[Closed] Bike related tattoos

I have a feeling you're about to get ripped for this

If it's on your leg, go for a nice big gash, like you'd get from a peddle or chainring. If it's in colour, all the better!

i have a design in mind for my half sleeve mountains and a river of tire tread

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I like the fixie diagram, that's cool.

I saw a chap with a Spesh logo on his shoulder once, that was...less cool

Muddy Fox logo?

I have to say a tad trite imo. But each to their own, suppose.

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MBR Forum post with images [url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=579473 ]here[/url]

A length of chain in whatever shape you want?

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I've been thinking of getting a chainring mark on my leg like the top picture above.

There are some really terrible examples out there...what were some of these people thinking???
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We'll get the narrow minded tattoo haters out later which will be a bit of fun.
Do you know what it will look like when you're older? 🙄
Do you know it will be there for the rest of your life? 🙄
What if you change your mind in X years? 🙄
And other boring statements.
If you're lucky, Shibboleth will give you his opinion even if you don't want it!!! 🙄

Regarding the tattoos, i think there is a page on flickr dedicated to bike tattoos. [url= http://www.flickr.com/groups/498605@N25/pool/ ]Here's one for starters.[/url]. 😆

A triple and eggbeaters? Horrible.

I have a feeling you're about to get ripped for this

I wouldn't expect anything else from the STW massive! 😉

I have had all the boring statements, comments etc from tattoo haters, not interested!!

Just looking for some ideas...the 'boring' will simply be ignored. 😉

that gallery is just incredible. I'm speechless.

I also saw a chap with a specialized logo on his arm, but he riding an Orange 5.

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He'll regret using eggbeaters....

get the rainbow bands on your upper arms

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I can't decide if that's really cool or just terrible.

Quite like the idea of band of chain around a calf, personally.

Christ that lass is hairy!

The country's only growth industry.

i've got two
silhouette of a clunker on my wrist and a skul inside a chainring on my leg (original Bad Brains MBC logo)
My advice -take the inspiration then design your own, then refine the design with a decent tattooist (expect to have the p### taken out of you when you roll up asking for a bicycle related tattoo)

How about 'Spesh' on your wedding tackle? Then, when you're aroused, it could unfurl to become 'Specialized' - how cool is that?!

My god there are some ugly 'components' in amongst the pics, here and in the links. I wouldn't even put them on my bike where they could be removed again, let alone permanently on my body!!

Not my thing really, but some of the bike chain stuff is pretty good.

If you do go for it and if its your 1st, make sure you pick a top quality arteest, not the nearest to you and definitely not the cheapest, as, a good tattoo isnt cheap and a cheap tattoo isnt good. check out Steve Prizeman at eternal art in chelmsford, top artist and a rider too. I travel all over the country to get good tattoos, its worth it in the end.

my bike related one 🙂

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As a fan of tattoo's can I just say; dirtygirlonabike I love your tattoo!! Very very cool!!

Thanks, it's my own design and took me a while to come up with it 🙂 want another one but have no inspiration.

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ooops, sorry wrong type of bike 😳

http://www.campyonly.com/tattooed.html

peter's ankle close up's good.

dirtygirl that's what I like about it, it is unique, I'm in the same boat, I want another (well several others) but finding the right ones and inspiration is the hard part, for me they have to be individual and hold a personal meaning

what does DirtyGirl's tattoo look like?

I've got a UN52 bottom bracket tattoo on my arse and a Tektro V brake on my forehead.

I can't decide where to get my Carrera tattoo, any suggestions?

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Cove Love

Did I see a Singletrack one on that gallery?

Saw a really cool one on London Ink of the tour de France, can't find it on google though

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Deadpet who posts on here is the owner of the London Ink tattoo, amazing work

torsoinalake - nice, really nice.
That must of taken a while?

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've been thinking of getting a chainring mark on my leg like the top picture above.

The first time I read this, I thought you were taking the pi$$. Now I'm not sure. Please tell me it's so.

😆 @ redthunder.

