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This week was my first multi-modal commute combining my Brompton folding bicycle and my new smart fortwo electric drive.
My home and work are about 18 miles / 30km apart, which is much further than I'd like to bike. So instead, I put my folding bike in the boot, drive halfway, park in a convenient neighborhood close to the freeway exit, and bike the remainder of the trip, much of it on a pleasant creekside multi-use trail.
These young men and boys are on their way to work. Talk about no seat belts! I was shocked during my first days in India. Later I realized these workers were fortunate. Many workers' commutes involve hours of walking or riding a bicycle. Shot from a car window on the outskirts of Delhi, India.
Patrick had the idea of a group for a Riv-only commute group, so his rig has to be in there! He also took this photo.
Details:
'03 Curt Built, Dave Altered Custom Rivendell fixed gear commuter. 69" gear with 559X1" Specialized Turbos. Low-ish bars, and I use the drops all the time for headwinds. Honjos, with World's Largest Leather Mudflap, Adam on Carradice Expedition QR mount sans hoop, Flite, Phil, Nitto, TA, MKS RX-1s, Dura Ace, Ultegra, Sun, Revolution, EOS + Spanninga + PB Superflash. The bottle is an Eleven Gear vacuum flask with sippy spout.
The green line is my usual route to work. The red line is my usual route home. I vary the route a little, depending upon the time and traffic.
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I will take some pictures of the tire tread at 3,000 miles in the coming weeks and give a brief impression of the tires.
Every day, even Sat. and Sun. (because of club activities and sports), students diligently put on their uniforms in Japan and go to school. Often students have long commutes on trains of up to one hour. In Japan you choose the school you want to go to then have to pass entrance exams to get into it, it's not a matter of simply going to a high school in your district based on where you live like in the USA.
I shot this candid shot on a local train in the countryside of Japan early on a Sunday morning. It is such a representative scene of daily Japanese life I couldn't resist, even though I am generally apprehensive about doing candid shots of students.
The Japanese use cel phones to an extraordinary degree, but unlike American's they don't chat on them non-stop, they use them for e-mail.
I don't do candid shots too often. I really love the way this shot came out.
Sigh - the commute! A neccesary evil in so many lives, including mine.
Today made doubly worse by an accident on the M53 on the way to work and with insane amounts of roadworks on all my routes on the way home from work (Kensington and the Royal Hospital).
Of course, the radio helps, but so does having a camera on me at all times - I hasten to add - I was queuing here, handbrake on if mr policeman is watching ;)
I thought this shot summed up the mood of being in a jam, with the cone being just visible in the background and I liked the bumber to bumper headlights lighting up the exhaust fumes - the 'motion blur' effect on the right comes from curved blindspot mirrors.
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