Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice coverage, Nathan.? Why do some choose narrow tires, while a few have larger tires? On 8/21/21 8:06 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > The Vuelta a Espa?a bicycle race started last weekend. After a series of > relatively flat stages, yesterday things got serious. Stage 7 contained > six mountain passes over 152 km, finishing in the mountains near Tibi, one > of my cycling destinations. So I took the afternoon off to go and see the > race. I planned to cycle to Tibi and catch the Vuelta at the top of the > penultimate mountain pass of the stage. But the climb to Tibi is very > tough, and inland temperatures were going to hit 40C during the afternoon. > Driving was not an option (you go to see a bicycle race on a bicycle, or > else you stay home and watch on TV). So instead, I cycled to Jijona, about > 24 km away, and found a great spot with shade, shared with a nice local > family. It was on a steep uphill, so the speed of the cyclists would be > moderate (all relatively speaking, of course), and at that point the > cyclists would have 120-125 km and four passes in their legs, so I knew > the peleton would be nicely spread out, and it would take 20-30 minutes > for everyone to pass. And so it was. > > What I like about cycling from a spectator?s point of view is that in no > other professional sport can you get so close to the competitors. I could > have touched the cyclists if I had wanted to. But I settled for photos, > and a small gallery of 29 images is now uploaded. Some of the images are > not technically perfect but I included them anyway because they show the > effort and suffering of the cyclists. Where I could identify the cyclists, > I have done so in the captions. It?s all here: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/La-Vuelta-in-Jijona/ > <https://www.greatpix.eu/La-Vuelta-in-Jijona/> > > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA