Comments on: 29er Photo Contest Poll

By: JudoLizard

JudoLizard — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:42:34 +0000

kiwisimon,

I’ll do my best to keep safe…no riding off the FOB. We have a beautiful mountain (large hills) range near our base that just begs to be ridden.

When I get back I will get to some green mountain singletrack and ride to get away…if I get an action shot, that will be by chance.

By: kiwisimon

kiwisimon — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:12:03 +0000

The Dude in the desert gets the vote, for the picture tells me that here is a guy serving in a WAR ZONE and he takes his niner with him. Better and more telling than a mountain bike in the mountains as far as human interest goes to, in my opinion. The point of art is to give an impression of something, we all percieve different things and its like music, each has his own taste. The picture sells itself purely on peoples perceptions and to criticize those perspectives is uncool, akin to baby photo bashing.

Major,
Keep safe over there and when you get stateside go and ride in some awesome green mountains, then take an action shot.

By: JudoLizard

JudoLizard — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:07:38 +0000

The saddle is a Fizik Nisene “Cow” seat that all the hair has rubbed off. I still love the saddle and don’t want to part with it quite yet.

By: calzonical

calzonical — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:33:55 +0000

Another vote for “My Other Ride is a Hummer” I love how the saddle matches the hummer.

By: Mike Perkins

Mike Perkins — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:07:32 +0000

I vote for My other ride is a Hummer.

By: Twenty Nine Inches | A 29er Bike site » Blog Archive » Last chance to vote…

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:19:32 +0000

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By: JudoLizard

JudoLizard — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:44:30 +0000

No worries about ragging on the pic. More about it if you click on the sidebar. I have some funny pics. I can take one in full gear…we wear that stuff more than enough. My e-mail is there too. No…I am not a Spec Ops Mastermind..just an average guy doing his job, in a place that you have to be VERY creative in order to ride. If you have any comments, please leave them next to the pic. Going away from the keyboard for a few days. And one last note, Thank you all the folks that helped me build this bike. Pedal Dammit!!!

By: bobby

bobby — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:38:23 +0000

oh dont get me wrong, i got all the respect in the world for the military, they put their lives at risk single day to protect us as citizens, and for that i am truly grateful. But to me that get votes based on your profession. Im not raggin on the guy at all, i am raggin on the pic. Now if the pic was a soldier riding through the combat zone in full kevlar with an m4 mounted on the handlebars, now we are talkin. But a bike leaned up on a vehicle shouldnt warrant votes in a photo contest when there are so many great photos in places we can only dream of riding, no offense but iraq isnt my first choice for riding vacations. But on the flip side, that does show the dedication to ride in a place that not many people of the cycling community want to ride day in and day out. All in all no matter who wins this contest, no matter who is where, as long as in the end we are all on bikes is what matters, so cheers

By: monk3y mike

monk3y mike — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:31:33 +0000

Final words on the photo from Iraq: I sold the Major the White Brothers .8 (it says 1.0 but it was converted to 80mm), sold him some Hayes rotors, gave him great advice about geometry, frame makers (especially Niners, because I own the same frame), and websites (just like this one) to help him out. I think perhaps some folks are rattled because they think that the Hummer in the photo is meant to somehow glorify oversized 4-wheelers. It’s just a background, and it just so happens to be at this guy’s office. He was cool enough to send me a whole slew of photos during the build. There IS a story, there IS a person, and there IS a bike. Leave it alone.

Hell, I have photos of my buddy’s truck loaded up with 8 bikes. Does that mean I’m glorifying the truck by including it in the photo? Hmmmm….

By: brian

brian — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:17:30 +0000

the guy with the hummer is in Iraq and he happens to be a spec ops
mastermind. I think the object was to show his dedication to the mountain
bike community. So ya know, take it easy on the guy – he sees these posts. Yeah, he got in on merit, but hey, he’s over there doing something I’m not, so Im sticking with him.