Your non-cycling passions

[bluesea]

For me its the Ocean. Learned how to spearfish for the families dinner before 3nd grade. Have deep sea fished since before 10yo. Spent an entire life learning the habits of the fish we love to eat, whether they are caught with 3/16" hooks tied to bamboo poles on a sandy beach tideline, or night time bottom fished on a drifting small boat at 400 fathoms.

Since I'm now on an injury related sabbatical from riding, there's a new toy in the house.



My first speargun--close to 60yo
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/9363702242_d922c1072f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9363702242/)
DSC00200 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9363702242/) by pigmode (http://www.flickr.com/people/pigmode/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7374/9363701704_db80a208d4_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9363701704/)
DSC00202 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9363701704/) by pigmode (http://www.flickr.com/people/pigmode/), on Flickr



Picked this up a few days ago--50" shaft (bodyboarding fins for scale)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7454/9412479824_00079a7e72_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9412479824/)
IMG_0774 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9412479824/) by pigmode (http://www.flickr.com/people/pigmode/), on Flickr



My old rig bought in '95--lasted till 3 years ago. Sold after my TBI
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5335/9417873735_3ccc7b611d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9417873735/)
DSC00094 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9417873735/) by pigmode (http://www.flickr.com/people/pigmode/), on Flickr

[ofcounsel]

My non-cycling passion is motorcycle racing.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s81/ofcounsel/startingline_zps74f09746.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/ofcounsel/media/startingline_zps74f09746.jpg.html)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s81/ofcounsel/inthecorner_zps4e3d4d13.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/ofcounsel/media/inthecorner_zps4e3d4d13.jpg.html)

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I'm #83. I race with a couple of different organizations in Southern California. I love being out there, battling at times inches away from other competitors at speed. I race with AP MotoArts, a solid team of about a dozen riders out of Los Angeles. My teammates range in age from 16 to 50, all of us having the fire in our bellies. When I'm out there, I'm not thinking about work, family, any problems. All I'm thinking about is how to get to the next corner as fast as I can without killing myself or the competitors around me. I've had several crashes and broken a few bones (my right wrist bones are fused together as a result of a pretty bad spill in 2008). Still when the flag drops it's about the biggest rush ever trying to get the holeshot into Turn 1.

[onsight512]

I like fountain pens, vintage and modern ones. They've been a hobby of mine for about eight years and at this point most of what I do is customize them.

http://i.imgur.com/CYrJ7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ceaioC3.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mB3qt.jpg

[jtakeda]

Records, stereo equipment, lamps and depraved art.

[Louis]

I like fountain pens, vintage and modern ones. They've been a hobby of mine for about eight years and at this point most of what I do is customize them.

I used to have a few and actually used them at work a bit (just for kicks). Somewhere around here, or maybe somewhere in storage at work, I have a Parker 51. Unfortunately, I never could get it to flow (or whatever the real word is) quite right.

[onsight512]

I used to have a few and actually used them at work a bit (just for kicks). Somewhere around here, or maybe somewhere in storage at work, I have a Parker 51. Unfortunately, I never could get it to flow (or whatever the real word is) quite right.

Louis,

I'd be happy to help if you like. Shoot me a pm or email at cbburton@gmail.com. 51s are classically a dependable pen.

[Louis]

I'd be happy to help if you like. Shoot me a pm or email at cbburton@gmail.com. 51s are classically a dependable pen.

Thanks for the offer, but it's no big deal. ;)

These days I just just the 0.7 and 1 mm gel ink pens they have at work - almost as dark as "real" ink.

[aramis]

Well, we have the outliers already, everything should come in between now. Motorcycle racing and fountain pen modifying. :p

Well I shouldn't say anything I think my passion is sleeping. :banana:

[bluesea]

My non-cycling passion is motorcycle racing.

snip

When I'm out there, I'm not thinking about work, family, any problems. All I'm thinking about is how to get to the next corner as fast as I can without killing myself or the competitors around me.



Coolsville.

Raced motocross for a number of years. Did okay, but no *real* talent. I raced mostly open class (390 Husqvarna), but also had the 250. Yeah, both with 17.5 Fox Airshox, ported by Uptite.


Hamming it with the 250 (with practice wheels).
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8123/8697140038_647b0512cf_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/8697140038/)
DSC00122 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/8697140038/) by pigmode (http://www.flickr.com/people/pigmode/), on Flickr





Records, stereo equipment, lamps and depraved art.

