Zach Thomas, who provided much needed support during the Rouge Roubaix with his SWAG Wagon, was also able to find the time to snap some pretty amazing shots of the Semi-Tough crew, the field and the brutal conditions. The grain of these black and white images perfectly exemplifies what it was like to roll over the RR “roads” for five hours.  Well done, Zach.

For all you techies out there, Zach gave me this info: Nikon fm2. Lenses are 50mm f1.4, 105mm f2.5. Film was tmax400.

Get Spinnin’

Yeah You Ride

The Gran Fondo starts it off in the wee hours.

This…

..was fucking brutal.

Yea, walking is much easier.

Nate “Three Flats” Batts.

Skip Town leads a pack down a descent.

Your humble blogger holding on for dear life.

This might have been as close to a smile as I could muster.

Rusty Roussel at the finish line.

Chris Reed charging the end.

DFL not DNF!