Stopping to take photos - doesn't it mess up your ride?
12-04-18, 08:28 PM
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Argh! So I just wrote a nice long post only to have it get zapped up/lost by the system. Suffice to say here are the Coles notes.
1. This post has inspired me to stop and take some photos when on a solo ride. Maybe not every ride, but more than I've been doing now.
2. There are some great images here; thanks for sharing
But how do you know when to stop? For example you're in the groove. Cadence is flying. You're putting out watts. Life is grand. For me I have a hard time stopping. I mean I want to stop. But then I worry my whole workout will be trashed.
Anyway What are you guys doing with all of your images?
1. This post has inspired me to stop and take some photos when on a solo ride. Maybe not every ride, but more than I've been doing now.
2. There are some great images here; thanks for sharing
But how do you know when to stop? For example you're in the groove. Cadence is flying. You're putting out watts. Life is grand. For me I have a hard time stopping. I mean I want to stop. But then I worry my whole workout will be trashed.
Anyway What are you guys doing with all of your images?
For homework, plan a ride in a scenic area not too far from home, and go out with the intention of getting pictures. Make this a Z2 ride, you're not there for a workout.
12-04-18, 08:32 PM
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Yes
12-05-18, 07:55 AM
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@indyfabz love those photos! Brought back memories of the wife and I driving that pass.
I also rode up the west side and down the east side to St. Mary during a 1999 x-country tour. That winter had been a particularly snowy one.
West slope of Going to the Sun
Logan Pass
12-05-18, 08:27 AM
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I should have qualified my statement with "where I live & ride" I've seen amazing road pics on this forum from around the world but especially the US mid-west & west
12-05-18, 09:32 AM
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It would be a jerk answer to say "stop when you see something pretty," and anyway you can't stop every time there's a tree or a creek or anything.
For homework, plan a ride in a scenic area not too far from home, and go out with the intention of getting pictures. Make this a Z2 ride, you're not there for a workout.
For homework, plan a ride in a scenic area not too far from home, and go out with the intention of getting pictures. Make this a Z2 ride, you're not there for a workout.
Part of what prompted me to post this was the article I came across here: https://tempocyclist.com/2018/07/21/letterbox-dragon/
12-05-18, 10:44 AM
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That photo that I posted is being made into a 1000 piece puzzle. Mom is really into puzzles an I have been trying most of my life to get her one that is too hard. This might be it .
12-05-18, 11:11 AM
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I took a few pics with my iPhone, but I lost them when my phone was stolen. That was before I had cloud storage.
12-05-18, 12:12 PM
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Thanks. Taken in Wise River, MT. Back up the road there was all sorts of dried cow dung indicating that there had been a recent cattle drive. The rancher was really nice. He asked me about my trip. I told him and he doffed his hat and said "Sounds like a plan!"
No way I was going to keep riding until they passed. Not with those horns.
Somewhere at home I have a photo I took during a group ride in West Central, New Jersey. Some cattle had gotten loose and were wandering around in the road. They then wandered onto the lawn of the a municipal building, which housed the police station. I rang the bell but no one answered. Less than a mile later we came to a busy road and saw a cop who looked like he was waiting to bust speeders. I rode over to his car and told him that more than a half dozen head of cattle were at large. Last seen outside of his office.
No way I was going to keep riding until they passed. Not with those horns.
Somewhere at home I have a photo I took during a group ride in West Central, New Jersey. Some cattle had gotten loose and were wandering around in the road. They then wandered onto the lawn of the a municipal building, which housed the police station. I rang the bell but no one answered. Less than a mile later we came to a busy road and saw a cop who looked like he was waiting to bust speeders. I rode over to his car and told him that more than a half dozen head of cattle were at large. Last seen outside of his office.
12-05-18, 06:08 PM
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Pffft... everyone knows that the only photo worth taking while riding is a Strava selfie.