Been there.
http://imageshack.us/a/img684/3171/dsc00104ia.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6804898145_51b54eb1ed_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/6804898145/)
IMG_0025 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/6804898145/) by pigmode (http://www.flickr.com/people/pigmode/), on Flickr

[firerescuefin]

well, we have the outliers already, everything should come in between now. Motorcycle racing and fountain pen modifying. :p


potd

[onsight512]

Well, we have the outliers already, everything should come in between now. Motorcycle racing and fountain pen modifying. :p

Well I shouldn't say anything I think my passion is sleeping. :banana:

I can't find any of the on track shots right now, but I like motorcycles too!

http://i.imgur.com/jL6R772.jpg?1

This was from a trackday that I did back in 2010.

[FlashUNC]

I collect comic books and original page art.

My bike space is really split between the two. A couple samples of my other hobby:

Splash page from Tom Scioli's American Barbarian, done two-up:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2844/9030539012_0c515a3b11_b.jpg


Page 1 from the first issue of the new Daredevil series, with pencils by Paolo Rivera and inks by his father Joe:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/9012316780_3650eb1ef8_b.jpg

[mike p]

Guns and flying. Latest hobby is sea kayaking.

Mike

[giverdada]

my little girls.

running.

photography.

dying to retire so i can learn all kinds of other cool things like woodworking and architecture.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pushtwostops/8069269252/

[fuzzalow]

Guitars.

Buying them only sometimes as I still fall for the occasional Gibson historic Les Paul, mostly R8s as the tops on R9s to me are less evocative of most true Bursts.

Making them mostly as Gibson set necks in some form. Currently building a SG Les Paul with a burst neck contour & smaller 50's-type headstock. Stainless frets.

Good tone wood is getting very expensive. Madagascar rosewood or ebony fretboards. Not cheap.

[benc]

VW's

Vanagons specifically. The one on the left is mine.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8671785821_1763dd2fb4_z.jpg

[oldpotatoe]

Military aviation, USN mostly but also foreign trends..both their CVs(Chinese) and land based aviation.

[Vientomas]

Windsurfing. Sailed boats in the S.F Bay with my Father as a child. As a young adult I wanted to continue sailing but the cost associated with buying, trailering, and storing a boat was prohibitive. Enter windsurfing. Lower initial cost and much easier to transport and store. I made my first trip to the Columbia River Gorge in 1985 and was hooked. I lived there a few summers teaching windsurfing as a certified instructor during college. Now, much of my Summer is spent in the Gorge. In the late 1990's I learned of a windy winter destination called La Ventana in Baja. I have been going there in December and January every year since then.

As a bonus, each locale has excellent cycling opportunities. Road cycling and mountain biking in the Gorge and mountain biking in Baja.

[moose8]

Home brewing. Started when I was 18 and now I'm 38. Still learning, and recently built a new system and am relearning it to a degree.

[tmf]

Bass guitar.

I used to buy/sell/trade basses at an alarming rate. I usually had 15-20 in my rotating collection at any time. My favorites were the vintage pre-Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray basses from the late 70's. I still have 3 of those, but have had about 30-40 pass through my hands over the years. I now have just seven basses that have been with me for several years and I plan to keep. Five of them are vintage (3 Stingrays and 2 Fender Jazz), and two are more recent reissues ('62 RI Jazz).

From about 8 years ago, here was just the MusicMan part of my collection.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/todd4ta/Basses/MM%20Basses/stingrays_003.jpg

I play in an instrumental surf rock band called The Madeira. If you aren't sure what surf rock is, think of Dick Dale and the soundtrack from Pulp Fiction. Here is a sample of what we do:

The Madeira "Sandstorm" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFnyaCPyJSk)

Next year is our 10th anniversary. It's a lot of fun - we toured Italy a few years ago and California three times.

[William]

:)

[jmoore]

hunting and the occasional fishing trip



I will refrain from the dead animal pics unless someone wants to see them

[xeladragon]

CrossFit. Helps me stay fit. Fun working out with friends.

[gavingould]

photography.

dabbled shortly with guitar and bass, but condo living does not really support loud habits. and my wife does not support expensive ones with no benefit to her!

[JAGI410]

Besides bikes, it's just music, craft beer, and my family. I'm going to start fishing again soon though!

[bluesea]

:)


Intense, the pic with the weapons.

Always wanted to study more practical martial arts, but no time (and no will, obviously). All I have is 8yr of Judo, and 6 yr of tournament experience from 8-16yo. Its helped me many times in the school yard.

And I do *love* classical music. My next visit to America will hopefully coincide with Hilary Hahn's next performace at Davies in San Francisco. :)

[tiretrax]

Remind me to make William my best friend! Where are those Vaurnets I promised him?

1. Family - trying to get my teen daughters outside and taking my son to Boy Scout and sports activities.
2. Yardwork - Even though no one in my zip code does their own yardwork, I do my own and enjoy it.

