It's the experience, not the resolution

**Richard Fenner** · 9-Mar-2005, 13:23

I had a feeling that's what you were saying, but was a bit confused - a bit like this thread!

**Jonathan Brewer** · 9-Mar-2005, 13:38

That's because I did too much manipulating and not enough articulating.

**Ellis Vener** · 9-Mar-2005, 19:19

Has anybody tried artipulating?

**David R Munson** · 9-Mar-2005, 19:49

Has anybody tried artipulating?

Yeah....wound up with a nasty rash, though

**Kirk Keyes** · 10-Mar-2005, 10:14

"Has anybody tried artipulating?"

"Yeah....wound up with a nasty rash, though"

Yea - not a good thing to do on any bike, let alone a fixed gear one!

Dave- I always rode in 42x18 as there are a few hills around here (Portland, OR). I have checked out the bike forum - some good stuff there. I enjoy the vinatge section.

The Legnano was running, but then I had a ca. 1975 Frejus track bike as well - it was like a 57 cm and too big for me (I need a 54 cm frame). But I figured I could get more for the Frejus if it had a headset and bb, so I pulled the Campagnolo Pista headset I had gotten for the Legnano and stuck it and a Campy BB in it and sold it. That was a big mistake...

Anyway, I've been watching ebay for a pista headset for the Legnano. I still have a set of Campy wheels, a Gipiemme Pista crankest and some Cinelli bars I cut off to make cowhorns right after Francesco Moser set the hour record, so I still have most of the parts I need.

The Legnano frame is pretty standard in design, except for the trademark Legnano seat post binder bolt location - it's on the inside of the main tube trangle - where the seat and top tube come together.

OK - here's the tie in to photography, cyclists are every bit as much hardware geeks as photographers.

**Calamity Jane** · 10-Mar-2005, 14:53

If the objective was to create the best sharpness, detail, ideal contrast, perfect balance of light and shadow, I wouldn't be spending my time trying to learn tintype.

Anybody can fly to the moon if they have an Apallo rocket and the support of all of NASA's high-tech goodies. Somehow that hasn't lessened the joy of flying in a light plane, gliding, etc.

I do electronics for a living, data networks and microprocessor based devices. Although it is nice to see a machine do what was intended, it is no more so than building a brick wall that is straight and even.

However, there is something inherently satisfying about a "craft", something created by one's own hands from material vastly different than the end result; it's almost a spiritual satisfaction. The more mechanized the process, the less it remains a "craft" IMHO