Commitment.
Things just land on our desk in the V-Bunker. This is one of them. Not really knowing what to do with it, it seemed best to share it with our fellow Velominati. @del loves his cycling and @del gets “misty”. Though I don’t know what that means I hope I never get that misty. I’d have to get highly misty to end up with my first tattoo, beside the greasy chainring tattoo I rarely put on my right calf.
VLVV, Gianni
After a great ride out I conform to the Rules to the best of my ability, however on this one occasion I appear to have misinterpreted these Rules slightly. What should of been Rule #93 seems to have joined forces with Rule #47 resulting in me not conforming to Rule #52. As you can imagine things started to get a little misty, I have always wanted some more ink (tattoo for those not down with the kids) and I have always struggled with what to have done. I didn’t want the normal stuff you see, I wanted it to be bike related.
It was during the misty moment that I had my flash of inspiration. The Rules book caught my eye. That cool orange glow got me. I wanted the V and the cog on my leg. However I wanted to take it one rotation further, so the following day I knew I had to follow Rule #81. I went to my fellow cyclist who also happens to be a tattoo artist and set him this challenge. I explained that my legs were my machines for cycling and that I wanted the V and the orange cog incorporated into the design.
After six hours of me repeating Rule #5 to myself in my head I was done, All I need to say is Rule #72.
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Wow! I have long wanted to add a bike related tattoo to my small collection. This one takes the cake, and the next cake. serious inspiration and commitment.
A serious commitment! Tats are not for me not even something as awesome and iconic as the V cog. I've never seen the need and I like being in the minority not being 'inked'
Wow, the detail!
Hey...is that a compact I see in the background?
Very nice, like the originality.
That looks absolutely hideous. Is clearly a blatant violation of rules #57 and #80 and probably warrants a new rule or amendment to rule #33. Guns shall not be defaced?
I don't have a cycling tattoo with Velominati in it, but I *do* have a cycling tattoo.
I hate being a dick (but it comes naturally), but is that a mechanical DICK to the right of the vertical chain at roughly the same height as the V-Cog?
I love tattoos, anchors, hula girls, pretty much anything that involved Sake and your buddys' coercion. But art? Naw, art is on canvas, not skin. Art is Le Corbusier (if you prefer the harder stuff). Art is Bob Mould. Art is Chet Baker.
Jeebus, back in the day a little shoulder tattoo would get you kicked off any semi-respectable continental equipe.
We are aesthetes damn it!
(sorry, nothing personal, just a drunken rant--isn't there a rule allowing, nay encouraging that?)
@Ron
Funny boy!
@Jamie
There is some west coast cyclist with big pistons tattooed on each lower leg. If anything they should be up on the quads, and they shouldn't be on the legs at all.
Do we need a Rule for this? God I hope not. The only tats we need on the guns are the scrapes and scars of old crashes and a nice shave down.
I don't know what to think about how ink, and the life we pursue fit together. I know the majority of young people I see everyday have tats, but when I watch the Stars and Water Carriers, I can't seem to find a single tattoo in the peloton. I guess ink is just not for me. Cheers!