Josh- icepick slide

Josh- icepick slide, originally uploaded by jwnoltephoto.

Here's some trick art for your personal edification.

Shot with a Nikon D100 and 50mm lens.

Team Discovery's Rides

Team Discovery's Rides, originally uploaded by hawridger.

George's bike, along with the rest of the team.

Rainbow

Rainbow, originally uploaded by pieter007.

Let's take a break from racing and enjoy some wonderful art for a post.

Shot with a Panasonic FZ30, which is an excellent superzoom point and shooter - it's 12x optical zoom and optical image stabilization are awesome. It's been updated to the FZ50, which is 10.1 megapixels versus the 8 MP of the FZ30.

More Paarl Playtime

Paarl, originally uploaded by fl!pper.

Here's another great one from flipper on flickr. Over the mountain eh?

Paarl

Paarl, originally uploaded by fl!pper.

I almost want to hit the "rotate 90 deg. left" button.

Cycle Protest

Cycle Protest, originally uploaded by syvwlch.

Go San Francisco Go!

Racer X

racer X, originally uploaded by wormtongue.

. . . or Commuter X rather.

From wormtongue:

this is how I go to work everyday. Racing against bhaiya cycles for street supremacy in the morning!
using my jhakaas TRING TRING bell and 85 kg frame on a cycle to intimidate truck drivers to give me way..
damn
!! im such a fearless rebel .. its scary..

My Honda Accord sounds so lame.

The Circle is Complete

This is a shameless self-plug of my son. I remember pedaling up hills like this 20-some-odd years ago. It's gonna be cool to watch from this end (as in, dad) over the next few years. Maybe we'll have the training wheels off by the end of the summer, eh?

...unlucky?

...unlucky?, originally uploaded by jonesy_tris.

I think I'd ask for the 14.

Singing Soprano

This poor guy had a hard time landing his drop off the creek crossing on the downhill course at the 2006 NORBA Showdown at Sugar. Need some ice man?

"Sign" Language

I took a little trip up to the Smokies yesterday and I couldn't help but notice a couple of strange signs. So, guys and girls, put these into words for me:


Perhaps there should be no racing in the restrooms?
One more:

Always love a trail that warns of this.

Cycling Shots B-List

Seems like everybody's sharin' the love with hand lists of cycling blogs nowadays. I figured I'd jump in and give you my daily dose of cycling blogs:

• Moveitfred: he's not updated it in a couple o' weeks, but this may very well be the best source for cycling humor and some NSFW content
• Frank Steele (flickr link): at the TDG Blog and the TDF blog - if there's news about the Tours de Georgia or France, then Fritz has got the goods
• Cycle-licious: the name implies the true quality of this truly cyclelicious blog
• Spare Cycles: less frequently updated than cyclelicious but more than than cyclingshots.com and good quality posts and photos along the way
• Trust But Verify: if you want to know what's going on in the Landis chronicles, this is the first place to check
• Bicycle Design: interesting and sometimes very refreshingly random - also check out James' Lenses on Squidoo for design, commuting and racing
• busternut: we have these crazy Alleycat races here in Knoxville and busternut is in the know and relays all the coordinating info - I promise I'll go to the next on and show off some photos

There's several more that I click on a less than daily basis; but these are the ones that I must check on or truly love. You can check out the others in the side bar.

Oh, and just to qualify this as a true Cycling Shots post, here's a shot from Frank Steele's flickr collection:


JJ Haedo (now of CSC) after takin' the sprint
Click to go to the Frank Steele 2006 TDG Stage 6 Photo Set

I dare you to wear this!

To read more about "why you would ever do this" visit Treadly and Me.

More Mountain Bike Photos

Here's some more love from the NORBA Showdown at Sugar NMBS series - XC, DH, and Slalom. Enjoy!


Is he scared?


Creek jumping made easy!


Right turn . . . coming up.

Floyd Landis v. Tom Danielson Redux

Here's the latest and greatest from last Spring's Tour de Georgia. As you can see, this is Landis and Danielson rounding the final switchback before the cattle gates on Brasstown Bald. I wonder what next year will bring on this turn....

Sugar Shots are Done!

Style Points!

Yeah, ok, it's been over 5 months . . . I know, I know.

But, in my defense, there were a thousand shots or so to deal with.

I just uploaded the last 131 shots. They're all up and in the galleries now. Enjoy!


Outta the Gate...

Look Through the Turn . . . .

Slalom
More 2006 NORBA Showdown at Sugar Photos

Floyd-osterone Update: Hackers Steal Data From Landis Lab

For folks still following the story, check out the Washington Post article.



The original story...

Show-Offs

Showin' off for the camera . . . Thanks man.


Yes, you are, in fact, the man.


And yes, it does look easy.

More shots here.

More Mountain Bike Goodness . . .

Slalom time!


It's all good! Get more.
Just so I don't alienate all the faithful pedal pushers out there, there's about 300 new shots from the NORBA Showdown at Sugar in the galleries now, including some Pro-Slalom shots. Have a nice day!