Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/25

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Bike (w/Leica content)
From: Henry Ambrose <digphoto@nashville.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 21:42:43 -0500

Steel is real 
Serotta Colorado II
Fat Chance Team Fat Chance

Henry Ambrose



>i've got campy chorus on my '91 Serotta Nova road frame (columbus slx w/sl 
>fork).
>ditto on my '93 Chris Kvale custom road frame (also steel--nivacrom w/sl 
>fork)
>
>must say, though, i rode plenty miles on my old Specialized carbon fiber 
>frame and my first good bike was a Raleigh (aluminum) frame (both of which 
>came shimano-equipped).
>whatever gets you down the road.....
>
>kim
>
>At 10:47 AM 8/25/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
>>Rob McClure:
>> > I was just thinking (a scarey thought)  Does anyone want to talk
>> > about great bicycles?  I have three Cannondales...
>>
>>Alexey:
>>Harumph. You asked for it.
>>
>>Shimano = Canon; STI = autofocus; Aluminum/carbon = disposable...
>>Mavic = Zeiss/Contax; Campy = Leica...
>>
>>..and a handbuilt *steel* frame is what you Leica users really
>>ought to be riding, and equipped with campy/mavic/stronglight/TA stuff and
>>SEW-UP TIRES - *not* clinchers.
>>
>>************************************************************************
>>************
>>
>>I was going to make a similiar comment, but I refrained since I still have
>>a circa '86 Cannondale road frame hanging out in the shed. I did a couple
>>rides this summer on my custom lugged steel Eisentraut with the m6 and 35
>>in my jersey pocket, but then switched to a Rollei 35se for most of my
>>biking. The thought of taking a spill with $3000 worth of camera in my back
>>pocket made me a bit uneasy. The $350 Rollei is obviously much smaller and
>>lighter, capable of taking nice pictures, and much easier on the pocketbook
>>to replace in case of an accident.
>>
>>My wife and I did a 3-week bike trip around Ireland a few years back, and I
>>carried the m6 and 35 in a front bag much like Walt describes, or in a
>>fanny pack. Bicycle touring and Leica M's are a perfect combination and a
>>great way to see a country. Instead of driving around on major roads and
>>zipping from one tourist attraction to the next, you are biking along at
>>10mph on small backroads really seeing the people and country. You are
>>going slow enough that you can really see photo opportunities unfold
>>infront of you, but fast enough to cover a fair bit of ground in a day. It
>>was very easy to quickly stop anywhere and take some pictures.
>>
>>If I were to take a similiar trip again I would probably bring 2 M's with
>>35 and 50 in a front bag. I would then pack in my panniers a 21 and 90 for
>>the times I wanted a wider or longer lens. The 9 lb Ries tripod and 4x5
>>field camera outfit would probably stay at home this time, and I would
>>bring along a lighter tripod and perhaps a Fuji 690 for the times I wanted
>>a larger negative.
>>
>>Tom Finnegan
>>Seattle
>>
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