velocipede pictures - year in review

[corko]

i have no pics but this gets my vote for thread of the year.

Happy holidays y'all....

[OTB]

Amazing photos!

[robin3mj]

Gonna re-point my photos to (hopefully) more permanent links...sorry.

Great shots, gang.

Went surfing
Raced bikes
Left DC, Moved to Chicago
Caught some fish
Scared some sheep
Went to France

[MarkC]

Park City. About 1/3 of the way into a 6 hour ride with guys I've been riding with since the late 1980s.




Rolling the Strong Ti Hardtail through mid-mtn area at Deer Valley. That Carl dude builds a nice bike.




Old town looking out from the Gambel Oak trailhead. We walked up to watch the PCP2P race and Jan was taking pictures. She ended up sitting there for a couple hours and posted up a ridonculous number of photos.




That Drew guy built me one heck of a nice cross bike. Will be racing it next year in the New Jersey area races. Cross is meant to be a fun fall activity for me. Will be looking for beer handups as opposed to results.



The dog loves snow.





Boy, to be that happy all the time would be something eh? Look at that face!!



First year for the new race team. Here are a bunch of us at the NJ State ITT Championships.



Me after surviving a very rare criterium appearance. I do mostly TT's but there was a 3 week gap with no ITTs so the boyz talked me into doing a crit with them. I spent most of the race trying to bust off the front:





Another team shot post crit. The young lady poking in on the left is the race promoter and happens to be getting married this afternoon.



Can you name the rider above (from Jersey Shore ITT 2011)??



Last one of me TTing. My wife's team kit as our new stuff had not arrived yet.

[WayneJ]

Riding around home with JDub was always fun. Daughter #2 joins the pack in 2012.

[soupless]

Me starting Middlebury Gap, I think. But VT for sure.

[andys]

Went for a few good rides with my dad when he was out here.

You're very fortunate, enjoy those while you can!!

[Craig Ryan]

Susan and I got married this past year. Here we are at the scene of the crime with David and Julie. David on his own in Chicago, and we caught Julie on a midterm break from her Peace Corps gig in Namibia.

[caleb]

Started the year by spending January in Pariis

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28489491@N06/6528692959


and Istanbul.



Came home and learned to skijor.



Right after the snow melted the dog and I headed up the Boundary Waters for a week.



Spent most of the summer riding dirt.



In late fall we left the city and moved out to a little lake

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28489491@N06/6528710157/

where my dog has been teaching me to hunt the local pheasants

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28489491@N06/6528708739/

and we've gradually watched it become winter again.

[caleb]

Eff, tried to use Flickr to make Darren happy and all I'm getting is blue Xs. Now I can't edit. Anyone have the power-knowledge to help me out here?

[WayneJ]

Eff, tried to use Flickr to make Darren happy and all I'm getting is blue Xs. Now I can't edit. Anyone have the power-knowledge to help me out here?

When in Flickr, pull up the picture you want to show in your post. Above the photo is a "share" drop-down menu. Open that and copy the url and paste it into your post here. It took me a while to figure that out too.

[Pi Guy]

It's been a big second half of the year for me and my special lady:


After 5 years of living and teaching in NYC we drove our stuff back to the West Coast, including the cat. Medicine Bow, WY.


We got hitched near the Sisters Wilderness in Oregon...

and, are now traveling around South America:


Quito, Ecuador from the bell tower of the Basilica


Laguna Quilotoa.


Tungurahua erupting. Unfortunately we couldn't see it but we sure could hear it!


Top of Cotopaxi.


Ceviche!


Llanganuco valley with part of the northern peak of Huascaran (I think). Cordillera Blanca, Peru.


First day of riding in the last couple months. Outside Huaraz, Peru.

[WayneJ]

D2R2 Recon ride with JDub.

[Pi Guy]

Correction, that picture of the valley is actually Yanapaccha Valley and the mountain peaking out on the left is Chopicalqui.

[caleb]

(Toots, please turn editing back on. Sorry for making a mess of the board, but it's tough to avoid when I can't fix my mistakes. Please delete my failed post above.)


Started the year by spending January in Paris



and Istanbul.



Came home and learned to skijor.



Right after the snow melted the dog and I headed up the Boundary Waters for a week.



Spent most of the summer riding dirt.



In late fall we left the city and moved out to a little lake



where my dog has been teaching me to hunt the local pheasants



and we've gradually watched it become winter again.

[John M]

Warming up with my son before his first cyclocross race.

[Badonkadonk]

the year in NE started off with lots and lots and lots of snow
intense snow2.jpg


then they decided to add more snow
bike 2.JPG


finally, eventually, it warmed up
boathouse.jpg


some good late summer spins through farm country with DarrenCT and other friends
relax.jpg


turned into fall as it always does
mountain road.jpg


eventually got a new ride courtesy of jerk. if only i knew at the time that the sloping top tube he recommended had no function whatsoever ;-)
gaulz small.jpg

[monadnocky]

I am consumed with jealousy right now. All of these pics are simply awesome.
Shine on you crazy diamonds.

[alexis]

[QUOTE=Heisenberg;353527]2011, in review:

7 bikes.
6 race categories.
5 states raced in.
4 groups.
3 teams.
2 girlfriends.
1 pro contract, and 1 photo from yesterday to cap it all off:

Congrats, Nate! Cat 5 to pro in one year is quite the feat. Good luck in 2012.

[the bottle ride]

[QUOTE=alexis;354536]

2011, in review:

7 bikes.
6 race categories.
5 states raced in.
4 groups.
3 teams.
2 girlfriends.
1 pro contract, and 1 photo from yesterday to cap it all off:

Congrats, Nate! Cat 5 to pro in one year is quite the feat. Good luck in 2012.

Awesome- that really is cool Nate.