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Inspired by the Bikes next to a sign thread, how about a challenge to take a themed picture of your bike this weekend.
This idea might take off, or it might flop, but anyway, I'll give it a go this weekend for a start.
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to post a picture of your bike on a bridge this weekend.
Interpret that any way you want. Propped up against one of the towers on the Severn Bridge, or riding across a scaffold plank over a ditch in your local woods.
The only rule is that the picture must be taken this weekend, not be one from your archive.
Next weekend there will be a different theme.
Do we need a copy of Saturday or Sundays paper in the picture to prove the date or ya gonna trust us?
great idea Graham
dont think we need the paper for proof of date, i'm sure we can all be trusted
just hope the weather is good
I like this idea
I don't play Bridge, will snap do?
Does anyone have Wayne Bridge's phone number?
Ooooh, going to Cwmcarn Sat morning. There's a couple of bridges there I can get a pic on. Will only be camera phone, but I'll give it a go anyway.
Good idea... Will give it a go!
yep, I'm liking the themed photo thing. In fact, I just like bike photo's. Will try 🙂
What a great idea!
Sure we could make this a regular thing....
maybe the winner could pick the next challenge and subsequent winner
Grrr, too late Graham - I cycled under the Forth Rail Bridge last night, but I'm taking the SLR in for repair tomorrow. I like the idea of a photo challenge thread. Would be fun to have something similar once a week.
You can just take a pic with your mobile, Pixelmix. If this is going to be a photography-one-upmanship thing then I'm out. I reckon that this should be about taking a good pic even if it's not technically perfect or the best quality - eg anyone with a mobile should be able to take part.
Was planning on resorting to the mobile if I get a chance (I don't have a compact, so it is SLR or mobile), but my phone camera is pretty poor. Wasn't aiming for one-upmanship - my photos aren't particularly great from mobile or the old SLR regardless. 😐
+1 clubber. I take my best photos on my phone. Like this
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Pook, that's lush.
defo just about the good pics rather than technically perfect... it is a bike forum after all, not a photo one 🙂
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I think I've just cheated
technically not a bridge
dammit, you're [url= http://tinyurl.com/6zxypgu ]right[/url]! I'm more of a cheat than I even thought.
Still, only posted in the interests of bumping this thread..
I wouldn't have been surprised if I got home and found this thread had fallen flat.
Instead, it's sparked a bit of interest and got a few replies. It would be great if it became a regular feature.
Just to clarify, it's not a competition and there won't be a winner.
Take the picture with whatever camera you've got and post it here.
I've got some ideas for themes for next weekend, but I'm quite happy to step back and let other people take the idea wherever they want.
Just to clarify, it's not a competition and there won't be a winner.
I think that is the best approach. Voting becomes a pain, and I do enjoy a good old fashioned photo thread.
good idea! Thinking about routes now that will let me contribute!
Great idea! 8)
Tops idea 🙂
The Severn Bridge is mine 😉 [I'm a Sustrans Ranger on that route]
We don't really have bridges round here but I'll give it a go - I can aim to do both the mtb and road bike!
Er, took this 10 minutes ago. cough.
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Good idea
I'll be out on the bike saturday, so shall try to remember about the pics.
Does today count. My weekend started today 🙂
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redthunder, it took me a couple of seconds, but I found the bridge eventually, do I win a prize?!
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i got thousands of pics of bikes on bridges 🙂 🙂
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Depending on hangover/Wind tomorrow I'll be up for this
😛 @ redthunder (well layeredfor winter)
Houns, wind? curry night is it?
Parp
Single speed 29ers lead the way. 😛
Fire road over a stream in the Wyre Forest at 7am Saturday.
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Canal bridge at Wolverley
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Can you guess where this one is ?
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This is SUCH a great idea! 😀
I was so struggling for motivation to get out, but this has given me all I needed. Watch this space.....
Good idea to make it a weekly occurrence too.
Too windy so i'm out
I braved the winds to get this 😆
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If it doesn't rain again tonight I'll try and get an off-road one but I can't remember if the thing I'm thinking of is actually a bridge.
Got one!
Taken from a bridge looking at two other bridges 🙂
Taken from one bridge looking at the Cumberland Bridge and the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
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ahh, so is this turning into a 'how many bridges and a bike can you get in one shot this weekend' thread? 😀
cheez0 - looks like it 😉
Bristol ride with clubber this morning.
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Btw - great idea MTG - nice one!!
Four bridges on my ride today..
