The road I live on is very rural and thus has very little traffic. The local (Bellingham, Washington) cycling club uses it for practices and on Tuesday evenings, races. There are usually 60 to 70 bicycles involved in these races. The do a number of laps on a large loop that is several miles long. It's pretty fun to watch them go by every ten or so minutes. With that large of a group the sound of their passing is amazing, and they create their own wind. This past Tuesday I tried to get a few pictures of them. They happened to be sprinting when I got out my camera and were going nearly 40 mph. The pictures I got (below) didn't get much. The digital delay was such that they were past before the shutter opened.
This is the leader of the group coming towards me.
They are just getting to me.
There they go. They were past so fast that the camera couldn't catch them.
For those interested in bicycle racing, Bellingham, Washington has an annual nationally attended race called the Bellingham Criterium. It is three days of racing through the streets of the Fairhaven district. Very exciting.
Thanks for looking.
David Helm
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