With all the interest in the Tour De France and the recent threads about road bikes, it’s tarmac this week.
To make it a bit more of a challenge, let’s make it a picture of a mountain bike on a tarmac road or path that is not a public road.

The rules;
1. Take a photo of your bike with something that matches the theme in the picture.
2. Interpret the theme any way you like.
3. Pictures should be taken between the dates in the topic title.
4. If you post a picture you can either suggest a theme for next weeks challenge or vote for someone else’s suggestion. First suggestion to get two supporting votes becomes next weeks theme, probably.

No pic yet.

But theme suggestion. Just read an article in BS9 [westbury community mag] about Post Boxes. I did’nt know so many types existed.

So what about Post Boxes, anywhere, weird locations and as a bonus the ultra rare Edward VIII.

Perhaps STW could get the complete 200 🙂 forget Munros etc 😉

Sad hey !

Just posting here so I can find this thread when I get round to taking a pic 🙂

That’s why I post a link in the previous week’s thread, so the regulars can find the new one. 😉
Post boxes sounds good. I liked the idea of memorial benches, as suggested last week, as well.
How about another double challenge and do them both next week ?

Tarmac 2 by Johnclimber

Tarmac 1 by Johnclimber

I know it’s not tarmac but I thought I’d share it here as passed this canal boat/U Boat with captain birds eye in command

July 20th – U – 8047 by Johnclimber, on Flickr

No photo’s until the weekend, but the double challenge sounds a good idea, 😀

Crappy phone pic from last nights bimble.

Not a road but it is tarmac.

110720_210650 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

shadow panda by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

Feel like I should apologise for voting for the topic then failing to come up with a pic…

I cross the old Harrowbeer Airfield every day on the way to work and there’s quite a few interesting bits of tarmac left. But I seem to be falling apart this week – buggered knee and then some sort of lurgy, so only managed to limp the road bike to work a couple of times then resorted to the car, so no off-roading I’m afraid.

Oh well :/

Trees eye view of Tarmac.

Tarmac that’s not a road.

Some private Tarmac.

Right, now I’ve posted some photo’s, I’ll vote for the double subject for next week, Post Boxes and Memorial Benches. 🙂

Not a mtb in sight but plenty of tarmac.

XTC2 Archelogist by Bazzaphotos, on Flickr
Found this tarmac relocated, so does it become fly tipping? Cheers from the southern winter.

XTC2 on tarmac by Bazzaphotos, on Flickr

Carpark tarmac next to on ramp for Balclutha Bridge at dusk. Cheers.

Remains of a former road, now in use as a footpath / bridleway / cycle route / dog toilet. (Proof of concept ride for my Ortlieb day bag too, which worked a treat).

(An’ yes I have a beard, yes it’s single-speed, but no, it’s a 26″ (with 29er forks)).

oops, missed the thread thus far……as Tarmac was my suggestion methinks i’d best get my butt in gear and go take some photies….
<goes off to don cycling clothing and mount his trusty steed>

back, bike cleaned, though I’m a stinky mess sat at the kitchen table to post this….

never noticed before – part of the canal towpath is tarmac….
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ok, at odds with ‘the rules’ as this is a back track country lane = road but, heck, its my favourite…
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next weeks – i’m also liking either postboxes or memorial benches

Any decision on next week choice of theme?

next weeks – i’m also liking either postboxes or memorial benches “

Personnnally I think this could be two good threads (there about 20 or more memorial benches on the Edge), and the postboxes could make for a good length ride to bag a few.

Loving the U-Boat canal boat picture above

What’s this weeks challenge please?

As Grahams probably half asleep i’ll start the suggestions with….

Standing next to a tree, a really big tree.
Tree must be wider than the length of the bike..

****, no chance of that around here unless I head out on my unicycle

I like GraemeJones photo of the four bikes, probably coz one of them is mine. What’s amazing about that shot is how dry it was as only five minutes earlier and less than half a mile away we had been sheltering (unsucessfully) from torrential rain. Good day though!

A short video of GraemeJones, Bill, Noel and me (behind the camera) sheltering on his tarmac shoot.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDpKnoXv64s[/video]

This week’s challenge.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/weekly-photo-challenge-25711-31711-post-boxes-and-memorial-benches