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Had to set up a photoshoot for our new waterproof bike bags and panniers. Obviously, to show that they’re waterproof we wanted to shoot in the rain. After waiting for a week and a half, the weather reports finally looked favorable this week. Wednesday seemed to have the best outlook, with 80% chance of precipitation.
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Our Raleigh marketing guy, BF, and I drove up to Seattle to meet our photographer and the “talent” (one of BFs biking buddies) at Bauhaus Coffee on Capitol Hill. Of course, when we got up to the shop there was no rain, and the clouds were actually breaking up. We decided to have lunch (Six Arms Pub – delish!) and wait to see what would happen with the weather. 
              Long story short, no rain so we decided to find some puddles to ride through. Problem two: no puddles. We drove around for a while, trying every place in the city we knew where there were always puddles – no dice. Then the sun came out and we had blue skies. This wasn’t working out the way I’d planned. We went down to the industrial district and finally found some nice big puddles under some shady trees (so you couldn’t see the beautiful blue sky and sunshine) near the stadium. We had the “talent” ride through the puddles for a while and slowly the clouds started building. After a bit we felt some sprinkles. Then it started coming down. Seattle didn’t let us down after all. We shot in a few different locations near the stadiums and in Pioneer Square, got some great shots, all got somewhat soaked, and then called it a day after a few hours. I’ll post some of the ads when I get them finished. Â
KJT – Seattle (2008)
Kevin is our P&A Graphics Design Manager, Blogger, and Bacon Lover.
Dan McCuaig | August 26, 2008 6:08 pm
Totally off topic, but I just checked out the 2009 One Way specs, and good for you guys for making a low trail bike! Add a solid geared hub and some mid-fork braze-ons to take low-riders or a porter rack, and the One Way turns into a killer All-Rounder that’s nothing like any of the other bikes in that space! I bet it would sell well and wouldn’t cannibalize One Way sales at all — kind of like the Volpe/San Jose combo from Bianchi. More important, you’d be offering a product that would really make some peoples’ cycling lives better, and that they can’t get anywhere else (without building it themselves).
Great work on the One Way even if you don’t make the All-Rounder. (But you should…)
Dan McCuaig | August 27, 2008 12:09 pm
Okay, I’ve looked back at the 2009 One Way’s specs in some more detail now and the only gripes I have are:
(1) It should be spec’d with a 17T fixed cog (both because 71 inches is a touch too high for most mortals who have to climb hills and to generate 17 skid patches instead of the 8 that the 16T cog gets you) and an 18T freewheel (which would be much better than 16T for a “take me home, I’m tired” flip, and shouldn’t require any brake realignment thanks to your clever drop-out); and
(2) bottom bracket drop should be at least 65mm. This is a road bike — appropriately spec’d with fat tires at that — not a track bike, so pedal strike isn’t really that big a concern and the lower bottom bracket would make for a much nicer ride. If that makes you nervous about pedal strike, you could effectively claw back half of the additional drop just by spec’ing all frames with 170mm cranks. (Honestly, with the 35mm tires, I’d go 68 or even 70 on the bottom bracket drop and cap the cranks at 170 — it would make the One Way a much nicer ride and would make the frame even more amenable for the forthcoming All-Rounder.)
On whole, great work!
Jan | October 5, 2008 9:23 am
He Kev,
Seen any devils out there?
Ciao,
Jan