[gnarlydog]

Not every ride should be in perfect sunshine as there is a certain beauty in riding in the rain

 

[gnarlydog]

On my "long way home" , towards sunset, I find a nice rural road

fenceline by gnarlydog, on Flickr

 

[Smooth Cornering]

Had a wonderful ride. Pictures from the Danish part (stage 2) of this year's Tour de France route. Yes, Tour de France in Denmark

 

[gnarlydog]

At the winter solstice (Downunder) the sunsets last long enough to be able to take a few pictures.
Summer in Brisbane are usually hopeless for photography

sunset at the ramp by gnarlydog, on Flickr

 

[deckard74]

Atop the North York Moors

 

[Bueno13]

Somewhere on Middle of Portugal...until the end. Lés a lés!

 

[gnarlydog]

Off-road camping trip in Northern New South Wales, Australia

Mann river camp by gnarlydog, on Flickr

 

[flyor64]

Out for a very wet late-season road trip with my boy His first real road trip on his lightweight MT125. We did just shy of 600km and 400+ of those were in pouring rain and single digit temps (5-10C)

But we had an adventure together and worked out quite a few kinks. We also learned that our rain-gear is utter crap!

 

[gnarlydog]

The window of opportunity to ride on dirt roads while avoiding the slippery mud is becoming increasingly narrower, now that Australia will enter its 3rd year of La Niña weather pattern.
But even when it's wet is still fun, as long as it's not red clay

Wet track by gnarlydog, on Flickr

 

[EricV]

 

[gnarlydog]

Rural roads in South East Queensland are currently lined with flowers

bed of flowers by gnarlydog, on Flickr

 

[davis92]

Recently was able to update her headlight and I'm so happy with the result!

 

[hlmiskelly]

Out for a ride in the foothills of the Appalachians.

 

[gnarlydog]

After a rather drama-filled day the eveing brought a colorful sunset.
On a camping trip on dirt roads of Northern New South Wales, Australia

it has been a long day by gnarlydog, on Flickr

 

[EricV]

@gnarlydog - Thanks for sharing the pictures. You have a good eye for composition and I enjoyed the variety too.

I tend to take pictures that are function based and forget to look for esthetically pleasing moments to photograph. I used to do more of that on solo rides.

 

[gnarlydog]

@gnarlydog - Thanks for sharing the pictures. You have a good eye for composition and I enjoyed the variety too.

I tend to take pictures that are function based and forget to look for esthetically pleasing moments to photograph. I used to do more of that on solo rides.

thank you.

I almost never take a photograph during a group ride as it is a bit of inconvenience to the other riders that necessarily might not be into photography.
As you said, on solo rides I can stop where and when I want, take a few minutes to walk around to get the best angle and then take a few exposures.
Ah, BTW I am a terrible phone-photographer and I still need a "real" camera to create the image I want
The above one is actually a 3 different exposures (to compensate for the high contrast light) and then blended in post-production with masking the too-dark or too-light areas

 

[gnarlydog]

From behind the bars, at sunset.
Had to take it easy as it is late in the time that kangaroos are darting across the road unexpectedly 😲

 

[EricV]

Evening stop for a photo tag game.

And what's wrong with this picture?

 

[DGR]

Looks like your rear fender got tired of carrying that heavy pelicase around all the time 😅
Maybe mount it inside the left luggage rack?

On my other bike I mounted a similarly sized toolcase on the skidplate:

 

[EricV]

Looks like your rear fender got tired of carrying that heavy pelicase around all the time 😅
Maybe mount it inside the left luggage rack?

I've run that set up on several bikes for many 10's of thousands of miles w/o incident. But yes, it the rear fender snapped off when I went over a large Rail Road crossing hump yesterday. I have seen the mountings inside the pannier frame and on skid plates for ADV style bikes. I will consider that, but may just fabricate a metal rear fender tail and re-mount the box there. The XSR has a more delicate tail, it would seem!