[DarkStar]

Guitars, tube audio, and big-ass Altec horn speakers. Some of the NOS tubes in the collection.

[DarkStar]

Guitars.

Buying them only sometimes as I still fall for the occasional Gibson historic Les Paul, mostly R8s as the tops on R9s to me are less evocative of most true Bursts.

Making them mostly as Gibson set necks in some form. Currently building a SG Les Paul with a burst neck contour & smaller 50's-type headstock. Stainless frets.

Good tone wood is getting very expensive. Madagascar rosewood or ebony fretboards. Not cheap.

Nice!!!

[norcalbiker]

I don't have one at the moment. However, I would like to start making $$$MONEY$$$ as my first passion. I just need to figure it out how do it and be good at it. ;)

[TomNY]

Mountain bike - XC
Golf! you can play w anybody.
Run
Swim when I can......
Water - kayaking down Delaware w the Boy Wonder son.
Snow sports - Skiing, Snowboarding
Fly Fishing for big fish - salmon steelhead

[Jaq]

Used to be aerobatics, but the kid's headed for college and for some reason I can't quite figure out, these days, by the time I make my morning coffee and answer a couple emails, it's 10 o'clock at night.

[junkfood]

Family and Painting

Jake

http://distilleryimage4.ak.instagram.com/99a69b88d95611e2a49722000aaa05c4_7.jpg

http://distilleryimage6.ak.instagram.com/307aba0ecad811e286a322000a9f13d4_7.jpg

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http://distilleryimage9.ak.instagram.com/b32c8cac9cac11e2b19622000a1f9d89_7.jpg

[MattTuck]

Is that Liono holding a drumstick?

[junkfood]

Is that Liono holding a drumstick?

It is 40 ounces of Malt Liquor.

Jake

[moose8]

Tell me Prince Adam hasn't taken up smoking! Those paintings are seriously awesome. Got a gallery online to look at more?

[d_douglas]

It is fascinating to see what else people do - I love this!

Bikes are my main preoccupation, but at risk of sounding sappy, watching my two little ones get big is pretty all consuming and cool too.

Otherwise, cooking gives me lots of pleasure, especially now that my kids are developing a taste for good food versus eating whatever I drop in front of them). Pre-kids, we were avid and intrepid travellers. While living in Europe, we hit the road/airport/whatever at least once per month to various places in Africa, Eastern Europe Scandinavia, Western Europe, USA (we are Canadian, so USA is a destination to us!) and a bit of Asia. AU/NZ is on the horizon in a few years once our kids can travel .

My profession is as an architect, but I do very practical stuff (interior refits mostly), so my design-geek side is an outlet for creativity. I am designing a pendant for my wife as a birth-gift (yes, two years late) at this moment.

[fourflys]

Well, having a 5 and 13 y/o take most of my time but my interests are the following:

Cars- mostly VWs, Jeeps, and Miatas
Collecting die cast cars
Amateur photography
River kayaking
Camping

My hope is once I and am in one place for longer than 3-4 yrs I can work on restoring a VW or two and get more into my other interests... I've got at least 6 more years, hopefully 10 if I make E9...

Here's a couple pics, sorry for the poor lighting...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/q77/s720x720/1005901_10200918952110509_148547478_n.jpg
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[junkfood]

Tell me Prince Adam hasn't taken up smoking! Those paintings are seriously awesome. Got a gallery online to look at more?

Thanks for the compliment! My website is sorely neglected. I do graphic/web design for a living and my personal site does not get updated very often, but it does have some of my work on there. http://www.jakebeeson.com/


Jake

[deechee]

Tell me Prince Adam hasn't taken up smoking! Those paintings are seriously awesome. Got a gallery online to look at more?

Seriously. I love the Cobra Commander one. Do you sell any of your works?

Its funny, I spent a number years with my life revolving around triathlon and now that I'm sticking to just biking, I'm attempting to pick up some breakdancing.

[rccardr]

Radio control car racing- I do it all over the country and have made many friends racing over the last 25 years.

25+ TCS gold medals, about that many silver and bronze combined. Wrote about 175 articles for a major RC magazine between '93 and '99, plus I own a company that produces racing motors.

Recent pic of me with a couple of my sponsored drivers (I'm the old guy in blue):

[fourflys]

Radio control car racing- I do it all over the country and have made many friends racing over the last 25 years.

25+ TCS gold medals, about that many silver and bronze combined. Wrote about 175 articles for a major RC magazine between '93 and '99, plus I own a company that produces racing motors.

Recent pic of me with a couple of my sponsored drivers (I'm the old guy in blue):

I love RC racing... Used to do it a lot growing up in IN... A lot of indoor carpet racing... Had an original RC10... Still have my original RC10T...

