This is going to be a TOME of a post. I have not hit up this blogzorz with such vigor as I am about to do now in a while. I’m going to get the images in here like crazy, so be ready for that to load also. (Videos not uploaded yet, check post later tonight) I shot the first in a series of events I’ll be doing for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra this month on Friday. They’re good people over there and easy to work with. I was shooting this guy a bunch because he looks like my uncle, but about 3 feet taller.

The D90 is about ten steps over the 40x in terms of just about everything. I would argue it’s a better package than the D200, and I’d be very sad if I had bought a D200 in the past few years. Also have been organizing one of the photo hard drives. Here’s an unpublished photo from a larger series.

Smashed up my SWorks Decibel many months ago. Specialized says that Dealers are supposed to do a 20 percent off deal if you bring in your crashed helmet, but so many specialized dealers charge way more then the already pricey $230 MSRP that Specialized lists on their website that it’s hardly worth it. So, I need to try on the Uvex FP1 (pictured here on Gilbert) somehow. Or I’m going with the Decibel in Quickstep colors.

Speaking of badass :

If you haven’t seen this awesome crash right at the begging of the Cycle Smart race this past weekend, DO IT. That kind of carnage attracts Nascar fans to bike races. Speaking of Halloween, Critical Mass (Baltimore) was HUGE. Biggest one in years, apparently. It eventually broke up along Falls Road, like in 2008. Some highlights include having the BPD spotlight us with a helicopter for about 5 minutes Downtown. Luckily that didn’t amount to anything bad. The following night was the Halloween Alleycat. It was small as far as Halloween races and a little goofy too, but the checkpoints were fun. It was short and fast, and I got 1st place and 1st road bike (though some didn’t think the LeMond qualifies as a road bike anymore). I won a large reload bag in pink that my girlfriend promptly acquired. Shouldn’t have let her seen it..

Here’s a video from the Tour de Greater Homewood yesterday.

Look for more frequent posts here as it gets colder and more boring outside.

St. Paul street now has a new bike lane from University to 30ish. it seems like new bike lanes pop up wherever I stay. Watch out suckers or I’ll move into your neighborhood.