Wednesday 30 October 2013

Just happened to be coming back from the corner shop...

when a man I'd never seen before approached me and asked where I got the rear baskets on the Kettler from. I told him and we got talking about bikes, photography and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) - where he's from.

What you might call a chance encounter I guess.

His name is Rob, he was impressed with my bike and has featured it in one of his blogs, together with a link to this one. He is a novelist and photographer.

After a hiatus of 8 years or so, he has taken up cycling again and has bought a second hand bike.

I hope he gets tips and advice from this blog (along with everyone else reading) and I shall try to get same from his. He rather likes the Kettler as do many. Come to think, I've had a few complements (understandably :)) in the 3 1/2 months I've had it.

Anyway, his blog is called Ralpapajan's - Fun with photos - Touch a button - Touch a heart! and the photos he took are in the Cycling and photography for fun post. Actually, he only took one photo and used photography software for the rest.

I'm thinking about asking him to have a big photoshoot for the Gazelle, an opportunity to display his talents, which I think will turn out far better than my own efforts.  Might be pretty popular given the New Bike post is the most popular by far to date.

Stay tuned.