Mobility has always been a key element in my photographic endeavors. My main strategy has been to cover a lot of ground and make pictures of whatever I come across of interest. Lately, my walking has suffered some injury-related setbacks and getting a leg over the seat of my sturdy old bike is a challenge.
So, when we stopped in at my favorite thrift store on the east side of the Sandias recently I was pleased to find a bike that looked a good match for my current capabilities. It is a new looking, light-weight Schwinn ten-speed with a step-through frame, handbrakes and skinny tires. I peeled the $20 price sticker off the fender and took it into the cashier who informed me that everything that day was half-price and I had to part with just ten bucks to load the bike into my truck!
My compact Olympus Pen-FT will be a good match with the bike as it slips pretty easily into a jacket pocket.
I've come back unscathed from a couple trial runs with the bike, so I'll get out with bike and camera for a real photo shoot this week.
