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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@payaso
Mrs Engine votes this one above all - "its all about the future"
Bit late maybe and not road cycling but to quote @Mrs Engine "its all about the future"...
He want's a road bike now.
@Chris
Fuck he looks like he's doing about Mach 3!!
@Deakus He was going quite quickly but it's a bit of a shame that the panning has taken away the sense of gradient, he's on a very short flat section coming out of a berm before dropping into another on a 4X* track near us.
*4X as in Four Cross rather than @Marcus' favourite lager.
@Cyclops
That's awesome. Looks like @frank's head is about to explode.
@Chris
*4X as in Four Cross rather than @Marcus' favourite lager.
Ouch...light the blue touch paper and walk away...
@Deakus I'll be back in a couple of weeks.
Who won the photo competition?
@Jahwobble
Funny you should ask. Just wrapping up our internal voting and we'll announce them (probably) today.
Announcing the Velominati Photo Of the Year 2012 Winners:
Many thanks to everyone for posting such great photos. It was actually really hard to decide on the winner, and obviously I was leaning towards those that painted me into scenes on the Kapelmuur, but since they were faked, we had to pass on them.
All three winning photos will be offered as free VVallpapers later on when I get a chance to put them together and run them past the owners for approval. Without further ado, we present our winners:
Maglia Photo and winner of the V-Socks: @Pedale.Forchetta:
http://www.velominati.com/unforgettable-rides/velominati-photo-contest-season-2012/#comment-153964
Second Place: @MannyAcosta
http://www.velominati.com/unforgettable-rides/velominati-photo-contest-season-2012/#comment-153874
Third Place: @principle
http://www.velominati.com/unforgettable-rides/velominati-photo-contest-season-2012/#comment-153817