The unrideable planks
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The urban one
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The wooden one, where I managed to get the dog still for a second
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and the motorway bridge. Preferred this shot to the one of my bike though 🙂
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Challenge 1 complete 
Thought I'd go for something you may appreciate MTG - downstream from you lot up North they are erecting the flood barriers in Upton, so we went over for a pedal round the fields before they end up submerged.
Upton Bridge
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Lowland drainage crossing
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Marina
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Upton Bridge
I didn't post this earlier, because it's a bit blurred, but just think, that could be the very same water flowing under Arley footbridge, as I crossed it just before before dawn this morning, as flowed under Upton Bridge as you crossed it a few hours later. 😀
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Awesome 😀
i've been out collecting bridges, 5 so far, maybe more tomorrow, might stretch the bandwidth a bit 😉
Nearly forgot about this until I got back to the hub cafe. I know it's not actually on a bridge, but pretty close 😆
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Road ride this morning with Rusty Trowel.
Over the M3
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Somewhere near Sherborne St John near Basingstoke.
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todays
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Todays for me too.
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Today. Ok, so it's not on, or rather, in, this bridge, because it was quite dark inside
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See?
Bridgetastic ride in the white peak today
Bridge over the river wye
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Monsall Head
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Bridleway near Hassop
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This morning's unusual bike mix/saturation ride sur le pont moin de Egerton:
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Blurry shot with trolls.
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and clearer shot with trolls washed away.
Couple of rather gloomy blurry shots from the 'port
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You know they were taken this weekend as otherwise it'd be a different bike 😆
lol @ Mama
only 4 today so 10 for the weekend
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My Sat & Sun were rained off 🙁 . So I'll break the rules...
From a bridge.
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More here...
Whats the next picture challenge ?
This one's more next to a bridge than on it. Proper boggy sticky mud to get to the gate "handle" so I didn't bother 😆 Almost lost a shoe putting the bike in position.
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I like this weekend photo challenge idea, its made me get out and ride where I don't normally ride 🙂
Damn it, wish I'd seen this thread before I went out! Some cracking bridges on here. Lovely stuff! Any ideas for the next challenge? How about trying to get a photo of yourself and bike with some other cyclists that you've never met before? Too much hassle? How about a shot of bike plus some wildlife?
I never see any other riders out other than the roadies who don't say hello, so that one's gonna be hard.
Yes, too difficult really. The wildlife one could be tricky too. OK. What about pictures of monuments?
Wildlife one would be easy, if cows and sheep count 😛 Monuments/statues is good, so long as they don't have to be famous figures or anything.
Couldn'f face going out and getting stuck in the clay round here today so...
Bridge over the railway, looking at the level crossing i will be using in a minute
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Looking over the very full dyke towards my house somewhere beyond the trees. That high water level is the reason i was on the road today 🙂
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I could see the pictures of sheep and cows getting a bit numerous and out of hand!
No specifics for monuments.
How about pictures of your bike leaning on a trig point?
I could see the forum being inundated with different photo requests come next weekend! All good though, I'll make a list and tick them off as I ride!
bike against a monument or folly i recon would be good
I was going to wait until late tonight to set next weeks theme.
How do people want to play this ?
A new thread every week, or let this one run ?
I've already got something planned for next weekend's challenge, but I'm going to run out of ideas one day, so how do we choose who sets the theme ?
I originally planned to set the theme on Friday nights, but some people like to plan their rides further ahead, so would Sunday night be better ?
I started the thread, but I'm happy to let it evolve and take whatever direction it does.
Today's Wyre Forest ride.
Brand new bridge over Dowles Brook.
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Blimey it's been too long since i was last in the Wyre if they've built a bridge now (can you still ride through?)
is this bridge top trumps?
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Houns, it was too deep to ride today and I'm not sure if it would still be possible if the water was lower.
I know they dug a narrow deep channel with steep sides to contain the brook while the bridge was being built, but I don't know if it was made wider and shallower again afterwards. It's all under too much water to see at the moment.
I reckon a seperate thread for each weekend would be easier to manage.
I have, from this morning, a bridge :
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and a sign, taken 10 mins later :
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Separate thread each week definitely
I have a few ideas for future challenges - would you like them posting here?
My 2 two inputs from a couple of hours ago
My attempt at the smallest bridge award
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and another that really is not that much bigger
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what a muddy hour and half that was, thank goodness for swampthings 😆
Only just remembered this week's challenge at the end of the ride.....
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😉
new bridge at the wyre? 🙁 riding through without dabbing was a highlight!