I had a feeling that's what you were saying, but was a bit confused - a bit like this thread!
I had a feeling that's what you were saying, but was a bit confused - a bit like this thread!
That's because I did too much manipulating and not enough articulating.
Has anybody tried artipulating?
Has anybody tried artipulating?
Yeah....wound up with a nasty rash, though
"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.
Kirk - www.keyesphoto.com
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
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