Truth be told, how many of us can resist a photo of ourselves Looking Fantastic on the bike? How many of us can resist the temptation of taking our eyes off the road and stealing a glimpse of ourselves in a shop window as we pass by? Not me, but then again a strong case could be made for my being a narcissist and I freely admit that I love looking at photos of myself riding, though this is mostly because they take me back to the experience I was having at the time.
This time of year has us looking back at the season past and getting nostalgic about the best rides and moments of the year. In the coming Holiday week, the Keepers will be naming The V Moment and the Anti-V Moment of the year, but we thought we’d give the community an opportunity to get a bit narcissistic and share our favorite photos from 2012.
With that, we announce the first annual Velominati Photo Contest. To enter, post your favorite photo(s) from 2012 below and The Keepers will monitor the conversation and use our judgement to name a winner on January 1st, 2013. The winner will receive a free pair of Witte V-Socks (available in the first quarter of next year) and the top three photos will be offered as VVallpapers. Just as with the VSP, The Keepers can post photos and are eligible to win, of course, but we are excluded from the prizes.
Even as I write this I know we won’t be able to resist posting photos of ourselves laying down The V; I already did it in the lead photo of this article. Nevertheless, the photos don’t have to be of yourself, they can be of anything so long as you took the photo or you have permission from the photographer to share it.
Have at it and so far so good on the world not ending.
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Awesome & inspiring to see some of the beautiful places people have ridden in 2012, to see the hills & races they've suffered through, & to see a new batch of Followers getting out on bikes!
I really dig Cyclops's shot of him firing up the engine in the crit & the shot of Harminator with the Lime Green Lads. First one is a cool action shot that captures the speed & V of that race, second one just looks like he's hangin' with friends. I still want to know how you convinced them to pose in such a manner & what you said to them. Maybe PRO cyclists are just cooler than other pro athletes?
OK, since we got some nit-pickers here (me being #1) I added the race number and I figured out how to get the shadow on the ground a lot better looking...
@Cyclops
Good Lord, do you work for the CIA? That's pretty scary how good it is.
@Cyclops impressive!! Frank looks a little overdressed in the warmers and full finger gloves though...
@Cyclops
the Keepers Tour was mistaken for a pro team during the P-R recce day by the media, so why the hell not, eh
"Mistaken," may be an incorrect word. Self-sponsored is probably a better word.
@Bianchi Denti
Thanks, this was taken in the last 2km of the race.
^ me on alp d'huez a few days before christmas