Well, I should have said getting photo of a bike in motion. We have a garage, not full of, but with a decent number of potential subjects. It wasn't hard for me to choose a subject, but it was much harder to get a good photo.
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| Kate: My Grad School Buddy |
Back in grad school, many years ago now, when I wasn't in the lab and the weather was good, I was usually out on this bike. It wasn't unusual for me to put over 200 miles a week on my black and gold Cannondale. Hard to believe now, but I was into competitive cycling in those days and was the only woman on a small racing team sponsored by one of the shops in OKC. I even have a few medals.
My Guy still rides almost every weekend.
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| My Guy: On the Road Again |
He was out last weekend on his gravel bike riding in the near constant strong winds we have during the spring (well to be honest mostly year round). The sky this time of year is very blue, but you can see it's still mostly brown. My Guy has raced some, but mostly just rides for fun and fitness. One fun fact, right after we were married we got a tandem bicycle and rode across the state of Oklahoma. It was definitely a lesson in trust and love.
Grad Girl continues to have lots of commitments with her lab work and she was busy last week with the graduate student recruitment weekend. So she picked a different type of bicycle for her photo.
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| Grad Girl: A Different Kind of Bicycle. |
I can see the seat and handle bars. Can you? This is 2-methyl pentane 2, 2 diphenyl (I think, my organic nomenclature is a little rusty). It's called a bicyclic compound because it has two cyclic molecules in the structure (which if you are wondering are benzene rings). She gets the award for the most unique photo for last week's challenge.
This week's challenge photo is another easy subject, but a difficult one to get an interesting photo of.
I'm going to have to think about this one a bit.
Fun to learn that you were a competitive cyclist, Kate! I had a bike like yours with those handlebars, but thinking back on it now, I wonder how I actually rode in that position, lol! And to know that you and your guy ride across Oklahoma on a tandem bike is impressive. I learned something new from Grad Girl's diagram, too!
ReplyDeleteFun photos. I didn’t know you were into competitive cycling. When I was in high school, there was a 10-speed crazy, and I was riding my 10-speed quite a bit. Mike still enjoys his eBike. I’m afraid my bicycling days are over after breaking my shoulder. I wasn’t able to get comfortable with it again. I was thinking about getting my photo cards out while we’re here. There won’t be much to keep me busy for the next two weeks, and it would give me something to do.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, Kate and how interesting that you rode competitively. Wow 200 miles a week! That is amazing. I wondered if either of you would take a photo of a bike at an unusual angle. The lock photos should be very interesting as well. Happy Saturday.
ReplyDeleteFun photos! We learn all kinds of things about your family from the photo challenges.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting story behind your photo, I am so impressed with your bicycling past. I love reading anything about Oklahoma, and the fact you and your husband rode across it is delightful!
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