Musical Mystery Ride

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Location
Hood River, OR
Name
Kyle
So these good friends of ours organize a large group ride several times a year called the Musical Mystery Bike Ride. A core team of 4-5 people figure out some awesome route near / in the city, full of little-known nooks and crannies where most people never go. And then they arrange for bands to be at the stops when we arrive. And as a participant, you know nothing except the starting point and time. We finally made it out on a ride, with kid and pug in tow.

I shot 90% of it with the 27 pancake / circ polarizer, and then at some stops I pulled out the 56. Didn't even bring anything else with me. And oh, did it reaffirm my love for the 27 pancake... it's JUST wide enough to get away with group ride shots, it can pull off a little bokeh here and there, and it's just so damned tiny. If you're going to shoot something active, and you haven't got the 27, I strongly urge you to consider finding one used. It's liberatingly small and simple.

First stop, 27mm, dictated f2.8
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56. Group organizers plotting specifics for next stop.
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56
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Wife and pug, shot over my shoulder while biking my daughter and I.
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Ditto, over my shoulder while biking.
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Paola. 27.
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One of the ride marshalls at the beach stop. 27.
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The youngest two riders (both rode attached trail-a-bikes)... My daughter made a new friend. 56.
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He got a shower whether he wanted it or not -- it was HOT. 56.
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My rig all day. Found a nice new spot for the Domke! Was comfortable for the whole 30+ miles. 56.
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My friend Galen, the organizer and kingpin. 27.
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Good light. 27.
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He was utterly disgusted by having been dunked in a shower (to cool him off), and pretty wiped out from "riding" all day. Nobody was providing him with dinner, despite the fact that it was 6pm, and he had no quiet place to curl up and nap. All in all, there was much for him to harumph about. And harumph he did.
 
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