2013 STN Calendar

[Mrs. DantesDame]

ORDER YOUR CALENDAR HERE!!!!  
http://www.cafepress.com/stnsport <--------

Many, many kudos to kneescrubber for taking over and making sure that another quality calendar has been set before you    





Same set up as the other years, reiterated here for those who are new and those who have a short attention span    

- Photos will NOT be pulled from any websites. If you want to submit a photo, you must email it to me. And don't just email me links to your photo-hosting site. I want actual files in my inbox (please)
- Email all photos to dantesdame@gmail.com
- Include the photographer's screen name and where the photo was taken in the email. Do not make me hunt you down  
- Send the highest resolution photos you have - seriously. <----- This. Really. Every time. No links to flickr, etc.
- Deadline is October 30th

Photos should include:
- a bike (or part of a bike)
- no easily recognizable people
- some sort of road (this is optional in the dirt version )

Please don't send me photos of your bike in the driveway, or in front of McDonalds; this is about sport-touring. The images should embody what you envision when someone asks "what is sport touring all about?" Something like this:



Road. Bike. Rider.

Once again I'll try and make both a street and a dirt version. It depends on the number and quality of images I get. And once again they'll be printed by CafePress unless someone has a brilliant alternative.

[Skee]

Must photos be from this year?

I missed the submission for the 2012 calendar.  Although I did buy a calendar.  Always buy one.  A must have for the office.

Can I submit photos from June 2011?

[Jetpilot5]

Got a few on the way.  Thanks for doing this again.

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Must photos be from this year?

They can be from 1923 for all I care  

Can I submit photos from June 2011?

Yup!

[sleazy rider]

   It's been a good riding 2012.

[Bender]

   It's been a good riding 2012.

Im sure you have enough cool photos to make your own calender.

[mxvet57]

Im sure you have enough cool photos to make your own calender.

And then some.

[Kneescrubber]

Photos should include:
- a bike (or part of a bike)
- no easily recognizable people
- some sort of road (this is optional in the dirt version )

Should photos include ALL of these parameters or some combination? I ride solo almost exclusively. Always have. So including people is a problem for me.

[sleazy rider]

I ride solo also and had a pic accepted for last year's calendar.

This is being sent for this years.



North shore of Cape Breton Highlands Park.

And this one.



Gaspè Peninsula.

[Scratch33]

Who's Miss August?  

[Dave W.]

Not sure- Maybe B&W doesn't make a good calendar photo.

.

Some where near Amish country in PA. This is spartan sport touring. A bike- empty roads, and a single backpack.

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Should photos include ALL of these parameters or some combination? I ride solo almost exclusively. Always have. So including people is a problem for me.

No worries. The idea is to convey, um, the idea of sport touring. The fact that there's a bike in the picture generally suggests that there's a rider nearby  

[Blunder]

They can be from 1923 for all I care  

So my baby pics are good?

[Mrs. DantesDame]

So my baby pics are good?

As long as the resolution is good, and there's a bike involved, yes  

[Carbonero]

I'll send along the appropriate pictures of my bike in front of my house, at the McDonald's and of course, the requisite action shot of it warming up for the commute to work.

 

[Mrs. DantesDame]

 

I knew I could count on you.

[mxvet57]

I'll send along the appropriate pictures of my bike in front of my house, at the McDonald's and of course, the requisite action shot of it warming up for the commute to work.

 

 

[ConPilot1]

I'll send along the appropriate pictures of my bike in front of my house, at the McDonald's and of course, the requisite action shot of it warming up for the commute to work.

 

Beat you.  

[Mr.Black]

Poof and the blueberry better be the cover!!

[Mrs. DantesDame]

 



Pictures are flowing in!  Please take note of my process:
- see mail in inbox
- move to "calendar folder"
- don't open it until October 31st

That means that I really don't know what I'm getting, what quality it is, or if it "works". I also don't always take the time to even think about who sent it. Therefore, if you don't see a "thanks for sending the picture, JoeBlow!", don't take it personally    I just hope that come Nov 1st I'm not sending out emails asking who took the picture, etc  

[Nodaclu]

Poof and the blueberry better be the cover!!

