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I passed this cyclist on my drive home. As soon as I was far enough ahead of him, I stopped off the road to get out my camera and record the action. I placed a 200mm manual focus lens on, to give him some space to avoid me, but this still only allowed a few brief seconds to take the picture.

I wanted to record the many things both good and bad happening simultaneously. I ride this road often and know what to expect. He was riding for transportation, (not wearing any sport clothing) yet making the most fun of it he could, not a bad thing, but how it was happening had many possible problems.

It is possible to steer a bike with no hands on the handlebars, but this does leave you open to any road hazard, and not being able to cope with anything unexpected. He was lacking any helmet protection, for his one head, had no rear view mirror to allow a small bit of warning timing. It's very important to know of what is coming up on you, at much greater speed, when you share the road with cars. In addition he was making a common novice mistake of riding too close to the road's edge, allowing cars to pass much too close without needing to get out of their lane, Inadvertently they might push you off the road's edge. This is a very dangerous thing, more so, or if there is a culvert or ditch near.

I made some mistakes myself. By choosing the long lens to isolate, I had to manually focus quickly and once done he was leaving my point of limited focus at once. My exposure had to be instantaneous, and nearly was. I then should have caught back up and explained all this, at the time, but he turned off the road shortly after passing. I will try to send him the photo and explain all these details, as nice as I can. Unasked for advice is seldom welcome, although I do mean well.

Feel free to download, just give me photo credit.

eugene spiegel

As for my credentials to give this advice...I have raced as an amateur for over a quarter century, owned a vintage bicycle repair shop for three decades, and have ridden over a hundred thousand miles on the roads, shared with traffic.

Description
I passed this cyclist on my drive home. As soon as I was far enough ahead of him, I stopped off the road to get out my camera and record the action. I placed a 200mm manual focus lens on, to give him some space to avoid me, but this still only allowed a few brief seconds to take the picture.

I wanted to record the many things both good and bad happening simultaneously. I ride this road often and know what to expect. He was riding for transportation, (not wearing any sport clothing) yet making the most fun of it he could, not a bad thing, but how it was happening had many possible problems.

It is possible to steer a bike with no hands on the handlebars, but this does leave you open to any road hazard, and not being able to cope with anything unexpected. He was lacking any helmet protection, for his one head, had no rear view mirror to allow a small bit of warning timing. It's very important to know of what is coming up on you, at much greater speed, when you share the road with cars. In addition he was making a common novice mistake of riding too close to the road's edge, allowing cars to pass much too close without needing to get out of their lane, Inadvertently they might push you off the road's edge. This is a very dangerous thing, more so, or if there is a culvert or ditch near.

I made some mistakes myself. By choosing the long lens to isolate, I had to manually focus quickly and once done he was leaving my point of limited focus at once. My exposure had to be instantaneous, and nearly was. I then should have caught back up and explained all this, at the time, but he turned off the road shortly after passing. I will try to send him the photo and explain all these details, as nice as I can. Unasked for advice is seldom welcome, although I do mean well.

Feel free to download, just give me photo credit.

eugene spiegel

As for my credentials to give this advice...I have raced as an amateur for over a quarter century, owned a vintage bicycle repair shop for three decades, and have ridden over a hundred thousand miles on the roads, shared with traffic.