{"id":2639,"date":"2015-11-08T16:28:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T07:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-11-08\/2639"},"modified":"2015-11-08T16:28:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T07:28:08","slug":"social-ride-among-kyotos-fall-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-11-08\/2639","title":{"rendered":"Social Ride Among Kyoto’s Fall Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 31mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nNORU Kyoto's First Social Ride<\/span>\nMinobu, James, Antony, Lianca, Joshua, Scotty, Tomas, Ross, Kumiko, Michael, Me\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Yesterday was the inaugural social\nride<\/a> hosted by NORU Kyoto<\/a>. Whatever\nallergy\/sickness that has been plaguing me of late was in remission, so\na slow<\/span> relaxing group ride seemed perfect for\nme.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGathering<\/span>\nat NORU Kyoto\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 47mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeading Out<\/span>\npassing in front of the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine (\u5317\u91ce\u5929\u6e80\u5bae)<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRoss and Tomas<\/span>\ntaken while riding at 18 kph (11 mph)\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

This was my first ride with Tomas, the fastest rider in the group.\nAlthough I'd not ridden with Tomas before, we'd chatted at other events and\nshare an interest in photography and programming. I was happy<\/span> that my first\nride with him was a slow<\/span> social group ride, allowing me to keep up and\nchat.<\/p>\n\n

To give a sense of Tomas' speed, his time on my benchmark Hanase Pass\nclimb<\/a> is less than 24 minutes, which seems inhumanly fast to me. My best time<\/span> is more than 32 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 52mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMaking Our Way Out of the City<\/span>\nnature and mountains are never very far away when in Kyoto\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 46mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAntony Chugging Up In The Mountains<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

A few people were new to the group, including Antony who had never\nreally ridden in the mountains. His showing<\/span> up in street clothes without experience largely paralleled my own first ride<\/a>, except his\nbicycle was much less appropriate for the mountains than mine, and this ride was going to be\nlonger than what I did.<\/span> He had guts<\/span>. It would<\/span> be interesting to see how far he got.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 31mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nJoshua and Lianca<\/span>\nheading up to Kyomi Pass (\u4eac\u898b\u5ce0)\ntaken while riding at 14 kph (8 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 50mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.7, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRush Hour<\/span>\nLots of hikers making their way up as well\ntaken while riding at 16 kph (10 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 38mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.4, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMaking It Look Easy<\/span>\nJames on his first ride with the group\ntaken while riding at 11 kph (7 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nScruffy Ross<\/span>\nat Kyomi Pass (\u4eac\u898b\u5ce0)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

I was about to have you compare the photo above to “<\/span>clean-shaven\nRoss<\/a>”<\/span>, but it turns out he's not as clean-shaven in that pic either.<\/p>\n\n

We took some group photos near Kyomi Pass, one of which opens this post.<\/p>\n\n

I Photoshop'd myself into the copy seen above, from a separate<\/span> photo\nthat Joshua took. It turns<\/span> out that I was<\/span> standing a bit<\/span> closer to the\ncamera than anyone else, so my height was exaggerated to the point of\nmaking me look grotesquely big. So, I took<\/span> the liberty to shrink myself to\na more<\/span> contextually-balanced size. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeading Down<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

A bit of “<\/span>motion blur”<\/span> adds life to cycling photos, but I had<\/span> incessant problems with blur and focus all day \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n\n

Our route, a clockwise version of Kyoto's “<\/span>Heart Loop”<\/span>\nride<\/a>, next brought us to Mochikoshi Pass, which from this\ndirection is neither long nor challenging.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGathering at the Top<\/span>\nMochikoshi Pass (\u6301\u8d8a\u5ce0)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

I continued down early to set up to take photos of others coming down, settling for a spot<\/span> with a small<\/span> splash of\ncolor because it didn't seem like the rest of the (very steep) way down\nwould offer a better<\/span> background. Sadly, I was wrong<\/span> and it would have been much better had\nI continued,<\/span> but I\nguess<\/span> it doesn't matter because most of the photos didn't come out.\nI think<\/span> I just<\/span> don't\nknow how to use this small\ncamera I bought<\/span> for use while cycling<\/a>. I'll\nbring my Nikon D4 on the next social outing.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 30mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRoss Leads The Way Down<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/2.1, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAntony and James<\/span>\ntoo fast to capture\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.1, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“<\/span>Oddly Wrong”<\/span> Joshua<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

