Deconstructing A Bicycle: The Tire

Here is the next piece in the the Deconstructing A Bicycle series.  This is the rubber wheel pulled off the rim. 

Shin Tyre

The plug cap is useless.  This old tire has more than it's fair share of holes and tears.

Deconstructing A Bicycle: Rear Brakes

Reminiscent of some high school dark room project, I give you the rear braking system of a bike.  Nothing fancy, just the necessary pieces.  

 I Brake For Brakes

It's like one of those projects that you toss pencils and paper clips and whatever else you can find in your pocket on the light table in the dark room and make a negative print...just with bike brake parts.

Motionless

Any day that brings even the slightest warmth to the outdoors has me jumping on my bike and pedaling away.  Today was one of the those days, emphasis on the "slightest" part.  My wife and I rode around the block a few times and then, since her bike is so much nicer looking than mine, I took some pictures.  This time the photos were taken while her bike was leaning against our shed and I was standing on solid ground.  This differs significantly from my bike pictures from a few days ago...Though those were a testament to my obviously amazing balance.

 Something Is Missing

This picture would be awesome if there was a box filled with vegetables on the metal bars.  Or a suitcase clamped on.  Or a couple small boxes, stacked, and tied on with old twine.  I rather like the bokeh created from light shining off the metal chain in the bottom left corner, though.

Take a Seat

Hop on and enjoy the ride, these shocks will keep you from bouncing all over the place, even on Pennsylvania roads. 

Velo Transit

The last time my wife and I were out biking, for a split second we were going at the same speed and everything surrounding her and her bike was blurred.  She was the static part of the scene and though this happens all the time when you are looking at a moving object, I knew the next time we could get on bikes I would have my camera ready.  Well, today was a warmer day than the last few, so we went for a ride, and I tried awfully hard not to fall over while biking with no hands and looking through a viewfinder on a camera.

No Lies

Though I can't prove that I wasn't just standing there taking pictures, you can look at her spokes and see that she at least was definitely moving at a decent pace.  Getting a sharp image of someone speeding by while standing would be impressive as well, but you will just have to trust me, I was flailing around on a moving bike while shooting all of these. 

A Crack in the Road

The blur, focal point, colors, and cracked concrete make this image look like the earth is opening up, ready to swallow the bike and rider.  But no, more so, it's just what happens when you attempt to focus on a moving bike and miss entirely. 

Speed Demon

For whatever reason, the bike in this photo actually looks like it's going faster than the bike in the other photos.  The strange part being that you can actually better make out the spokes in this one than some of the others.   

  Through the Alleyway

Here is a normal photo of a portion of my wife making her way through the alleyway behind our house.  She adores that bike basket.