Seems like since I joined the Coast Guard I've never lived anywhere that had decent, consistent racing... I figured San Diego would, but not really... At this point technology is way past my knowledge... All my cars are still set up for brushed motors and 6 cell NiCads! :) I do have a heavily modified 10L with magnesium hubs though for a little old school... ;)

[arazate]

Sweet Hemingway ! I'm a big fan of Pelikan's too! When I'm free , Flyfishing in fresh or salt; or hopping on my GS for a long weekend. The tough part, at least for me, is getting back into the groove of biking after being off the saddle for more than a week.


I like fountain pens, vintage and modern ones.


They've been a hobby of mine for about eight years and at this point most of what I do is customize them.

http://i.imgur.com/CYrJ7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ceaioC3.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mB3qt.jpg

[67-59]

1. Coffee. More specifically, the quest for the perfect cappuccino.

2. College basketball. I have been a Marquette season ticket holder for more than 20 years...even though we've lived 4 1/2 hours away for the past 16 seasons. I still get to most of the home games, and occasionally NCAA tournament games. This passion was started early, as my dad was a season ticket holder when Al McGuire coached in the 70s...and I was there in person when we won the 1977 NCAA Championship.

My family is of course the most important of all, but with 17 and 19 year old daughters, I seem to be freed up for my other passions more and more.

[mvrider]

Both are captured here (http://khiemdo.net/). I just wish I had more time to update the website more often!

http://khiemdo.net/galleries/california/sfbay/images/PointLobos-Kelp2-500.jpg

[AngryScientist]

i love the ocean.

i surf as much as i can these days; i just bought a SUP and am looking forward to doing some paddling on that. i love to fish.

i am passionate about good scotch, and good coffee, but i'll still drink the cheap stuff happily too.

[junkfood]

Seriously. I love the Cobra Commander one. Do you sell any of your works?

Its funny, I spent a number years with my life revolving around triathlon and now that I'm sticking to just biking, I'm attempting to pick up some breakdancing.

The Cobra Commander piece is part of a series for a show in December, but yes I do sell my work and do commissions. If you are interested in something feel free to send me a message.

Good luck with the breakdancing. I have several friends that, break amazing stuff.

Jake

[Scuzzer]

When the weather gets cold I usually turn my attention to tube amps and turntables. In the queue is a pair of monoblocks that I can never find the time to finish. One needs some paint and wiring and the other needs a bit more than that.

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee168/lamamandemma/cricketbuild008.jpg (http://s230.photobucket.com/user/lamamandemma/media/cricketbuild008.jpg.html)

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee168/lamamandemma/cricketbuild002.jpg (http://s230.photobucket.com/user/lamamandemma/media/cricketbuild002.jpg.html)

Nerding out with test equipment can be fun too.

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee168/lamamandemma/battsmps3.jpg (http://s230.photobucket.com/user/lamamandemma/media/battsmps3.jpg.html)

[slidey]

1. Lau Kune Do (think Kung Fu, only more functional)

2. Comprehending world politics, specifically the middle-east and much more specifically the Israeli-Palestine crisis

3. Snooker (but currently thanks to a lack of snooker clubs where I live, I'm restricted to only watching it)

A few hobbies waiting on the wings as I try and take care of graduation:
- Volunteering (teaching math and playing squash with kids)
- Improv (want to give this a shot)
- Coding for myself
- Trading

[Fishbike]

Travel

Theater

Cast albums

Photography

Serving on several non-profit boards

[CaliFly]

I loves me some watches.

...and photography

...and hiking

...and climbing

...and SUP

...and basketball

...and enjoying it all with my family. :)

[Formulasaab]

Vintage Racing... Here are some shots from my friend Bill... The 1st two are from just a couple of weeks ago in the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (same corner, two different cars, two different angles). The last two are from 2010.

[tiretrax]

Vintage Racing... Here are some shots from my friend Bill... The 1st two are from just a couple of weeks ago in the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (same corner, two different cars, two different angles). The last two are from 2010.

If you hadn't removed the helmet, I would have thought The Stig was a forumite.

A lot of cool stuff on here. I have been through watches and fountain pens. I need to get back into photography, especially since my children are interested.

[fourflys]

^^ awesome stuff! I love going to the vintage races!

[akelman]

This is a great thread. As for passions, my family and my work (writing and teaching). Most days I wake up, hang out with my kids, go for a ride, go to the office where I write, teach my classes, go home, hang out with the kids some more, get them to bed, hang out with my wife, write or read until it's time to get some sleep.

Yeah, life is mostly really good.