+1 a gazillion

I vote for this one as the cover.  Just what life should be all about, you know?

[sodapop6620]

That picture reminds me of Back to the Future when Marty shows up in his dads bedroom in the decon/nuke suit.

Damn it, I cannot find a picture.  My googleshway must be turned off this early in the morning.

[Mrs. DantesDame]

bump, just because I'm feeling bitchy.

[stromgal]

    

       

[stew71]

Pics sent. Hopefully, one is worthy.

[Grnarrowe]

Ditto, pics sent maybe one is worthy.  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Send 'em in, guys!

I have exactly 11 candidates to chose from. That's not even enough for one calendar, and that assumes that everyone has sent me a stellar, high-quality image (which in my past experience, is not the case   )

What are you waiting for? If you have something, send it on in!  

Dantesdame@gmail.com

[sleazy rider]

What do you think of this one?  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

What do you think of this one?  

More importantly, what do YOU think of it?  

[sleazy rider]

Well, it's different and it's not me.  I'll send it to you with a name.  

[yotes65]

Just sent in a hand full.... enjoy!

[Mrs. DantesDame]

 

You guys have one month to send me something!

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Hey slackers!!!

Only 14 of you guys have sent me pictures. That means that ALL of the ones I have in my mail box have to be pretty darn good or we'll have a crappy calendar. Or none at all.  

Soooo - send me some shots!

[Carbonero]

I'll try to dig up something. My biking has been pretty much non-existent save for commuting this year.  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

I have said - repeatedly - that the photos do NOT need to be current. Send me something from 2006, if that's what it takes!

[Nodaclu]

Sounds like you're hurting for photos. That being the case, maybe I'll send a few in for a change and give it a shot.















Eh....now I know why I don't normally submit photos. I'm not much of a photog unfortunately.

[Orson]

Hey slackers!!!

Only 14 of you guys have sent me pictures. That means that ALL of the ones I have in my mail box have to be pretty darn good or we'll have a crappy calendar. Or none at all.  

Soooo - send me some shots!

I'll be able to send something in about two weeks.

[bubba zanetti]

emailed ... not a great pic but just so yous knows we care !  

[xsrider]

I'm just back from Bolivia.  I'll be sending in some off-road pics.

[Mrs. DantesDame]

 

[Moto Morphin Power Ranger]

What the hell i'll add one.

[garry]

Nothing like last minute submissions. I hope I didn't blow up your mailbox Colleen (5 photos sent).

[Mrs. DantesDame]

You can't blow up my mailbox - I used GOOGLE!  

Tomorrow is the last day! Tick Tock!

[Skee]

I think I might have just barely made the deadline...

[Mrs. DantesDame]

 


Submissions are final! I'll sort through them (maybe this weekend?) and see what's in the goodie bag  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

ACK! I give up!

I don't think I can do the calendar this year. I have all of the email files, but no (reliable computer with Photoshop) way of working with them

Soooooo - who wants to do it?    I can forward you all of the emails I've gotten so far and then all you have to do is make sure the resolution is good, put on some name/location information and then upload them to CafePress. Easy peasey!



This is it: someone has to man up or there will be no calendar...  

[Kneescrubber]

pm sent

[flips21]

Noooooooo!  

[Kneescrubber]

Noooooooo!  

keep your pants on

[Kneescrubber]

Okay kiddies, the 2013 STn calendar is ready.

There were a lot of worthy submissions and I hope this will reflect what Sport Touring is to you.

The calendar is still a bargain basement price of only $14.99. No one other than CafePress gets your money. So order 1 for every room in your house and office.  


We had some great dirt submissions as well. Unfortunately it was by only 3 or 4 members. I'm willing to make a new "dirty" calendar if I can get some submissions by 3 or 4 more members. After all, once you gnaw off the first finger, the rest are easy.    If you're interested, submit your images to my email address NLT December 14th and I'll see what I can do.

The Chili calendar is also getting a bit long in the tooth. We received a couple of Chili submissions but It would be nice to have a few more if anyone has some. It's just another finger.  




