by Steve Patchin | Feb 2, 2015 | All Work, Cycling, Photography, Uncategorized
I had a lot of fun making this complicated composite, working with four of my favorite things: cycling, Red Rock, photography and photo editing. Thank you to my friend Eric Sande for being the cycling cowboy and providing some of the bikes. Without his classic bikes,...
by Steve Patchin | Aug 6, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Stories
Pssssshh—a hissing sound like that of a soda can being opened isn’t something I wanted to hear coming from the direction of my bike tire. I was cycling up a steep mountain and had time limits to meet. Shortly after passing a rider who was changing his inner tube,...
by Steve Patchin | Nov 22, 2011 | Cycling, Cycling Stories
A video about riding in Bike MS 2011. (Click on the title if the video is not visible). [resp_video][jwplayer config=”Home Video” file=”http://patchinpictures.com/MS_Ride_2011_Patchin.flv”...
by Steve Patchin | Sep 4, 2011 | Cycling, Cycling Stories
Just a little cycling fun at Mt. Charleston, Nevada. (Click on the title if the video is not visible). [resp_video][jwplayer config=”Home Video” file=”http://patchinpictures.com/Deer-Creek-Lee.flv”...
by Steve Patchin | Jun 11, 2011 | Cycling Stories
I just couldn’t understand why I was so exhausted after only 47 miles of riding. Yes, I’d just climbed from my house in Vegas, up past Red Rock Overlook, out to the 160, up and over Mt. Potosi, and almost all the way into Lovell Canyon Road, but my mind was on 100...
by Steve Patchin | Jun 11, 2011 | Professional Cycling and Racing
While I was watching the Tour de France, my eleven-year-old daughter started asking questions about the race. During an early stage, some of the riders were in a break away (in the front), and I told her the real contenders were farther back and weren’t concerned with...