Bike tattoos (real ones)

[CyclaSutra]

So, last night I was cruising the Web and came across this blog with pix of hundreds of cycling-related tattoos, from Curious George riding backward to Buddha on a bike and everything in between.

http://cyclingtattoogallery.blogspot.com/

You can read about my recent, first bike tattoo on my personal 'blog...

http://lovenewsjh.blogspot.com

Excerpt:
"According to Karol Griffin – the author of Skin Deep: Tattoos, the Disappearing West, Very Bad Men, and My Deep Love for Them All – we white people are lost from any sense of cultural heritage. Aside from the kilt-wearing MacDougals and the powwow-attending people trying to join a Native American tribe, most of us Anglo-Americans are just a scraggly Heinz 57 mutt mix: A summa person. Summa this, summa that."

but here's a pic! Are there other cool cycling tats on the board?

[KnottedYet]

Oooh, I like it! Did you get the chainring from the chainring tat site? I've been eyeing those....

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/chainwheels/

I might have to look up Danny at Mom's Body Shop next time I'm in SF.

[CyclaSutra]

That's the guy who is a friend of Danny's who's been collecting the chainrings, yeah. In fact, Danny did that guy's first rings ... and Danny had a printout of them. Small world!

[KnottedYet]

The Amici Veloci gazelle chainring is on that site. It's one of the rings I'm considering. (I'm thinking an armband of bike chain, with 3 rings in it. We'll see... This would be to celebrate 15 years cancer-free, which gives me a couple years to decide yet.)

I'm definitely going to consider having Danny do it, since I spend so much time in SF anyway and he's the chainring guy!

I really like your tat!

[KnottedYet]

I went to Mom's Body Shop website, and they don't list Danny as one of their folk.

Uh-oh? Where did he go?

[CyclaSutra]

I hate losing track of your tattoo artists!

I'd call Mom's and see, or e-mail that chainring dude, since they're apparently tight.

Good luck, and let me know what you find out!

He spells it Dan E. Boy...

[Jenn]

"Real ones" as if other markings aren't? I'm sick of this arrogant site, I thought this was a place for female cyclists to bond, but it is nothing more then a bashing frenzy.......c ya

[KnottedYet]

"Real ones" as if other markings aren't? I'm sick of this arrogant site, I thought this was a place for female cyclists to bond, but it is nothing more then a bashing frenzy.......c ya

What did I say?
Did I bash someone or something?

Edit: Doc made some great temporary tattoos of bike chains, and I love them. I'd like a permanent one someday. It's just fun, that's all.

[CyclaSutra]

Jen, the only other posts I saw when I searched "tattoo" were for temporary tattoos, which are really cool, but I meant "real" as in "permanent," no offense meant to anybody or their art.