Velominati Photo Contest: Season 2012
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.
Subject: me
Photographer: Dennis Crane http://www.dbcphoto.com/
New bike, ruptured achilles tendon, taking photos of it is as V as I’m getting for a couple of months!
Boonen in the Trouée. Still can’t believe that bidon!
Of course, these shots of Keepers Tour are just beyond amazing…Thanks to Jesse Willems
[dmalbum path=”/velominati.com/content/Photo Galleries/frank@velominati.com/Jess Willems – Photo Contest/”/]
Subject: me
Setting: Kilometer 150 of 630 in a RAAM qualifier
Rule violations: Rule #54 – begging an exception for races over 400 km; the aero bar has been removed!
Me (#205) looking marvelous at this years Allan Butler Memorial Crit.
Me–Bedtime story.
Not me, but I shot the photo at one of our local CX series races
My daughter has a gift for colors. And for painting toes.
The littlest Steampunk a few weeks before her fourth birthday. I’ve got nothing that will top this (or the memory thereof).
Jumping abord the “Me” theme, here I am about dropping Bertie about 40k’s in to the Amy Gillett Foundation Amy’s Ride this year, bastard didn’t want to tell me who his butcher is.
Me
June 23, 2012
“Savage Century” aka Garrett County Gran Fondo
Garrett County, MD, USA
And that wraps up my 15 seconds of fame…
Man what a year for pictures for me.
Me (in the Rapha kit), right behind Pippo Pozzato, riding the Grand Fondo Giro d’Italia of Miami in the front. Along side Pippo, was Danilo Di Luca, and my hero, Mario Cipollini aka God. I have more pics…
For a pair of soaks ????? I will get back back to you when I have less time.
Actually, let me “un-crop” the shot and share the glory with my Cycling Sensei Jouni…
One more… this is the from the West Point Cogal, back on post and heading to Buck’s house. What a glorious campus!
@principle that is a fucking awesome photo
Hangin’ with the Liqugas boys in Compeigne before Paris-Roubaix. Daniel Oss, Me, Ted King, Juraj Sagan, Kristijan Koren, Federico Canuti. Photo by Mrs Harminator.
@tomevental
Don’t toy with us!
Also a contender for V moment of the year: Evelyn Stevens passing Marianne Vos on the Mur de Huy.
@windy rider
WTF are soaks? You’ll get back when you have less or do you mean more time?
If you are going to bother to post a shitty comment you should at least bother to spell correctly. Or at least try to make sense.
OK let me try again, first upload didn’t work for me..
Man what a year for pictures for me.
1st one is me (in the Rapha kit), right behind Pippo Pozzato, riding the Grand Fondo Giro d’Italia of Miami in the front. Along side Pippo, was Danilo Di Luca, and my hero, Mario Cipollini aka God. I have more pics…
2nd one, is me trying not to tremble as I hold the holy trophy of cycling AKA Trofeo Senza Fine, AKA The Giro d’Italia Trophy.
3rd would be the Gran Fondo Giro d’Italia 2012 Starting Line. I am right behind the Trophy in the Rapha kit, please try to take your eyes off Claudia Romani and the other trophy girl and note members of the Farnese Vini Team “keeping it real” along side an advice giving Danilo Di Luca in a tasteful Aqua & Sapone kit. My god…this happened.
Me on the Muur, Keepers Tour. Photo by @Bianchi Denti
@G’rilla, broken on Ronde ride, Keepers Tour.
Me and @Rigid on the gravé, Welli Strada Bianche, March.
The Lion and @Rigid, lunch at the gite, Keepers Tour.
@motor city
I think mebbe he is a Jockinese, quite a lot of them say ‘soaks’ and other such things like ‘hoose’ ‘moose’ ‘dug’ etc.
@CanuckChuck
@principle
Those two are my favourites so far… great architecture in Chuck’s photo, and the feeling of icy desolation in @principle’s is awesome.
Nothing to do with me, but it stayed with me all year so I went searching for it.
Link to thread: http://www.velominati.com/general/keepers-tour-part-2-the-lion-rides-today/#comment-82371
@brett
Thanks. To give credit where credit is due, the photo was taken by one of Cannibal Velo Club members that joined the handful of Velominati for the cogal. Mike K maybe?
@principle
Oh man: I think we have a winner.
Subject: me; V-locus
Location: Mt. Baker Hill Climb, Ride542.com (September 2012)
Yes, I dropped Mrs/Dr eightzero, and will likely never hear the end of it.
I boldly predict this article will be the most visited article on the site; contributions in the 100s.
@brett
U just can’t take bad pics on the Muur apparently
Me!
12.5 miles into the 13 mile climb from Big Island to Thunder Ridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway (Virginia).
Distance
10.8km
Avg Grade
6.3%
Elev Difference
684m
Elev Gain
697m
http://app.strava.com/activities/22984082#410371739
@itburns
I remember this one – I did a lame gag that the others should have “cogito” and “sum” printed on their backsides
my 4 year old daughter with multiple rule violations ………. do not fear ……… she has been firmly schooled on the V …….. bread and water for a week locked inside a small dark room …… she is much better for the experience…. (insert tongue firmly in cheek)
How about the Dynamic Duo doing their part to lay down the V on Halloween Day?
Crows nest
Hot to Trott (Mrs Engine)
Guns
Le Patron
Great pictures one and all! So much V, so beautifully captured.
Note to self: Take more pics in 2013.
@the Engine
Arashiro is le Patron?
@Steampunk
The Engine walks right in to a large man trap of his own making – will I never learn?
@Steampunk
Totally agree.
Didn’t get to spend much time on the bike this year! Me and one of our mercenaries, Aldo the Apache:
Rule #25
@RedRanger
Uh, yeah.
(Swedes. Go figure. They may not win bike races in the Alps, but I bet they’d kick ass in mtb biathlons. Swedes remember some shit that most of the rest of us have never even had the chance to learn and then forget. I recently spent a shocking amount of money on a splitting maul made by Gränsfors Bruks in Sweden. It makes processing firewood into an entirely different sort of activity.)
@the Engine
I see you’ve confused “Le Patron” with “Pommy Twat”.
@ElBeeJay
Not when they are staged…