I was hoping to do some nice ride stories but it’s raining today and I have been obsessed with getting the new format, logos, photos, backgrounds, etc. set up on the About-Bicycle.com site.

The weather was been pretty good last week and I now have over 300 miles logged for the season so I can’t complain about not being able to get out and ride too much.

OK, back to the new look on the website. I wanted a cycling action shot (a bike rider on the road) but I didn’t have a lot of photos like that in my own personal selection to choose from. I also checked to see what kind of stock photos were available online and I wasn;t too impressed and the royalty free photos are REALLY expensive!

So, I had my wife take a few photos of me riding and tried to get some good angles. Then I went into the “lab” (where I do my Photoshop work) and worked the magic. I wanted to use the mountain photos that I got in Wyoming last year so I picked a couple of good mountain photos and very carefully cut out the photo of me riding and imposed it on to the mountain photo.

Then I did some feathering and resizing, etc. and some additional improvements and now the new logo is as you see it on the site.

OK, I need to get back to the updates now. I hope to have some more riding and trails stories real soon.