Palomares to Castro Valley and Foothill

Kevin and I did a 33 mile loop in Fremont, and for a change, Kevin brought his camera, instead of me taking all the pix. It was nice to have a break from doing the one-handed shooting/riding thing, but it's also a little weird seeing myself on a bike. This ride starts off with a 2 mile warmup and wakeup through narrow-shouldered Niles Canyon Road, and then hits Palomares road, where you go straight up.

And even when the shoulder isn't that narrow, and we're safely within the shoulder, some drivers just like to dance the line and make the cyclists nervous.

Ever the maverick cyclographer, Kevin quickly gets comfortable shooting behind while riding. Good aim. And how about this over the shoulder shot...nice.

Naturally, in any cycle-ography situation, the camera gets put away when the hills start to get steep, and won't come out again unless cycle-ographer takes a break or reaches the summit.

After a few miles, the summit was reached, and the heart rate allowed to stabilize, all was well again. And so the camera emerges for a no-hands-who's-holding-the-bike shot.

Oh and a "no hill, no problem" pose

With the help of a rail post and self-timer, we got a nice action shot, whoosh.

Here we're trying to do panning shots, but the camera auto settings were not keeping the shutter open long enough to blur the background. Or maybe we just weren't pedaling fast enough.



This group of photos may seem un-interesting, but what you have to realize is that Kevin is holding the camera and pointing it at himself while riding. I'm not saying this is rocket science, but you do get some interesting angles with this method.



Last, but not least - a picture of Kevin's feet, a shot of his front wheel, and an artsy one through the spokes. Cycle-ography is fun, eh? Here we're in the town of Niles, where you can ride a miniature steam train through the canyon.

Oh, and as for the rest of the ride, we got home just fine.