The bad Photoshop job above is the result of a joking<\/span> promise I made<\/span> to Joshua to “<\/span>make him look fast”<\/span> by adding\nmotion blur. He'd come around<\/span> the corner slowly, and did a track stand<\/a>\nin front of me to pose for the photo. Sadly, I'm no good<\/span> at this kind of Photoshop, so it would have been easier to\nmake him look fast by just asking him to go back and actually be fast (something he's more than capable of doing,\nas an exhausted me found out on my first ride with him<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 29mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeading Back Toward Town<\/span>\nclosing out the first half of the ride\ntaken while riding at 30 kph (18 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 29mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTypical Japanese Country Scene<\/span>\nbeautiful nature, utility pole, cinderblock wall, cyclists\n10:54am - taken while riding at 28 kph (17 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 29mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.1, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAnother Typical Japan Scene<\/span>\nold Japanese architecture, Michael looking fast and calm\ntaken while riding at 32 kph (20 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 56mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nNot Quite So Typical<\/span>\nJames and Antony roll past an old farmstead\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nColor-Coordination Par Excellance<\/span>\nthis was my first ride with Nishimura-san\ntaken while riding at 57 kph (35 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 32mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLovely Corrugated-Metal Background<\/span>\nI missed a background of rich autumn colors by a couple<\/span> of seconds \ud83d\ude41\ntaken while riding at 35 kph (22 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

The biggest problem I face trying to capture the photos I want<\/span> (besides\nthe need to avoid crashing) is getting far enough back to include all that\nI want<\/span> while at the same time excluding unsightly stuff from the\nbackground. The shot of<\/span> Tomas above was just a bit<\/span> too late to capture what felt to be the\nperfect combination, and I ended<\/span> up with dilapidated corrugated metal for my background.<\/p>\n\n

Undaunted, I tried again later on the next little climb...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nA Tomas<\/span> In Its Natural Environment<\/span>\ntaken while riding at 20 kph (12 mph) up the Ichihara Byass\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFake Aero<\/span>\ntaken while descending at only 30 kph (19 mph)\n( if he'd actually been going fast, I'd not have<\/span> been able to take the pic )\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\ntaken while riding at 37 kph (23 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nConvenience-Store Stop<\/span>\nat about the halfway point\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nVillage Detour<\/span>\nwe popped up to the top of a short hill overlooking a village<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nView of the Village<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 46mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeading Down Through the Village<\/span>\ntaken while riding at 20 kph (12 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

We then did the last climb of the day, to Ebumi Pass (\u6c5f\u6587\u5ce0),<\/span> then down the other side to\nthe large but picturesque village of Ohara (\u5927\u539f).<\/span><\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/9, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTypical Ohara Scene<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 46mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMe<\/span>\nphoto taken by a passer-by\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

While I'd stopped to take photos of the fields, the others had gone to a farmers<\/span>' market to\npartake of what the fields produced...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAt a Farmer's<\/span> Market<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBicycle Parking<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

The return to Kyoto from Ohara is downhill the whole way, which I'm sure Antony appreciated.\nHaving ridden over three passes on that heavy city bike, I'm sure he<\/span> was exhausted.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDownhill All the Way<\/span>\ntaken while riding at 41 kph (26 mph)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 25mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBack in the City<\/span>\npassing through the Shokoku-ji Temple (\u76f8\u56fd\u5bfa)<\/span> complex\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Antony, who lives near me, joined me for the ride home after coffee and cake at NORU Kyoto.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFeeling Satisfied<\/span>\nafter a long ride in the mountains on a bike<\/span> not meant for the mountains\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLovely Early-Autumn Day in Kyoto<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

In the end my ride was about 66km (41 miles).\nHere it is on my cycling heatmap<\/a>\nand at Strava<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

A great day with great folks.<\/p>\n\n

Update: here's a short video<\/a> from the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was the inaugural social ride hosted by NORU Kyoto. Whatever allergy\/sickness that has been plaguing me of late was in remission, so a slow relaxing group ride seemed perfect for me.<\/p>

This was my first ride with Tomas, the fastest rider in the group. Although I'd not ridden with Tomas before, we'd chatted at other events and share an interest in photography and programming. I was happy that my first ride with him was a slow social group ride, allowing me to keep up and chat.<\/p>

To give a sense of Tomas' speed, his time on my benchmark Hanase [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,14,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}