Cycling Photos

Some photos of me biking, or taken while I was biking...

8/2005:Quad Cycles Ride

Rolling down the highway, giving low fives to all the paparazzi...

8/2005: Quad Cycles Ride

Who sez a 42 year-old cyclist in a floral print jersey and sandals on a hybrid can't be cool? Cool is as cool do, yo yo!

8/2005: Pan-Mass Challenge

That's me, riding down Route 20 in Sturbridge at 6am at the start of the 2005 Pan-Mass Challenge! Photo courtesy of King Charles Stuart.

8/2005: Pan-Mass Challenge

The PMC staff photographer is responsible for this, arguably the best action cycling shot so far! Orny flashes "five" for the number of PMC rides he's done as he charges through Rehoboth on the way to Bourne!

6/2005: Following Sha into Concord

In a rare action shot, here I'm shepherding my friend Sha in to Concord's Old North Bridge rest stop during one of my frequent weekend rides with the Quad Cycles club.

6/2005: Resting at Kimball Farm

This shot was taken later the same day. If you go for the 60-mile ride (which, because I live ten miles from the bike store makes mine a 75-mile ride), one of the rest stops is at Kimball Farm, an ice cream stand in Carlisle with the most wonderful homemade ice cream in copious quantities (the small is no less than a pint). I always order my usual "Corrugated Fun" (a frappe with chocolate chip ice cream), and in this photo I'm busily digesting. Kimball's also features Bobby Mac's good friend, Buff the Powerbar-Eating Goat.

8/2004: Seasonal Affective Disorder

I wear Shimano cycling sandals exclusively in the summer. They're really comfortable, but by the end of the season, I get some pretty bizarre tan lines. This photo has had *no* color adjustment.

8/2004: 2004 Pan-Mass Challenge, Bourne

Orny relaxing at Mass Maritime Academy with several of the Quad Cycles riders at the end of a long 110-mile ride.

8/2004: 2004 Pan-Mass Challenge, Sturbridge

A photo of Ornoth making his way through the crowd at the very start of the 2004 PMC ride.

8/2004: Where's Ornoth?

Play “Where's Ornoth” with this shot of the crowd at the 2004 Pan-Mass start.

6/2004: QuadCycles Ride, Concord

John Hirtle has been taking photos on the weekend QuadCycles rides that I often take part in. Here's a photo of me at the rest stop at Concord's historic Old North Bridge, wearing my (new) 2001 Pan-Mass Challenge jersey.

6/2004: Ten Thousand Miles

Not a particularly interesting photo, but it sure means a lot to me!

11/2003: Strawberry Hill

On my last QuadCycles ride of the year, we decided to take the scenic route, via Strawberry Hill in Concord. Here I'm joined by ride leader Bobby Mac and ride regular Joy.

11/2003: Strawberry Hill

Photographic proof that sometimes I actually ride downhill! Here I am riding with Bobby Mac, whose form doesn't look so great to me...

10/2003: South Uncanoonuc Mountain

On 10/26 I bagged two more major New England paved summit climbs: 1300-foot South Uncanoonuc and 2260-foot Pack Monadnock.

10/2003: Prospect Hill Park, Waltham

The leaves have begun to turn in New England, as you can see in this view from the summit of Prospect Hill. The Boston skyline can be seen in the background at upper left, while Ornoth and bike can be seen at the lookout in the foreground at lower right.

8/2003: Boston Midnight Ride — State House

A view of Midnight Riders in front of Charles Bullfinch’s 1795 Massachusetts State House. this picture was taken at 12:40am, just after the 15th annual Midnight Ride had begun.

8/2003: Boston Midnight Ride — Charles River

This view of the mouth of the Charles River includes the old Charlestown Bridge (thoroughly lit at left) and the stately new cable-stayed Zakim Bridge. The photo was taken at 3:40am from Charlestown’s Flagship Wharf.

7/2003: Wachusett Mountain — Approach

Not having had enough pain in Maine, two months later I participated in the Charles River Wheelmen's annual Climb to the Clouds up 2008-foot Wachusett Mountain. Forty minutes later, I was at the summit.

5/2003: Evans Notch, Maine — Approach

This panorama is looking north along Route 113 as it approaches Evans Notch. Once the road curves down into the woods and across a stream, you face a 1000-foot ascent over a mile and a half of road. All that work is worth it for the amazing views and the unbroken 8-mile downhill run that follows.

5/2003: Evans Notch, Maine — Base

Evans Notch is in the portion of the White Mountain National Forest that lies just inside the Maine border. Just past this sign are the gates that close the road during the winter months, because it's so steep that the snowplows can't clear it. This is where the pain begins.

5/2003: Evans Notch, Maine — Overlook

At the top of Evans Notch, the turnout provides a stunning view of the Baldface range, but just around the corner are the breathtaking cliffs of the Royce Terrace, which rise hundreds of feet sheer above you.

