sordy]

Amazing photo! You could enlarge that and hang it on a gallery! ................

I think that this is a fantastic photo. It won a prize in 2014. "Bike pic of the year" or something.

It always makes me wonder "where the hell will he be landing?"

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

I think that this is a fantastic photo. It won a prize in 2014. "Bike pic of the year" or something.
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It always makes me wonder "where the hell will he be landing?"

WOW!
Makes me wonder about the odds of getting the first rider smack bang under the last rider's armpit! Once again, it's how the composition leads the viewer's eye to travel... the second rider establishes a 3D spiral path starting from left foreground to right middle ground to centre background.

I know of one way to recreate something like that...

Plant the camera on a tripod and set exposure to manual (so it stays consistent). Then take a separate photo when the riders reach each junction. Heck you could even use the same rider making one or multiple passes. Then the rest is just stitching them up in Photoshop.

BUT it will never be as good as that original though because that was done on the spur of the moment... either fluke or sheer genius! Candid photos trumps staged photos every time. Fantastic, thanks for posting that!

 

[pavelmatic]

WOW!
Makes me wonder about the odds of getting the first rider smack bang under the last rider's armpit! Once again, it's how the composition leads the viewer's eye to travel... the second rider establishes a 3D spiral path starting from left foreground to right middle ground to centre background.

I know of one way to recreate something like that...

Plant the camera on a tripod and set exposure to manual (so it stays consistent). Then take a separate photo when the riders reach each junction. Heck you could even use the same rider making one or multiple passes. Then the rest is just stitching them up in Photoshop.

BUT it will never be as good as that original though because that was done on the spur of the moment... either fluke or sheer genius! Candid photos trumps staged photos every time. Fantastic, thanks for posting that!

If it was a pro fotog, I’d bet it was probably one image out of a larger sequence of X pictures in a fast burst.

 

[Llívia]

pedaling through the piano. Catalonia

 

[The Hodge]

Riding along on the Border Ridge ( Pennine Way, Northumberland )..my mate Nick

More pics in the Rideout section

 

[billwarwick]

 

[Zimmerframe]

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You're not bringing that in here looking like that !

 

[The Hodge]

Yep ..I can smell the sheep sh1t from here ..?

 

[billwarwick]

You're not bringing that in here looking like that !

An Englishman’s home is his castle. I can get the servants to wash the bike in the moat.

 

[@ndy]

Had a couple hours at Cannock Chase today, trails were surprising dry, here's a pic of one section covered in pine needles.....

 

[Rahr85]

it was really weird going through the few sections like that on sunday. the colours were quite striking in person.

 

[Jamze]

Good to get out after a week or so off the bike ??

 

[The Hodge]

Jamze..what ?
You mean you completely missed all of that rain & mud ..I feel sorry for you mate ..

 

[Jamze]

Jamze..what ?
You mean you completely missed all of that rain & mud ..I feel sorry for you mate ..

Yup! Lots of chores to do, and night rides in gales and rain didn't appeal for some reason ?

 

[Zimmerframe]

Good to get out after a week or so off the bike ??

I can't believe it's still laying there exactly where you left it.

 

[AdamM]

Chasing the sun... because Winter is coming ?
My Levo is exactly one year old. 1800km.
Most parts changed at some stage- only frame and suspension are stock now.
No problems with engine, battery max capacity still at 100%.

 

[Llívia]

Downhill from Portella de Llanos. Catalonian Pyrenees

 

[Llívia]

Sweet inspiration

 

[Superken73]

Savoie in France, super autumn day

 

[RustyMTB]

J'adore la Savoie, moi.

Out in the slop today, a minor otb we shan't dwell upon.

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

Savoie in France, super autumn day

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Your eBike colours match the autumn hues of the leaves, snow, and sky surrounding the beautiful places where you ride!!