Showing posts with label Bikes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bikes. Show all posts

Monday, September 16, 2013

On Chris Horner - Chris Horner -.Ian Chadband / Telegraph (Sun 15 Sep 2013)

Cheers - Madrid (Sat 10 Aug 2013)

Chris Horner (*) talks On Chris Horner (*):
I keep reading that that Horner is in the best form of his career. This is not the best form of my career. I have won 80 races in my career. Maybe I haven’t had the opportunity to show it in a grand tour before but I’ve always been underrated throughout my career. I’ve not been given the responsibility when I think I should have.
via Vuelta a 'EspaƱa 2013, stage 21: RadioShack-Leopard's Chris Horner, 41, becomes oldest ever grand tour winner (*) by Ian Chadband (*.

Friday, January 18, 2013

On Complex Heros - J. Tolkien

Bike - Ryogoku / Tokyo (Fri 21 Sep 2012)

Roger Colby (*) abstracts the following from J. R. R. Tolkien’s 5 tips for creating complex heroes (*):
  1. Complex heroes. must suffer.

  2. Complex heroes are rewarded for their suffering.

  3. Complex heroes fail.

  4. Complex heroes have fatal flaws.

  5. Complex heroes are ordinary people.
via explore (*).

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Hong Kong Colours #2 - A Little Bit of Red - Jordan / Hong Kong (Mon 02 Jul and Wed 11 Jul 2012)

Hong Kong Colours #2 - A Little Bit of Red #1 - Jordan / Hong Kong (Mon 02 Jul 2012)

Hong Kong Colours #2 - A Little Bit of Red #2 - Jordan / Hong Kong (Mon 02 Jul 2012)

The bike was the delivery bike for the Restaurant which we ate at for lunch. I took the photo of it before we entered the Restaurant.

Very nice place. The red and green coloured seats are what convinced us to give it a go - obviously a great reason to chose a place to eat at, particularly in unfamiliar territory. Jo kindly agreed to eating here and we were not disappointed. It was just what we were looking for - that being local food, eaten by the locals and well off the tourist track. Like most places we ate at no one could speak english and a menu with pictures was used to indicate our choices.

As we ate our meals, the delivery guy left with a plastic bag of takeaway boxes. He returned a few minutes later with the plastic bag still full and there was much laughter amongst the staff. There did not seem to be too much concern for the delivery and it looked unlikelly the order would be delivered.

We could not quite work out why and what was happening, When we left, we saw the bike again and it had a flat back tyre - this was obviously the source of the laughter. No doubt a quick trip to the bike repair guy (*) would get the show back on the road.

There is always a reason for everything. As my paddling buddy, Eugene (*), once said:
Everything happens for a reason.
Sometimes it just takes a bit of time to work it out, if you keep your eyes open.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Bikes - Shanghai (Wed 05 May 2010)

Bikes - Shanghai (Wed 05 May 2010)