Makten wrote:
It's my "do it all" bike that I ride every day to work, to the store, to shoot my camera, and lots of other errands. The dark color is actually a sparkling purple too, but it doesn't show in images unless shot in full sunlight. The frame is very long for a drop-bar bike and it's heavy as f... But that doesn't matter for how I use it. It's meant to take a beating and work reasonably well on every type of road or trail.
Back to cameras, yes. And bikes. Here's another one from earlier on the same ride...
I'm another cycling fan and appreciate the Swiss Army knife aspects of your bike. I ride a Specialized Sirrus X 5.0 which has a similar drivetrain to yours. I love this relatively new ride (bought last year) after having ridden a Cannondale SuperSix for 10 years (and a Columbus tubed road bike for 20 years prior to that). The wider tires on the Sirrus and wide range gearing, with just the single chainring up front, works well for me.
On the topic of the GFX 50s...here is a heavily cropped image taken with my new-to-me GF 250mm lens. I hope to get out more with this lens in the coming weeks.
Makten wrote:
Thanks! Here's a better view from todays ride, again with the little zoom.
Not the best choice of bike for this terrain, but it worked alright.
Edit: Note the shutter speed, by the way. This is why I upgraded from 50R to 50S II.
Another backyard bird image, heavily cropped, with the GF 250mm. There is something special about this lens. The GF 120mm is very sharp, but maybe more clinically so, where this lens has some character that, while also very sharp, is smoother in focus and color transition at the same time.
I had every intention of sleeping in and being lazy yesterday but some heavy fog showed up, and that usually only happens when I'm driving to work
50R w/ 100-200
jbush wrote:
I'm another cycling fan and appreciate the Swiss Army knife aspects of your bike. I ride a Specialized Sirrus X 5.0 which has a similar drivetrain to yours. I love this relatively new ride (bought last year) after having ridden a Cannondale SuperSix for 10 years (and a Columbus tubed road bike for 20 years prior to that). The wider tires on the Sirrus and wide range gearing, with just the single chainring up front, works well for me.
I'm so old school at all three of my frames are double-butted steel: A John Howard road bike made by Moulton, a classic British Chas Roberts frame set up for touring, and an old-school Specialized mtn. bike.
The photo above of the fat tire, drop bar, do-it-all bike warms my heart. :-)
The dark color is actually a sparkling purple too, but it doesn't show in images unless shot in full sunlight. 
The frame is very long for a drop-bar bike and it's heavy as f... But that doesn't matter for how I use it. It's meant to take a beating and work reasonably well on every type of road or trail. 