4/2003: Arnold Arboretum: Conifer Path

Here I'm sitting at my favorite spot: a particular tree just off the Arboretum's Conifer Path, overlooking a valley and across to Hemlock Hill.

4/2003: Stony Brook Reservation: Turtle Pond

Just off the road is this dock looking over a small pond. I had to evict three ducks and a goose to take this shot. You can see the goose giving me the evil eye from the pond.

4/2003: Burma Road

Although I hadn't planned it, my exploration of the (former) Burma Road provided a change to practice my cyclocross portaging skills!

4/2003: Burma Road

After two miles of footpath through the middle of a swamp, the old Burma Road opens onto a now-closed cloverleaf and the "Bridge to Nowhere" over Route 128, Boston's major eight-lane highway. How would you like to have your own, private bridge over 128?

3/2003: Neponset River Trail, Boston

Attended a raw and damp 28-mile Massbike tour of the Neponset River Trail. The short ride featured five abandons, three flats, and a broken spoke. In this picture I'm the bare-legged man in yellow, and you can just make out the JFK Library through the mist behind us.

3/2003: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln

DeCordova is turning into one of my more frequent stopovers, as it's a 32-mile round trip, and also is halfway between the Waltham and Bedford routes into and out of the city. Yes, those are mirrors mounted on marble blocks, and that's snow all around, although it was 65 degrees when this shot was taken.

8/2002: Boston Midnight Ride — Ted Williams Tunnel

The Ted Williams Tunnel is the extension of the Mass Pike underneath Boston Harbor to Logan Airport. Opened in 1995, it was the first completed milestone of Boston's Big Dig. The Midnight Ride was given the rare opportunity to use the tunnel, with a police escort, to get to East Boston and again to return.

8/2002: Boston Midnight Ride — Sunrise at the JFK Library

The Midnight Ride usually catches the sunrise from the South Boston waterfront. Here you see a handful of the several hundred riders who attended the ride; we are on the harborwalk behind UMass Boston, approaching the JFK Library and Pleasure Bay, with the sunrise just ahead. Deer Island (Winthrop, see below) is straight ahead, across the bay, and Spectacle Island is just visible behind Thompson Island at right. The small building you see above the front rider's head is the original sewage outfall that

5/2002: Nahant

Here's me and a fence, both blocking your view of the beautiful beach and and rocky shore of Nahant's East Point. Here you can get a good view of my new gear (see DeCordova, below).

5/2002: JFK Library

The view from the back of Boston's JFK Library. Note the Boston skyline in the background. While this picture was taken, Sen. Ted Kennedy was inside, presenting the Profiles in Courage award to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan! Other stops on this trip included Castle Island, Savin Hill, and Malibu Beach.

4/2002: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln

The first lengthy ride of 2002 was a 50-mile trek out the Minuteman path to Bedford, Carlisle, Concord, Walden Pond, and the DeCordova in Lincoln. Check out the changes for 2002: seat wedge bag, smaller tires with reflective sidewalls, and new cycling shorts, jersey, and gloves. Behind me are "Two Big Black Hearts", each 12 feet tall!

7/2001: Squantum: Nickerson Beach

My Fourth of July was spent riding to places with great names like Squantum and Ponkapoag. The former is another peninsula like Winthrop, only this time on Boston's south shore. Here's another (redundant, I know) photo of me with the Boston skyline in the background.

6/2001: Arboretum: Peters Hill

One thing hill intervals do is give you the opportunity for some panoramic photos. Here's a shot from the Arboretum's highest point: 240-foot Peters Hill, looking back toward Boston. The 60-story Hancock Tower (behind the handlebars) is the tallest building in New England, and where my ride begins.

6/2001: Arnold Arboretum: Conifer Path

Every so often I change my commute so that it's a little longer. Here's an early morning shot of one of my favorite spots in town: the Arnold Arboretum's "Conifer Path".

5/2001: Ride to Winthrop

Winthrop is located on a thin strip of land that juts out into Boston Harbor, affording this unique view of Boston from the southeast.

10/2000: Biking to Framingham

The first picture of Orny on his new bike, taken on a 50-mile ride from Boston to Framingham and back. The setting is Natick Common, just a couple blocks from where Orny lived in 1994, before moving to Boston.

6/2000: Gun Hill, Barbados

This photo shows Orny and his rented bike outside Barbados' Gun Hill tower, his furthest point from the hotel during his trip to the island. This was about 15 miles inland, and at the summit of an annoyingly steep and lengthy hill.

6/2000: Oistens fish pier, Barbados

This photo is taken on the long pier in Oistens, Barbados, on Orny's first full day on the island. Having just picked up a rental bike, I'm off to explore the South Point and its lighthouse. Note the handy-dandy GPS I attached to the handlebars.