# A random TT bike I thought I'd share. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151 "2005-06-13T22:35:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/1 "2005-06-13T22:35:10Z")
[![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/bike_pl_TT2005.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/bike_pl_TT2005.jpg) I took it at Governor’s Bridge (5 minute walk from where I live) on the way to work (sort of) It’s a random bike because I only stayed for about 2 minutes and I am not enough of a TT fan to know the competetors, but pictures of bikes going fast are good benchmarks for photography and the one I took is quite good if I do say so myself. A week later I watched the Senior TT race. The bikes were going too fast (I was at creg-ny-ba, don’t ask me how to spell it) so I wondered up to kate’s cottage and got two good (but not as good as the linked pic) pics. Next year I will take more time off work and attend more races… Quarterbridge is a good spot for pictures. By then I might have a big boy’s camera (a real digital SLR) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/2 "2005-06-13T23:04:06Z")
Here are some from the Senior TT [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1322_real_camera.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1322_real_camera.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1321.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1321.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1157.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1157.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1319.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1319.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1315.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1315.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1230.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1230.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1295.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1295.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1281.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1281.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1348.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1348.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/3 "2005-06-13T23:04:35Z")
Great pic! Keep em coming! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/4 "2005-06-13T23:06:17Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#): > > Great pic! Keep em coming! I read your mind. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/5 "2005-06-13T23:07:09Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I read your mind. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/6 "2005-06-13T23:10:55Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > the one I took is quite good if I do say so myself. I’ll say so, too. How many shots had the pan speed wrong? The TT is way whacked. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/7 "2005-06-13T23:17:28Z")
> [@Hoodoo Ulove](#): > > I’ll say so, too. How many shots had the pan speed wrong? The TT is way whacked. I am going to guess you mean how many of the shots I took were blurred because I didn’t pan fast or accurately enough. The answer is nearly all of them. I took a few good films by using _the force_ (ignoring the viewfinders and just pointing the camera at the bike as it went past) If by ‘whacked’ you mean crazy/insane. That’s true. It is taken for granted that people will die every year. This year four people died (three bikers and a marshal) That’s about normal. It’s sad, but the bikers know what they are letting themselves in for, so do the marshals (to a lesser extent) and the spectators. I’ve been in the line of fire of a sidecar that lost control myself. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/8 "2005-06-14T13:45:46Z")
I’ve had good luck with 1000 speed film for getting good bike pictures. Haven’t tried it with a digital camera yet. Post more, post more! So living there what is it like while the TT is on? Does all normal activity stop? ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/9 "2005-06-14T14:11:53Z")
Oh gawd, the Isle of Man TT. I swear, I’m going to race it one year! I swear! This has always been my fav TT pic: [http://www.iomtt.com/MediaAssets/000973.jpg](http://www.iomtt.com/MediaAssets/000973.jpg) RIP, David Jefferies. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/10 "2005-06-14T14:30:32Z")
Oh, and on the photography side, I’ve tried taking pics of fast bikes, its not easy. Your’s are pretty good. I have a digital camera (Powershot A60) and while its not an SLR and isnt the best optically, it does have a full manual mode. Definitely shoot iso 1000. I also prefocus on the spot where I want to capture the bike, and try to time the shot during the pan or when the bike enters the frame. A perfect pan isnt easy to pull off, but the results are great. When you get good at it you can shoot at a slower speed. This will have the subject still focused but blur the background for that nice speed effect. Here are some of the racing shots I tried to pull off with my camera: [![](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/01.jpg) ](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/01.jpg) [![](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/02.jpg) ](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/02.jpg) [![](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/03.jpg) ](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/03.jpg) [![](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/04.jpg) ](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/04.jpg) [![](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/05.jpg) ](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/05.jpg) [![](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/06.jpg) ](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/06.jpg) [![](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/07.jpg) ](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/07.jpg) [![](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/08.jpg) ](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/sbk/08.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/11 "2005-06-14T15:24:47Z")
What is the “TT” in your descriptions? [This](http://www.brittonbikes.com/bikes-2004/cervelo/images/04-p3-small.jpg) is my idea of a TT bike. A “time trial” bike. Aside: We need to get one of us to stop calling what we ride a “bike”. I say that bicycles should be called bikes. And for motorcycles. . .we can just call them “Big Mopeds”. Go back to your pictures of your Big Mopeds. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-tt-bike-i-thought-id-share/308151/12 "2005-06-14T15:32:32Z")
The “TT” in this instance stands for “Tourist Trophy”. Motorcycles have every right to be called “bikes” as bicycles. 😛