[choke]

Watches

Military hats/patches

Knives - Mostly scandi blades but all types. This is a small part of the collection; I made the handle for the one on the bottom.

http://misc.ciocctoo.com/sca1.JPG

And spending time with Sophia...

http://misc.ciocctoo.com/ducts.jpg

[christian]

I enjoy talking about bicycles on the internet.

[FlashUNC]

I enjoy talking about bicycles on the internet.

Well, that's a silly thing to do.

[fiamme red]

i enjoy talking about bicycles on the internet.Now that was funny. :)

[pitonpat]

On one of the Chamonix aiguilles during my last trip to the Mont Blanc massif with my son....

[R2D2]

I love blue water fishing.
It is just too expensive anymore with diesel at 4.00/gallon and a minimum burn of 100 gallons to get to the Gulf Stream and back. That's in a Bertram 28 with twin Cummins 4BTs at 155 BHP each. But that boat could cruise a good 20 knots when loaded with ice and crew. It wouldn't go any faster but 20 knots is plenty fast off NC.
The don't call it Cape Fear as a joke.
You get out there and the wind whips out of the NE and the seas stack up 10 feet tall in an hour or two.

But I love being hooked up on something big and fast.
Wahoo/Tuna/Dolphin Fish or Dorado/Sails/Marlin.
Bill fish were always released.

IF I ever hit the lottery I'll fish the blue water again.
But in a brand new 45' Cabo with twin Mann 1100's.

[Seramount]

I seem to have developed a passion for seeing what's in deep, dark holes in the ground filled with water...

[SlackMan]

I don't have any cool pics to share, but I strive to perfect cooking a wide variety of dishes. And unfortunately, my passion for wine means I spend the equivalent of more than a nice custom bike each year on wine. I've also started slack-lining, which it turns out is not great to start when one already has a sprained ankle. But like many others above, my biggest passion nowadays is my family.

[bicimechanic]

Ultralight backpacking. Tenkara flyfishing. Visiting Civil War sites. Running my shop. But I am contemplating sending a blank check for this:

[gngroup]

My family, Tennis, & Investment Real Estate (apartments) are the main passions.

(I'm a 4.5 rated player if anyone on the forum and in the Bay Area is interested in hitting).

[DonH]

My kids , putzing around in my garage, and dirt bikes.

[Clydesdale]

But I used to do a lot of traditional archery. I liked making arrows way more than making bows.

[carpediemracing]

I played violin for a long time. I haven't in a while but if I had time I'd play. I used to skip training to play violin (and I'd skip violin to train). I can easily burn 2-3 hours at a time playing the violin.

My violin:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TbmplkIYLx8/Rrp7oGXF1vI/AAAAAAAAAHA/5o7MqEHCPrI/s800/100_0143.JPG

I seem to read whatever I can on WW2 history, especially stuff that happened in Europe. Grew up in Holland near a zoo that had a Sherman tank and a minisub in the playground, bunkers in the woods, and various people that had been part of the war.

I enjoy driving and doing light work on cars. I'd do more but time/money restrict it, and right now I really just drive and do minor maintenance. I try to improve myself in terms of driving like I do cycling. Heel/toe is like double shifting, etc.

I write and read. I blog. I document stuff.

My main passion is our little boy. He's almost 17 months old and an absolute delight.

Just before napping yesterday:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1095114_10151830515803824_897916053_n.jpg

Bike related picture - his onesie was a gift. He's almost outgrown it so I put him in it whenever I can (this was less than a week ago). He just started using the sippy cup and that day he stacked the pieces of PB&J on the cup, drank from the cup while carefully balancing the pieces, then ate the pieces:
https://sphotos-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/1002166_10151830515023824_473532865_n.jpg

Spindaroo skinsuit, I think last month. Logos are funny, like "Babble Communications", "Eat, Ride, Sleep, Poop", "Nature's Milk Sports Drink", "Team Ten Toes", "Skid Lid Helmets", some others:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/379639_10151738974013824_443980340_n.jpg

[OtayBW]

I have been distracted by this for some time.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j42/zelmo_2006/102_0236-1.jpg (http://s77.photobucket.com/user/zelmo_2006/media/102_0236-1.jpg.html)
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j42/zelmo_2006/Steve-4a.jpg (http://s77.photobucket.com/user/zelmo_2006/media/Steve-4a.jpg.html)

This is a lot of fun, as long as you're not trying to chew gum at the same time.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j42/zelmo_2006/Emmons0008.jpg (http://s77.photobucket.com/user/zelmo_2006/media/Emmons0008.jpg.html)

Restoring and shaving with these guys. I'm not much for the pretty posed 'magazine' pictures of razors and kit; my best shavers are frequently not the fanciest ones I own, but the ones with the best steel. This one is dated between 1825-1847 (scales not original).
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j42/zelmo_2006/GeoWosten_Rockingham_Cleaned_0009.jpg (http://s77.photobucket.com/user/zelmo_2006/media/GeoWosten_Rockingham_Cleaned_0009.jpg.html)

And fnally, I never really got very good at this:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j42/zelmo_2006/blazing-saddles-325-1.jpg (http://s77.photobucket.com/user/zelmo_2006/media/blazing-saddles-325-1.jpg.html)

[Highpowernut]

Interesting the different things and yet we all still ride:)

I am a competitive shooter, first love. Started doing triathlons for excersise and fun .

