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What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have?

Hello,
I was curious as to what other Hobbies or Interests do you have that also take up much of your time, energy and money or is Audio the only one for you?
Being a car enthusiast is definitely my first passion. Always reading about new cars and lusting after some classics.

For me, besides my interest in building a Audio System in the past few years, I am also a Car Enthusiast and Amateur Photographer (actually I hate using that term, more like a photo enthusiast because I consider myself a novice).
All 3 Hobbies have taken much of my time, energy and money. Sometimes I look back and think, wow, what have I done?
Could have saved all that money and time.
So I guess I should list my gear if I am talking about other hobbies:
Cars:

2016 Mustang GT 6 Speed (weekend car, a few modifications) and 2018 Subaru Forester XT (Daily Driver). Obviously both are performance oriented.

Camera Gear: Nikon D750 with Kit Lense, Nikon 50mm 1.8 Lense, Tamron 14-24MM 2.8G
Thnx

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taras22
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Road cycling. I had a custom frame built in England and outfitted it with all Campagnola Record equipment. The thing was like riding a bicycle made by Ferarri. With the steep frame angles, it was a very quick handling bicycle. Coming down the canyon twisties was a thrill. It truly was a precision instrument. Very stiff frame made from Reynolds 753 tubing.

Kinda curious....who built your 753 ?

Had a Raleigh Team Pro 753 (Ilkeston) a while back...truly awesome bike...that tubing in the right builders hands was magic. Btw the Colnago C40, was in terms of the gross flex characteristics, virtually the same bike ( though thankfully with slack angles that made it a joy for centuries....and oddly enough a rocket in sprints...and still railed corners...contradictory ? yes, what can I say, Ernesto was a genius...as was Gerald O’Donovan who was the major contributor to the design of the 753 bike tube set ).

Now on a couple of Colnagos, a Ciocc, and a GIOS V107....and of course all Campy equipped.

And yeah raced for several decades....now just toodle putting in the miles in the country....

taras22
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If I still had the Bob Jackson, I'd have it hanging on the wall in the family room. They are, after all, pieces of art. :-)


Ahhh....yes indeed, a work of art from the golden age of Brit frame building ( complete with the gorgeous stove enameling that was standard in that era ... a friend has a Bob Jackson tandem that has a paint job to die for...simple colours that look a mile deep... ) ....Very sorry to hear injuries got in the way of continued enjoyment of the Bob Jackson.

My Raleigh 753 riding is also sadly behind me....managed to break the frame....I have this weird ability to snap rear drive side drop-outs...It now hangs on the wall in our sun-room alongside a custom Harry Quinn 531, and an absolutely sublime Limongi SLX ( all put to rest because of the aforementioned drop-out issue ).  

taras22
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Their lug work was a genius work of art.


Just went to the Waterford site ( Waterford is where I believe the Paramount master builders all landed ) and looked at the 22-Series Artisan Stainless page.....and good gawd those frames are gorgeous and in large part to some awesome lug-work. The art thankfully lives on.

taras22
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Nice, very nice....thank you.
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