Popular Post The Fat Unicyclist Posted April 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2019 I'm in Auckland for a few days, but with a wheel this trip! So I thought I'd check out some of the paths through Highbrook Park... I always forget that the sun sets much quicker when you are closer to the equator! 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenofnine Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 53 minutes ago, The Fat Unicyclist said: I'm in Auckland for a few days, but with a wheel this trip! So I thought I'd check out some of the paths through Highbrook Park... I always forget that the sun sets much quicker when you are closer to the equator! Is that HDR lighting? The exposure and colors turned out nice, looks like the golden hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Unicyclist Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, tenofnine said: Is that HDR lighting? The exposure and colors turned out nice, looks like the golden hour. Nope... it's the photo as it came off my smartphone - no post-production whatsoever. For the record though, it looked a lot better in person! Edited April 17, 2019 by The Fat Unicyclist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fat Unicyclist Posted April 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Scatcat said: Marty need a camera stick with a plasma like glow, then the picture would be perfect! I can picture that... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mono Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 On 4/15/2019 at 6:46 AM, Flyboy10 said: Anyone else starting to permanently lose their calf leg hairs? Yes, same here, though I think it's only permanent as long as one keeps riding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FlyboyEUC Posted April 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2019 6 hours ago, The Fat Unicyclist said: I can picture that... Now all we need is his army of other wheels with stormtrooper designed EUC Bodyguard covers. Or a bunch of Mten3s... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meepmeepmayer Posted April 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2019 Today Into the mountains... Found a nice little swimming lake between rock faces. Further in. Panorama. You can see the distinctive pyramid-like mountain from the first picture on the left (right of the valley gap) and the rock face above the lake on the very left. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryman Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: Today Into the mountains... Found a nice little swimming lake between rock faces. Further in. Panorama. You can see the distinctive pyramid-like mountain from the first picture on the left (right of the valley gap) and the rock face above the lake on the very left. WOW! I would wreak alot, because my eyes would not be on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, fryman said: WOW! I would wreak alot, because my eyes would not be on the road. That's funny. Exactly what figured out today: the typical EUC ride is too fast to look at everything without hitting something. You really have to force your eyes back on the road (or stop every minute). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 It's getting warmer every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EUCGUY Posted April 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2019 New mode i added today, this goes hand in hand with my powerfull, custom headlight. Very cool at night! 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 How many Watts do all these lights draw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EUCGUY Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: How many Watts do all these lights draw? no idea, i have to use my multimeter and check, but considering that all the colors are bright white and not colored, its below the 3amp output from my step-down transformer that drives it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 On 4/17/2019 at 2:34 AM, The Fat Unicyclist said: I can picture that... Oh man, I just saw this. Classic - nice Photoshop work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tenofnine Posted April 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2019 (edited) The foam finger helps Marty push crosswalk buttons. Edited April 19, 2019 by tenofnine 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fat Unicyclist Posted April 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Marty Backe said: Oh man, I just saw this. Classic - nice Photoshop work Why thank you sir! And since @tenofnine is making this a thing... I thought a horseback version might look cool too! Sorry, but I couldn't find a more manly looking horse photo... But pink unicorns are cool too... Aren't they? 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tenofnine Posted April 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2019 (edited) But would Marty really leave home on his trusty steed without his foam finger and a light snack? (btw I'm doing this in MS paint....it is painful lol) Edited April 19, 2019 by tenofnine 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 @tenofnine and @The Fat Unicyclist - you really cracked me up as I scrolled down the page. And when I showed my wife, she started laughing too. Thanks for the smiles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenofnine Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 18 minutes ago, Marty Backe said: @tenofnine and @The Fat Unicyclist - you really cracked me up as I scrolled down the page. And when I showed my wife, she started laughing too. Thanks for the smiles Well the source material is just so inspiring; the possibilities are endless, but that would clog up this thread haha. On a serious note that get up is awesome looking, being safe never looked so cool. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Eisenman Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 (edited) Rode the Monster to the beach in Marblehead earlier this week and took drone pictures to make a sphere. My go to free softwares for stitching didn't completely stitch the panorama. PTGui did with the manual addition of a few control points for the 'orphan' image (of water's surface). Decided to buy a license and get a registration key. Here's the sphere without the 'watermarks' https://panoraven.com/slider/tobdtXOCNY Edited April 19, 2019 by Bob Eisenman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoother Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 (edited) On 4/19/2019 at 6:16 AM, tenofnine said: Well the source material is just so inspiring; the possibilities are endless, but that would clog up this thread haha. On a serious note that get up is awesome looking, being safe never looked so cool. Well, yeah, until he does a Madona on a tree branch or street sign, that is. EDIT: no chance of that in the LA river though. Edited April 20, 2019 by Smoother 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meepmeepmayer Posted April 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2019 Sorry for picture spam Today's glorious, glorious ride! Join me for a tour through some south Bavarian scenery. The first location is the town of Aschau im Chiemgau. This is the river Prien running through it and the Hohenaschau castle. The rocky mountain ridge in the background on the left is the rather famous Kampenwand mountain. Leaving the town, you see its idyllic location surrounded by mountains. Don't look at real estate prices here Following the river bike path downriver... The second location is the Samerberg area, a plateau at the foot of the mountains, a few hundred meters above the flat land level. It offers wonderful scenery and therefore lots (LOTS) of tourists and tourist stuff. Slowly but bravely (with two cooling breaks) my ACM climbed up there. The roads up there are perfect and super smooth and, together with the sights, make for pure riding joy. Here's the first glance after coming up. View of some far away mountains. If you're wondering what that roofed post is, I was. Turns out, is is a small painting behind a grate. Who would have expected that? "Hier wurde Simon Schmid, Mesner von Grainbach, am 18. Juli 1704 von den Kroaten gehäutet." Here Simon Schmid, sacristan of Grainbach, was skinned by the Croats on July 18th, 1704. I'm not sure about the history of what happened there. Click the image to see the bloody details. You can find a new sight, view or other interesting thing like this behind every corner in this area of undulating hills, roads, and hiking paths. Just lovely. In the village you saw three pictures above. A bit further along the way. Animals got a nice view. Wondering what I was doing. Turn a corner for another glorious view. The dog on the left was so chill I didn't even notice it at first. Nearly every farm here has tourist rooms or, like this one, offers "vacation on the farm" where the kids can meet the farm animals and so on. An impression of the verticality (always so hard to show in pictures). Can't move 50 meters without another great new view! Continuing on my route, one beautiful spot after the other. Here we're descending back down to flat land level. This is the Inn river valley, that's why there are mountains on the other side. The valley exits the Alps to the right (North). On the way down What else can I say? A cool old farm sitting on the steep mountainside, has its own small chapel. Easier than walking down to the valley for every prayer, I guess. Note how you come through a tunnel between the house and barn (on the left) on the way down, that is awesome. They have a view! Just a few seconds further down. Jesus effigy, the steep path down, and you can see the snowy Central Alps further into the Inn valley. A public swimming lake next to the river shines in the sunlight. All the apple trees (or whatever those are) are blooming this time of the year. Now we're down in the valley and one or two kilometers further. Location #3 is the small town of Neubeuern. They've got a serious castle there. There are a ton of castles along the Inn river. Nothing better than to plop down one somewhere, call yourself a Lord, and demand duties from the trade on and along the river, that was the idea. If they don't pay up, you blockade them until they do. Too many complainers or an army marching through, hide behind your wall. Such is life as a medieval entrepreneur The marketplace to the foot of the castle is a veritable elevated keep. One road goes through it, you enter through a gateway in a wall, exit through a gateway, the church and other buildings and steep embankments form a protective wall all around. Nicely defensible. And it's not even the castle itself yet. On the market place. Nicely painted buildings, and people enjoying the sun on various restaurant terraces. A fountain and the church with a distinctive tower you can see on the picture taken from below. View into the distance through a gap between buildings. I think this is the only entrance/exit besides the two archways. The inscription on the fountain commemorates and thanks a lord of the castle. It sounds a bit sycophantic. I didn't find out who the statue on the fountain depicts. Also check out the nicely painted buildings. The exit archway and some more painted buildings. Dude's showing some ass. Maybe it is indeed the castle lord, and the inscription is highly sarcastic? Probably it is related to the water of the river, who knows. Ass in front of the castle. Some more painted detail before I leave the place. Finally, on the way home, a nice farm house. The route. Starts on the right. Hope you enjoyed. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olav Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 23 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: Hope you enjoyed. I most definitely enjoyed that! Would like to ride that route myself! How long was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 57 km altogether. You can do a round tour of the interesting stuff (minus Aschau) in half the distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasenutty Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 My dream is to someday visit Meep and ride on one of these beautiful rides with him 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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