12-05-18, 06:13 PM
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12-05-18, 09:20 PM
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Here you go. Took them going down during the spring of 2017. BTW...When I started up the road was still closed to cars and was supposed to stay that way for at least the day. Somewhere before the Loop I thought I heard an engine back down in the valley. Figured it was a maintenance vehicle. A few minutes later a ranger pulled alongside and told me the road was now open to cars and that I had to finish the climb by 11 a.m. Traffic wasn't bad on the way up because people didn't get advance notice of the opening. Going down was a different story. But the nice thing is that you can take the lane because bikes can go faster than cars on the west slope.
It sounds like you went E to W? When is spring, June?
12-06-18, 06:16 AM
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Back in 2009 we were supposed to ride up the east slope and down the west, but when we got to St. Mary we were told that the pass would not be open the next day. In oder to have the time to ride at least some of the west side we rode a century around the park's border to get to the west side of the park. Early the next morning we rode to the closure point on the west side. There was a ranger there who said the road was supposed to open to the pass in about an hour so we hung around. Sure enough, it did and we made it to the summit.
Hanging out waiting for the opening:
12-06-18, 07:17 AM
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BTW...If you ride up later in the year, when enough snow has melted, bring something you can walk in and do the relatively short hike from the Logan Pass Visitor Center to the viewing platform that looks onto Hidden Lake. I did when I was there for a week of backpacking in the backcountry. Nice view, and you might have an escort for part of the way. 
12-10-18, 12:43 PM
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The only variety I get is seasonal, so I'll always stop for a nice sunset or the best lighting on a favourite scene. It can take several minutes, especially if wildlife is involved. This does not mess up my ride; it gives it a most welcome second function. On my big tour, I always stopped for pictures, except for two where I would have had to waste 20 MPH. Those two burned into my memory better than any of the others, except the one I use as wallpaper. BTW, I was mainly a commuter, and in a hurry in the morning. One morning, I discovered a flat, and felt dizzy as I started the repair. I had been hyperventilating subconsciously to get ready for the ride. No gentle warm-ups for this motor. On the tour, I rode with a mainly recreational rider who had been taught about advanced training he didn't need. We were quite compatible all day, but I had to ride the brakes for a couple of miles every morning until he had warmed up.
12-10-18, 12:46 PM
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Myself, I travel by bike and car (outside of commuting) for the purpose of getting out there and being a part of things ... as compared to flying distances. And so, if I see something worthy of a photo I stop and do so. Doesn't occur to me that I'm "messing up" the ride. But then, I generally don't do "training" or "performance" type rides where there's much to mess up.
12-10-18, 10:03 PM
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I struggle to stop and take photos when out on a fast ride.
This is why I find that many of my photos are from exactly the same location, over and over again: certain lookouts or places where I tend to stop, repeatedly. I literally have a picture of my bike in front of the same tree on an overlook in all four seasons. There's also a village park where I've taken way too many pictures.
My other photos tend to come from designated group stops or regroup points (like at the top of a hill). Solo, I take a lot of photos in weather conditions that keep me from going too fast anyhow - so I also have a few photos from extremely windy or icy descents and at night. Sometimes it's good to stop and smell the (hills?), but I usually need some external motivation to do so!
This is why I find that many of my photos are from exactly the same location, over and over again: certain lookouts or places where I tend to stop, repeatedly. I literally have a picture of my bike in front of the same tree on an overlook in all four seasons. There's also a village park where I've taken way too many pictures.
My other photos tend to come from designated group stops or regroup points (like at the top of a hill). Solo, I take a lot of photos in weather conditions that keep me from going too fast anyhow - so I also have a few photos from extremely windy or icy descents and at night. Sometimes it's good to stop and smell the (hills?), but I usually need some external motivation to do so!
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Great photos, guys! 
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"120"?
"35mm"?
I had to check the date to make sure this wasn't a 15 y/o thread.
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I stop for javelina. Otherwise I just keep riding.
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BTW...If you ride up later in the year, when enough snow has melted, bring something you can walk in and do the relatively short hike from the Logan Pass Visitor Center to the viewing platform that looks onto Hidden Lake. I did when I was there for a week of backpacking in the backcountry. Nice view, and you might have an escort for part of the way.
Hard choice between going to ride and going to backpack. Fires and their smoke have become such a problem, we need to get all our outdoors before August now.
Thanks for posting these and the info too.