[parris]

My family first. Photography, reading, shooting sports before it got too expensive. Classic American doubles and pump action shotguns mainly.

[Black Dog]

Canoe tripping (wilderness canoe trips). Tough passion because cycling and paddling have the same seasons. There are three things in the world that I do that make me feel fully present and complete: riding, paddling, and my kids.

http://act.hdsb.ca/wilderness/Extended_Trips_files/shapeimage_1.png

http://act.hdsb.ca/wilderness/Home_files/shapeimage_1.png

[bluesea]

I have a passion for paddling---much more than diving its just that with my bulged disc, I will not be paddling for a while.

Only paddled 6 man outrigger canoes for one season, but our boat won our division for regatta season (inshore, closed course). We made the front page pic of the local newspaper!

Been paddling offshore in Surf Skis since the late 80's. The only pic I have is this Tom Conner (legendary Molokai outrigger canoe steerer) C-Ski. The is the second out of two carbon Skis he's built for me. Have owned four of his boats.

Will probably get *another* Epic V10 if/when I start padding again. The current designs are quite a bit longer with much less wetted surface area (yum). The carbon paddle below weighs 1.25lb.



C-Ski---19' long/23-24lb (mid 90's design).
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/9427847655_19f7928cba_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9427847655/)
C-Ski 5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9427847655/) by pigmode (http://www.flickr.com/people/pigmode/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7347/9427846089_d78a957e52_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9427846089/)
C-Ski 6 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9427846089/) by pigmode (http://www.flickr.com/people/pigmode/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3794/9430613010_c5d2a31740_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9430613010/)
C-Ski 8 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9430613010/) by pigmode (http://www.flickr.com/people/pigmode/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3805/9427843089_e99c1200fe_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9427843089/)
C-Ski 9 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmode/9427843089/) by pigmode (http://www.flickr.com/people/pigmode/), on Flickr

[bluesea]

But I used to do a lot of traditional archery. I liked making arrows way more than making bows.


A few weeks ago I got rid of the last 5 pieces of 5' long quarter sawn, 3" thick Port Orford Cedar---part a of full section of log I bought in '95.

[witcombusa]

In no particular order;

skiing
paddling
backpacking
motorcycling
sports cars
shooting
woodworking
collecting antique woodworking tools
Victorian houses

[veggieburger]

Racquetball
Squash
Being outside...camping, fishing, etc.
Food in all of its glorious forms
WW2 history and rifles

http://www.beckycustomizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/no4_mk1_3_9.jpg

[witcombusa]

Racquetball
Squash
Being outside...camping, fishing, etc.
Food in all of its glorious forms
WW2 history and rifles

http://www.beckycustomizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/no4_mk1_3_9.jpg

Love the .303 British round., and the No. 4 rifle too. I also have a nice No. 5 Mk I.

Do you have many Mauser variants?

[xjahx]

Anything in the water from surfing, to kiteboarding, and old school Hobie Cats:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2812/9428151581_10ecdd2bff_o.jpg

[bluesea]

Anything in the water from surfing, to kiteboarding, and old school Hobie Cats:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2812/9428151581_10ecdd2bff_o.jpg


Cool! I have a handful of races under my belt in Hobies. My good friend was WC in the 14 and 16.

P.S. That looks like my playground in Honolulu.

[Bruce K]

Motorsports - used to drive now just watch. :mad:

Kites -flying and building - until cycling took a lot of my free time but I still try yo get out once in a while

Vintage pinball and tabletop games

BK

[SoCalSteve]

Wow, where do I start???

Drought tolerant landscaping and drip irrigation (3000 sq ft of it at my home).

20's and 30's Art deco vintage posters

Swiss watches

Photography

50's Modern Danish furniture

Mid Century architecture

Anything Frank Lloyd Wright

Scotch

Bourbon

Coffee

My 911 (even though I sold it)...Porsche will always be a passion of mine

Sports related:

Tennis and running (maybe golf when I retire)

[dogdriver]

Family, skiing, guitar. Significantly pared down list from the past, mostly due family and acknowledging my mortality.

