Commuting Distance?

[onimity]

The same thing happened to me with the chainring tattoos too. (Though I call them turkey tracks. ) They just stopped happening...mostly.

My worst was in the crotch of my favorite jeans. I was to play host to a guy coming in to train a bunch of our engineers and debated whether I should bring nice clothes in or wear jeans. So of course I put on the jeans and a nice blouse, and packed heels. I took my bike on the bus and as I was lifting it on to the front rack lost my grip and got a huge greasy chainring mark right in the crotch of my jeans. The impact didn't feel too good either.

At least my guest had a good sense of humor. Turns out he commutes by bike too.

[RoseC]

Ouch, Onimity!

I just always seem to get my right leg at some point. I never notice it happen! I try to keep my chain and bike clean, and try to walk the bike from the opposite side if I need to walk it...but every day when I get to work, there's that chain ring tattoo, clear as anything. It's *almost* kinda cool...but it doesn't quite fit with my work attire...

[KnottedYet]

I like my constant chainring tattoos so much that I'm considering getting a real tattoo of a chainring on my right calf!

[RoseC]

I'm not really the tattoo type...but I kinda like that idea!

[Melalvai]

I was pretty proud of my chainring tattoos but I was even prouder of not having them.

My biking friend made fun of me because I always had one, and one day I showed up covered in them, because I'd had a hard time getting my bike on and off the bike rack on the car. He sure laughed then! (I laughed too.)

Baby oil gets them off the legs just fine, but they do stick to the clothes.