The Darkside beckons...

Call me Bob said:

I think you could just build one, couldn't you Jon? Half a day in the
workshop, new recumbents all round!

Don't tempt me. I've yet to finish Hooves 2 and I've got plans for trike
in the pipeline. That might leave me with enough of the hideously
expensive T45 tubing to consider a low racer.

Quoted message said:

I was browsing the other day and found some fellow's collection of
York Rally photo's and there you were, happily toot ling along on
Hooves. It looked fantastic, very professional. I was most envious.

Any ideas what the URL was? I'd be interested to take a look (Vanity an'
all that y'know!)

Jon

On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 22:01:12 +0100, Jon Senior

jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk said:

Any ideas what the URL was? I'd be interested to take a look (Vanity an'
all that y'know!)

Sorry, I've just had a good bash at finding it again but can't. It was
amongst a collection of pic's taken from one of the rides, three
quarter rear shot of you and hooves, mit basket and ponytail.

I don't think the photographer knew you, because others in the
sequence were named but not you. They noted that the bike was a self
build though.

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Call me Bob said:

Quoted message said:

Any ideas what the URL was? I'd be interested to take a look (Vanity an'
all that y'know!)

Sorry, I've just had a good bash at finding it again but can't. It was
amongst a collection of pic's taken from one of the rides, three
quarter rear shot of you and hooves, mit basket and ponytail.

Ah ha!

Continued searching has turned up this:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/382304289/382316818CVAqB

I'm a bit confused because I *think* that's the shot I noticed before,
but was sure it mentioned in a caption that the bike was self built.

*shrug*

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Call me Bob said:

Continued searching has turned up this:

*snip borked url*

Correct url:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/382304289/382316818CVAqBi

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Quoted message said:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/382304289/382316818CVAqBi

Undoubtedly arJon on Hooves and that looks like the southbound view of
a northbound Mike Burrows on the left-hand Ratcatcher (I'm sure I
recognise that wheel disc). Don't know the other two.

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Quoted message said:

Ratcatcher

the most brilliant name for a bike, really is.

Garry

Just zis Guy said:

Undoubtedly arJon on Hooves and that looks like the southbound view of
a northbound Mike Burrows on the left-hand Ratcatcher (I'm sure I
recognise that wheel disc). Don't know the other two.

Arrr.

'twas from the start of the HPV ride. It is indeed Mr Burrows on one of
three Ratcatchers present on the ride (All were different). The
gentlemen to his left is John Turvey, UK ecotrip co-organiser and
recumbent maniac, this year on his Trice. The gentlemen to the right was
co-leader of the ride and navigated once we left York.

A discussion was taking place which (IIRC) involved rotation of the map
and was considering which direction to take. Behind us at this point,
the remainder of the riders were fighting their way past one of the more
aggressive anti-motorbike gates (Narrow cattlegrid).

The following and preceding photographs show the view back with the
remaining riders including a couple of upwrongs who had decided to tag
along with us, despite Mr Burrows snide comments. In the foreground of
both can be seen a pair of trikes. The Windwrap equipped Catrike on the
left is Alex Rice, newcomer to this world (I meant to respond to your
ride report Alex, but I didn't seem to have time. Glad you made it back
safely and welcome to URC), the other beast is a heavily modified KMX
X-class.

Jon

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Quoted message said:

'twas from the start of the HPV ride. It is indeed Mr Burrows on one of
three Ratcatchers present on the ride (All were different). The
gentlemen to his left is John Turvey, UK ecotrip co-organiser and
recumbent maniac, this year on his Trice.

Ah, I thought I recognised him. Some other familiar faces in the
other pics, too. I wish I'd been there, but bloody RL intervened :-(

I remember that gate, it was a bugger on the triplet, too.

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