Fight and Flight
"Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. The airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus; it gives him no wings of his own."
Louis J. Helle, Jr., Spring in Washington
Hill reps in Richmond Park yesterday afternoon (on my 31st birthday), photographed by the brilliant Sam Christmas for a forthcoming piece in Huck Magazine.
{ Filed under Cycling, Training on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site. }
Ben Saunders is the youngest person to ski solo to the North Pole and holds the record for the longest solo Arctic journey by a Briton.
Marc wrote:
Hi Ben, is that your Scott CR1 there ? I'm thinking of making a purchase myself, are you pleased with it ? Great to see you looking so motivated, albeit a little scary !!!
August 7 2008 · 12:08 pm
Ben wrote:
It is indeed my CR1. It has Dura Ace, Mavic Cosmic Carbones, Stronglight Pulsion carbon cranks and a few other shiny bits and bobs. I've gradually upgraded it over the last couple of years (I bought the frame second-hand on ebay) and I love it. The Addict is Scott's newest high-end road frame, but the CR1 is still a way better bikethan my legs will ever truly warrant…
August 7 2008 · 3:06 pm
thomas kern wrote:
Great shot… do you have one with a less fake facial expression too ?
but the lighting is really nice !
August 7 2008 · 5:08 pm
Ben wrote:
Cheers Thomas. Not much about it was fake - I chased the car hard up that hill three times in a row, and I'd set a squat PB in the gym that morning so my legs were screwed.
There's a big version here, and a photo taken a few minutes later here.
August 7 2008 · 7:45 pm
thomas kern wrote:
Ben, sorry if i came off as rude, it wasn't my intention. it does look even better in the big version.
mind me asking how the photographer lightened it? can you by any chance remember that? :)
August 7 2008 · 8:35 pm
Ben wrote:
No worries. The lighting was with the biggest flash I've ever seen, plugged into an external battery - something like this, I think…
August 7 2008 · 9:26 pm
Ed Dowding wrote:
That's an AMAZING shot. Great work, Sam. Are you yawning, Ben? ;)
August 11 2008 · 8:04 am