Here two interests combined waiting for the East-West shuttle at the end od RAGBRAI. Gotta love Pork Belly Ventures...

[kiel_m]

Hockey, vinyl, vintage hi-fi, coffee, booze

[sworcester]

Thanks for the compliment! My website is sorely neglected. I do graphic/web design for a living and my personal site does not get updated very often, but it does have some of my work on there. http://www.jakebeeson.com/


Jake

Thats awesome!

[sworcester]

I love blue water fishing (got a 200# Yellow Fin off of Venice LA a few years back), but haven't been back for awhile.

Was a waterman for a long time, surfing, scuba, but only get to do that on vacation since we moved to Texas 20 years ago

Computers are my vocation, have probably 10+

Bicycles of course. Have only three. A Serotta LaCorso, a Wilier Izoard, and a Cannonade Cross bike

Photography, currently a Canon guy (6D), but went through school shooting 4x5

Woodturning is my biggest hobby
https://www.turningwood.com/maderais.htm

Craft beer is big with me, my Facebook page has an album with "Beers I been Drinking". Partial to Porters and Stouts but summers aren't a good time for that, so going more IPA right now. Send me more Pliney!

Tequila is good, but been awhile.

Kites (2 line stunt) once in awhile, I have probably a dozen or so, including an original Maui team kite.

Big fan of alternative music too.XM Alt Nation blares in my shop. Neighbors tolerate it because I fix their bikes and do woodworking for them.

[pjmsj21]

I have been sailing longer than serious cycling. My summers tend to alternate between serious cycling summers or serious sailing summers as I find it difficult to get both in as much as I would enjoy. While sailing is my primary water sport/activity, although I am not enjoying sea kayaking. This is a 16ft wooden boat, somewhat of a rarity in boating but like steel bikes has a following all its own.

Pat Mc

[pbarry]

Family and Painting

Jake

I'm in for painting of E. Merckx.

[pbarry]

Racquetball
Squash
Being outside...camping, fishing, etc.
Food in all of its glorious forms
WW2 history and rifles

http://www.beckycustomizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/no4_mk1_3_9.jpg

Sold my Labelle rifle earlier this year--was as tough as selling a vintage Cinelli. Still have a Schmidt-Rubin so there's something vintage in the case.

[downtube]

I have always been a gear head. I used to road race motorcycles, water ski and autocross my old alfa. As i got older I got into old Fords. I Ended up helping some friends at racing at Bonnevile. Here are a few pics.

our 34 ford
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3140/2943606782_6b6115eac7.jpg

our 32 ford
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3073/2890970033_df6948516d.jpg

Chris and Randy's race car
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3137/2893802125_686fb855f7.jpg

Like I said, gear head
chuck

[veggieburger]

Love the .303 British round., and the No. 4 rifle too. I also have a nice No. 5 Mk I.

Do you have many Mauser variants?

My brother has a Turkish Mauser, but I don't enjoy it nearly as much as the Enfield. Such a smooth action...

[Walter]

Raced a variety of motorcycles and cars on dirt and pavement from the time I got out of law school in '71 until about 4 years ago. I still spectate at a lot of races and crew for friends.

Now it is old bicycles (mainly ones raced by Greg LeMond and Colnagos) and old cars...

[BikerBri]

For me if its not cycling its 18 holes out on the links!

[Ray]

I'm pretty much all in with photography these days. When I was riding a lot, I had two hobbies related to it - riding and bike gear. Two separate hobbies but definitely inter-related. With photography its pretty much the same thing. I love doing photography, processing my work, the whole thing. But I also like camera gear. I even make a small amount writing about camera gear - not a living but enough to support the hobby. A better camera won't make me a better photographer any more than a better bike would make me a better rider, but I love the gear also, as a pursuit/interest in itself.

I shoot a TON. Lots of street photography and scenic/architectural stuff when I'm in an area conducive to it. Just spent a month on the Amalfi Coast in Italy (perhaps I should add travel to my list, but I can't do that nearly often enough to call it a hobby!). Just finished up a book of photos from that trip:

http://www.blurb.com/b/4494867-amalfi-coast-2013

I have a couple of guitars hanging on my walls and a few bikes hanging in the basement. I don't ride or play much anymore, but too strong a connection to both to stop altogether. But once you've done something at a certain level its really tough to keep doing it at a significantly lesser level once you realize you don't have the dedication to maintain your skills/conditioning to the extent you did when it was a primary passion.

I was heavily into B&W film photography from grade school days through college and into young adult-hood and then basically gave it up to have a family and career and just took family snapshots for about 25 years. Then I got back into it (digital is a whole lot easier to get set up for than darkroom work used to be!) about 3 1/2 years ago, and now I'm totally immersed.

