Welcome to the IHoP v.2

[///M5 2,833]

Budget and how are you riding it?

[dem beats 1,223]

Budget, I don't care.  Don't be unreasonable. I'm rough on my toys, so for me the weight and performance(is that a metric?) are much less important than being able to be beat to shit and be ridden like a jackass.

 

This is mainly just for fitness. I enjoy riding on technical trails.  I will probably spend 80% of the time on the road however.

 

It would be cool if I could find something that I could ride in the winter too.

 

If that means more than one bike I might be crabby.

[dem beats 1,223]

If I could find off-road trails close to here it would probably change to 80% trail and technical.

[///M5 2,833]

I love my fat bike...i am calling you

[MKader17 332]

On 5/19/2016 at 1:19 PM, dem beats said:

Sean, how do I buy a bike?

 

Need to know what to buy and how to be fitted.

No sir, only camera talk at the moment. We can't handle another serious conversation.

[MKader17 332]

However, all nonsense may continue as scheduled 

[MKader17 332]

Took some realtor style pictures last night with my mirror less Canon. They were horrible, worse than my cellphone pics.

[///M5 2,833]

it's okay I just called him take care of that conversation

[sandt38 448]

6 hours ago, ///M5 said:

Seth the headshota above i was at least 5' off at 50mm.  

Oh wow. OK, they were shot with a crop, right?

[dem beats 1,223]

3 hours ago, ///M5 said:

I love you...I am calling you a fat bike

Thanks buttercup!

[nem 2,019]

This happened today. I used 4low for the first time. Pulled no problem.

 

[sandt38 448]

Awesome!

 

[dem beats 1,223]

Awesome!

 

WTG Neal!!

[///M5 2,833]

1 hour ago, sandt38 said:

Oh wow. OK, they were shot with a crop, right?

Yes crop.  FF would buy you a couple feet more.

[///M5 2,833]

1 hour ago, dem beats said:

Thanks buttercup!

Once you go phat you never go back

[///M5 2,833]

I have been out rednecked.  I love it!!

[nem 2,019]

The old 4runner is a beast!

Thanks guys.

[Adrian_D 520]

On 5/18/2016 at 2:48 AM, nem said:

Got tired of using a shovel and got one of these. No more blisters!

 

Ah, the memories of working on a backhoe

I really really miss those times. 

[sandt38 448]

Ray Manzerek Died Yesterday.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ray-manzarek-doors-keyboardist-dead-at-74-20130520

 

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Hope it doesn't rain yet again.  We are on a 18 out of 22 days of rain, and Arthur has had 2 games rained out.

[sandt38 448]

Yes, I know I should have used an F12 or so. But cool pic. No editing other than shrinking it.

 

[///M5 2,833]

1 hour ago, sandt38 said:

Yes, I know I should have used an F12 or so. But cool pic. No editing other than shrinking it.

 

Nice.  Don't need 12 for that small of a DOF.  Looks good, a bit more F would help though.  I'd try lengthening the exposure time and lower the built in exposure a notch.  Obviously increasing the F stop will help too so that you don't flare out the second tube again.

[///M5 2,833]

Matt this might help.  It is for XL and bigger frames, but normally frames scale.  Finding an Ice Cream Truck in L may be a good start for a test ride.

And yes there are more in that spreadsheet, and no it is not something you can download.  I am an odd size and shop like an idiot so that is all my dumbass.  Long ETT and low standover are your friends.  Standover not that big of a deal.

I would try to find a 170mm and 190mm Q factor to compare.  The ICT will be 190 and I think the Pivot Le Fat you rode is a 170mm...but I will have to Google to check.  The ICT may be too slack, but holy hell can it go through shit.  I test rode one and rode through 18" deep mud.  Got all nasty lol

[sandt38 448]

15 minutes ago, ///M5 said:

Nice.  Don't need 12 for that small of a DOF.  Looks good, a bit more F would help though.  I'd try lengthening the exposure time and lower the built in exposure a notch.  Obviously increasing the F stop will help too so that you don't flare out the second tube again.

I need to figure out how to make the flash less obtrusive. I flashed a smaller light off the back wall to make the Senn emblem show up (tubes thread on a Headphone forum, plus the HD600s kick ass), but the back wall shows up in the top black of the 6V6 tubes. Maybe it is just an inherent evil of the ultimate goal of the image. IIRC this is a 30sec exposure... maybe 25, but no less. I have a flexeril/Woodford combo working on my brain right now, so I am feeling too rubbery to take another shot.

Played a bit with perspective on my "trophy" rifle tonight as well. Shitty background (my summer blanket), but I was interested on how my focal length played with the image...

[sandt38 448]

In retrospect I wish I had pulled back to include the buttstock a bit more and left the barrel closer to the top right of the image.