Is there a mod that can pin this?

[coho]

Street calendar ordered.  

I've got a 'dirty' picture or two that might be calendar worthy, where should I send 'em?

[stromgal]

Am I just confused as usual, or does the calendar only go through Oct. of next year?

[Jetpilot5]

Thanks for doing this. It does look like the calendar runs from November to October rather than January through December.

[Kneescrubber]

Thanks for doing this. It does look like the calendar runs from November to October rather than January through December.

Am I just confused as usual, or does the calendar only go through Oct. of next year?

If I'm not mistaken, last years calendar ran November to October.

http://www.cafepress.com/stn_street.487096902

[lolife]

Thank you for your hard work.    

That Dec picture is a damn fine photo    

***off to order calendar***

[stromgal]

Hmmm... the one hanging in the kitchen goes through December.  


Edit to add: you can choose the starting month on the order page.  

[Kneescrubber]

Street calendar ordered.  

I've got a 'dirty' picture or two that might be calendar worthy, where should I send 'em?

To my email address.  

[Jetpilot5]

If I'm not mistaken, last years calendar ran November to October.

http://www.cafepress.com/stn_street.487096902

You are correct.  I've never ordered my own, I always got this as a Christmas gift so I guess the person ordering figured it out and I never noticed it on previous years.  Thanks for pointing that out.

[Jetpilot5]

Edit to add: you can choose the starting month on the order page.  

You really expect me to start reading directions at this point?

[coho]

To my email address.  

Yeah, I tried sending one to "hidden" but it came back as undeliverable.

[yotes65]

KS - thanks for stepping up and putting this together, you did a mighty fine job.

I love the cover photo by Stromgal... great autumn shot. I'm not used to seeing fall colors like that anymore, not after moving here to the Phoenix desert.


DD - thanks for all of the hard work you have performed over the years to make sure we have a calendar. If you need us to pass the cup around so you have a "reliable" computer next year, I think we can work something out.  

Just place an order for 4, 2 for me and 2 to ship to friends in Spain…

[Mrs. DantesDame]

KS - thanks for stepping up and putting this together, you did a mighty fine job.

Yes, thank you so much for taking over on this. It looks like the learning curve was painful, but now you're all set to make millions on your own calendar!  

DD - thanks for all of the hard work you have performed over the years to make sure we have a calendar. If you need us to pass the cup around so you have a "reliable" computer next year, I think we can work something out.  

It was fun to do for all of those years    This year it wasn't so much a funding problem, but a logistics problem. By this time next year I hope to not be in the middle of a trans-Atlantic move    

[Mrs. DantesDame]

First post updated for easy ordering  

[flips21]

I ordered (2).  One for each of my offices.  When I need a mental break, I look up on the wall and am transported to a more perfect place    

Thank you DD and KS.  I look forward to flipping them over each month.

Flip

By the way, February looks killer  

[coho]

To my email address.  

Sent.
Thanks again for being the guy who volunteers.  

[Kneescrubber]

Sent.
Thanks again for being the guy who volunteers.  

I'm minus 1 pinkie right now. A small price to pay.  


I can't say it enough. There's a lot of dirty riders out there and I'm sure they have some dirty pics.

PLEASE! send me your dirty pics so we can update the dirty calendar!

[Mr.Black]

I'm minus 1 pinkie right now. A small price to pay.  


I can't say it enough. There's a lot of dirty riders out there and I'm sure they have some dirty pics.

PLEASE! send me your dirty pics so we can update the dirty calendar!

Really????

[lolife]

Really????

 

[Jetboy]

Thanks for stepping up and doing the calendar this year.   Ordered two. One for home and one for the office.

[K2D2]

Ooooooh score. Added to my Xmas list!

Sent from my hp touchpad using Tapatalk 2

[Chuck 500]

Ordered two this year.

A big THANKS to all who pulled this together.  

[coho]

Calendar received and hung on the calendar nail.
Thanks again, Kneescrubber.

And thanks too to all of you who contributed pictures for it!