-Ray

[jvp]

bouldering!
https://sphotos-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/389523_2321451157584_2107078597_n.jpg

[Pinky]

food
teaching (its my job but...)
coaching track
ice climbing

[biker72]

I've rediscovered pistol shooting after a 30 year layoff. Being left handed and right eyed can make my shooting stance look a little strange. What’s even stranger is when I show up at the shooting range riding my bike.

Other than that bicycling is it....:)

[Peter B]

I like to fiddle around with wood.

[onsight512]

bouldering!
https://sphotos-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/389523_2321451157584_2107078597_n.jpg

nice. where? what?

[mike p]

Nice work Peter you've got some skills?

Mike

[thirdgenbird]

This sums it up:
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk177/thirdgenbird/wedding/317233_10150834780090192_805575191_21504883_504648 144_n.jpg

[krhea]

This sums it up:
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk177/thirdgenbird/wedding/317233_10150834780090192_805575191_21504883_504648 144_n.jpg

So your "non-cycling passion" is taking wedding photos of couples in front of red Porsches? Interesting hobby, new to me...:)

[jvp]

nice. where? what?

Asheboro, NC. It's a cool weather/winter bouldering area, due to the many sloping egg-shaped boulders there (12+ acres!). The gription is so much better in cold temps! That problem is called "asheboro's steepest" V5, since it is a rare (for asheboro) overhanging problem. Here's another from there, "welcome to asheboro" V4. Kind of a highball but there is a short downclimb on the opposite side, after hand traversing the horizontal crack to the right.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/149831_1463106499504_3068180_n.jpg

[thirdgenbird]

So your "non-cycling passion" is taking wedding photos of couples in front of red Porsches? Interesting hobby, new to me...:)

Not a lot of opportunity. Fortunately it has a small following.

[downtube]

I like to fiddle around with wood.

Very talented! Looks like way more the "fiddle"
chuck

[OtayBW]

Asheboro, NC. It's a cool weather/winter bouldering area, due to the many sloping egg-shaped boulders there (12+ acres!). The gription is so much better in cold temps! That problem is called "asheboro's steepest" V5, since it is a rare (for asheboro) overhanging problem. Here's another from there, "welcome to asheboro" V4. Kind of a highball but there is a short downclimb on the opposite side, after hand traversing the horizontal crack to the right.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/149831_1463106499504_3068180_n.jpg
Certainly is an unusual looking structure there...

[jghall]

What I will call high-end stereo. Somewhat ashamed to say my bikes pale in comparison to my stereo gear. Both give me good comfort though!

[TPetsch]

Certainly is an unusual looking structure there...

Funny! ...Exactly what I was thinking.

[MadRocketSci]

working on re-learning rhapsody in blue for solo piano. cuz if i'm going to know one piece this is the one, to give my 5 year old an example of working at something everyday until it's right, and to expose him to some music other than the crap he listens to most of the time :)

[Bob Ross]

Bass guitar.

We can hang.
http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu144/Dildo-Boy/basses_1654.jpg

[AngryScientist]

turns out this SUP thing is going to work out just fine...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L6iM3TwhMT4/Uf77W3_IugI/AAAAAAAABWU/2I-pE10UPNQ/s640/100_0296.JPG

[Louis]

turns out this SUP thing is going to work out just fine...

Um, fyi, that's an LDP. ;)

[Bob Ross]

I
This is a lot of fun, as long as you're not trying to chew gum at the same time.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j42/zelmo_2006/Emmons0008.jpg (http://s77.photobucket.com/user/zelmo_2006/media/Emmons0008.jpg.html)

Drool!

I've told myself over & over again, that if there's ever an opportunity to get a second lease on life, to be reborn and/or to miraculously get a spare 20-30 hours per day, I would take up the pedal steel guitar. That is one kickass instrument, fascinatingly sublime in its timbre and texture. I'd be all over one of them sumbitches

...just, not in this lifetime.

[Spoonito]

No pics since I'm hanging out at my fiancé's place but other passions are...

1. Cars - love sports cars, but I'm getting into offroading.
2. Motorcycles - been through a couple, currently building a cafe racer from a 1976 Yamaha XS650
3. Watches - own a few, I wanted to learn how to build my own movements before
4. Audio equipment - not as nice or high end as some of the other members here but I like high quality audio

[pcxmbfj]

Wellness training
Reading
Golf
Music
Movies
Vintage hifi gear restoration
Integrating digital music/movies into vintage hifi
Local area networking for home
Cats
Trail building to support my trail riding
Skiing
Financial planning
Politics