littlecircles

Cleveland

mb — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:15:14 +0000

Visited the Cleveland, Ohio area with family for the first time in quite awhile. Wish I had more time to wander my old stomping grounds – I could spend days photographing the post industrial landscape. I snapped 2 different panorama shots, and stitched them with Hugin. These are quick and dirty (and noisy). Still learning the new camera, and I need to take more time to set up – these were both taken when family was occupied for a few minutes. (click for big)

Skyline lost in fog, Innerbelt bridge and the industrial flats: (I’ve climbed several of those railroad lift bridges in college, at night…)

Interior of the West Side Market. Spot the family?

Pugsley

mb — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:04:42 +0000

Finally got the Pugsley prepped for our lack of winter. Moved over some older H-bars, recabled, and generally lubed and cleaned.

Cold

mb — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:20:18 +0000

Waterfront, BTV, 5degF, never mind the windchill. Cold fingers.

New Camera

mb — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:50:39 +0000

Starting to refresh my photography knowledge. Picked up a Canon G12 last week during the end of the year sales. Lots to learn…

Transition

mb — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:35:54 +0000

Been off the bike and in full on family mode for quite a while. Travel for work, a head injury to my wife and partner, holidays, my chin bashing, and general sloth-ishness as the weather changes has kept me off the bike and around the house. With one more holiday event to clear, and everyone on the mend, I hope to be back to regularly scheduled programming on the flip side of 011.

‘D’

mb — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:46:15 +0000

… is for ‘daddy’.

Grey

mb — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:16:54 +0000

Rock Face

mb — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:26:45 +0000

’twas a quick first ride on the flat bar Fargo. Met Wil. Enjoyed a coffee. Was showing the way through the local trails when I endo’d and my face met this rock. Lost my facial hair in the process. Trying to avoid the ER. Headache. Feel like I’m 12.

Flat Bar Fargo

mb — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:30:17 +0000

Finally had some wrench time. Converted the Fargo over to flat bars and will be running 1×9 this winter. Nokian Extremes will go on when the temps start to drop.

Motion Blur

mb — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:13:14 +0000

Bike riding down. Car riding, plane riding, and general moving about (along with eating cafe food, drinking too much coffee, and putting on the pounds) is way up. Taught 3 sessions at a conference in the DC area. Incorporated my business. RUSA schedule has been submitted, information on 2012 VT Brevets forthcoming when we have approval.

Been back and forth to Boston (work and visiting my sister who was presenting at a conference), heading to the cape for work, then off to W.NY for work and family. We finally hired painters to tackle a few rooms in our house that we just couldn’t get around to wrapping up. Kitchen, hallways, and bath are now colorful. Added some new light fixtures to the bath while we had the walls messed up.

Fall has come and is nearly gone. Leaves down. Garden prepped for expansion (doubling again!).

Bikes need loving, collecting dust. Legs and lungs need the same. Haven’t felt really good on the bike since my 200+ mile trip through the ADKs in August. Just this week my lungs seem to be full of green slime that I cough up in the mornings, likely caught from a certain 3 year old. Looking forward to getting back to our regularly scheduled program. Focusing on family, work, and daddy time. Need to re-boot.

Wil put up a nice report on our overnight.