I don't think I've ever laughed so much at one thread, hahahaha! Keep them coming 😆

Hmmm! Think this could be a regrettable move!

i have a tat on my leg not strickly bike related but kind of is
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The Frankenstein bolts set it off quite nicely.

dirtygirlonabike> i think i love you

i've seen many bike related tatts [url] http://www.flickr.com/groups/498605@N25/ [/url]

but DGOAB's has got to be the best i've seen so far
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/93537824@N00/4618570790/ ]Eric, Anchorage, AK[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/93537824@N00/ ]Squirrels Cycling Tattoo Collection[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/93537824@N00/4395119617/ ]Anona Miles, ?[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/93537824@N00/ ]Squirrels Cycling Tattoo Collection[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/93537824@N00/4203659871/ ]Jordan K., Essexville MI[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/93537824@N00/ ]Squirrels Cycling Tattoo Collection[/url], on Flickr

Jeez, I've seen it all.

Cable discs, Eggbeaters.....if I were having a bike-related tattoo I'd have some seriously top-notch componentry on display.

agreed, DGOAB is pretty much the best I've seen on the web.. can't tell from the shot is it an arm or leg?!

How about 'Spesh' on your wedding tackle? Then, when you're aroused, it could unfurl to become 'Specialized' - how cool is that?!

Done that. When mine unfurls it says 'Specialized 2004 S-Works Enduro Full Susser'

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For all the tattoo and On-One haters 😀

Shame I don't have a picture of mine - it's pretty cool 8)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55757744@N03/5165612862/

This is mine, not particularly special to anyone else, but drawn myself, lots of significance to me for various reasons and simple...did it 5 years ago and still love it.

nb. Couldn't seem to get the photo to show even after following forum instructions....although I am a bit IT illiterate too.

http://cyclingtattoogallery.blogspot.com/

Who's that with the ST logo??!! 😯

Gonna get another soon - nothing bike related though, the inspiration isn't there for one with that basis.

I echo what has been mentioned above though - go find a good tattooist. So worth it. My nex one is gonna be done by a place that *apparently* has links to a Hells Angels type bikie gang - sounds, silly, but have you ever seen one of those guys with bad ink (that isn't from whilst doing time!!! 😆 )? But seriously, the girl there that did some work on a friend did an amazing job. Mine is gonna be quite small, which is why it needs to be done well or it will look a total mess.

DGOAB - who did that for you? talking of good tattooists, that is very crisp and clean, beautiful.

And those that dislike them, fair enough, no big deal. Those that like them, that's cool too. Those that have them, I hope the clarity of the work lasts and more so the meaning behind them.

Liking the one of Eric that rocketdog posted 🙂

SSBonty, mine is on my inner arm from wrist to elbow. Was only going to be something very small to begin with and then the design flowed until it became much bigger!

Langy, a guy called Alex from tribe tattoo in Edinburgh. Most of his work is usually more skulls and bigger type pieces, but he's very good - didn't need any touch ups to it.

Almost everyone I meet comments on it, which is nice but also a bit strange to have random people looking at my arm. I dated (briefly) a bloke who had his meat and two veg tattooed. Didn't look good and he had a habit of showing people when he was drunk.

I've never laughed as much before! I've been inspired to get a tattoo of a bar end on my forehead.

Haha, you couldn't make some of those tattoos up.

Except someone already has...

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I quite like the idea of a chainring arc (not the full ring) on my right leg in black and a rotor burn on my left leg in red.

Great minds think alike, fools seldom differ.

wouldnt have something that can be dated (BB5s)

something diagramatic, they look good i think.

i toyed with the idea, and every time i have, ive ended up with stitches in the place where i would have got it.

thought about a chain ring tattoo, and endedup with 28 stitches in my leg from burying the chainring in my calf.

then though about a bike on hand tattoo, and landed on a piece of slate, and got 5 stitches there.

i dont think about it now.

As much as I love bikes, I have to admit to not really liking bike tattoos, probably because I don't feel they transfer well as an image for body art - they're too fiddly and spindly.

I'd quite like a brake disc on the side on my calf, sort of like a burn mark.

bigyinn.
why not just mtfu and whack your leg firmly against your rotor after a paticularly epic descent? 😉

[i]Who's that with the ST logo??!! [/i]

Mark.

You know the chap that runs the place with Chips. Him what makes all this happen.

I want a bone - broken in 2 on my shoulder where I broke my collar bone 😀

Not been brave enough yet though!!

3rd cat tattoo's ......f'ck me, amazed that anyone thinks any of these look good.

As for that avid cable disc and livestrong sprocket.......genius.

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I do like tattoo's but **** me, these are verging on people taking the pi55 out of themselves, if they think these look good, would hate to see what their bikes/homes/cars look like.

It does make me wonder what people are thinking......