Gratuitous kilt picture

**way2fractious** · 24th July 06, 11:37 AM

When the goin' gets hot, the hot get goin'! Saturday was near-record hot in California's Central Valley, but yours truly hit the road early for a three-hour bike ride before the extreme temperatures hit. The list of riding "essentials" includes: water, bike repair items, spandex, kilt, and camera.

Along one main thoroughfare were a half-dozen of those perennial favorites - the fundraising car washes. Little League, cheerleader squads, clubs and causes of all kinds... and a motorcycle repair shop bikini car wash.

Now, my bike doesn't take kindly to washing and I shy away from being photographed in cycling shorts, but this opportunity was too good to pass up. So on goes the camo kilt for the photo op. (Besides, how could I post a non-kilt pic to this forum??)

The point of this post is to always carry a camera... (I think that's the point... uhhm...)

**Livingston** · 24th July 06, 11:44 AM

There's a kilt in that picture? Where?

**cavscout** · 24th July 06, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by way2fractious

... and a motorcycle repair shop bikini car wash.

Ah yes,the proverbial "motorcycle repair shop bikini car wash". I think I saw a movie about that. bownk chica bow wow

**Raphael** · 24th July 06, 12:46 PM

An Atlantis from Grant Peterson? OMG!! How long did it take for them to deliver your bike?

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 24th July 06, 01:08 PM

Lovely ladies you found while riding. While at the Renn Faire this weekend, there were 2 young ladies as lovely as these 2, but dressed as belly dancers. If you rememeber the chain mail bikini top from another thread, make it somewhat smaller, then a matching mail bikini bottom, with flowing silk strips of cloth from the waist to mail ankle bracelets to provide some (very little) modesty! Unfortunately, by the time my wife arrived with the camera, they had moved on. Very sad for me.

**David Dalglish** · 24th July 06, 01:19 PM

Great picture, why were you not in it

**Livingston** · 24th July 06, 01:20 PM

KCW, you're going to have to find a nice little digital camera to carry in the sporran.

**cessna152towser** · 24th July 06, 01:43 PM

Great picture, Way2fractious; proof if any were needed that the kilt attracts the girls.

**way2fractious** · 24th July 06, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Livingston

KCW, you're going to have to find a nice little digital camera to carry in the sporran.

Livingston and KCW, I do carry such a camera almost everywhere; backpacking in a fanny pack, cycling in the handlebar bag, or kilting around in my sporran. It's a couple years old now, but it is small (palm-sized) and the pic quality is great for my purposes. Canon model numbers are now SD400 or higher, but plenty of the lower model numbers are on eBay. The camera is labelled 3.2 megapixel, but the actual jpeg files on superfine setting (hi res) average about 900 kb to 1.3 megs each. It also does low res video clips of 3 minutes, and hi res of 30 seconds.

**way2fractious** · 24th July 06, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Raphael

An Atlantis from Grant Peterson? OMG!! How long did it take for them to deliver your bike?

I acquired this bike back in 2001 in preparation for my coast to coast project. It so happened that a new batch of frames was enroute from Japan when I placed my order, and one in my size was available for fairly quick buildup. I recall it was only a month or so wait. Even more fortunate was my proximity to Rivendell's location in Walnut Creek, CA, which allowed me to drive over and pick it up when it was ready. Saddle and pedals were extra, a standard practice because of picky cyclists. I chose the Brooks B-17 saddle and installed Time ATAC MTB pedals to use with Shimano sandals. It is the nicest bike I'll ever own and use.