Let's see your Biker Tan!

[GLC1968]

I'm a little freaked out this year because my hands are tan for once. I've given up most summer biking for farming...so my hands are tan (I hate wearing gloves in the garden).

Last summer, I bought a big silver cuff bracelet to wear on my right arm and with my huge watch on my left - it somewhat hid the massive transition from brown arm to white hands. It was super obvious - people in the grocery stores used to comment on it.

Now I have the proverbial red neck! I chopped off all my hair a few weeks ago and after a weekend of working outside, my neck is bright red, my shoulders/arms are red (including my hands) and my body/legs are super white. In fact, for the first time since I started riding, I can only faintly make out the tan line on my thighs. It's finally fading after about 9 months of no riding in the sun (or with bare legs).

[arielmoon]

Yup I have the same back tan as hirakukibou, hands are pale and my legs look like gnat23's. I look riduculous in a bathing suit. I laid out a few times to try and even things out and now I have a slight bikini line too. *head desk*

[Andrea]

My legs match my arms...

[Eden]

this is even with sunscreen and a very late start to shorts season up here this year...

the arms look much like the legs, but are much harder for me to take a photo of by myself..... My tan is so uneven, I don't even bother to try to get rid of the lines. I think the backs of my arms are the darkest part - or more specifically the back of my right arm.... Strangely enough, even though I usually wear gloves, my hands, though less tan than my arms don't look that weird. I used to get a dark tanned circle on the back of my hands (my gloves don't have a hole anymore....) I used to get the what's wrong with your hands! all of the time.

[KerryCrow]

my husband's gloves are mesh...i wish i had a pic of his tan lines. they are hilarious cause you can see the print of the mesh!!

Many years ago I used to wear those mesh gloves....so I know exactly what you are talking about. My coworkers used to make fun of me. One time, as I was moving on to a new work assignment, they "roasted" me. Part of the skit was everone put on white surgical gloves on which they had colored brown dots on the the top of the hands. It was hilarious!

[Natural Beauty]

HAHAHAHAHA, IT'S NOT JUST ME! Thought I was going to be all cute for my honey with a new fancy lace get up....he fell off the bed. and not in a good way. I didn't realize I resembled a zebra with really wide stripes.

[Tuckervill]

My hands get so tan during baseball season that the bike gloves don't have a chance to shield them from the UV. I can credit sleeveless cycling jerseys with actually having no tan line on my upper arms, this year! Yeehaw!

The legs don't look different than any other year, because my cycling shorts are about the same length as my others. And I always have a Chaco/Keen pattern on my feet from the sandals!

Karen

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Do I win the award for most non-descript tan lines on the back? LOL
Added "bonus" - you can see the top of my fusion scar in this pic.

(Spanky the cocker pup is supervising the photo shoot.)

[smilingcat]

I keep forgetting to apply spf 50 on my leg so bad me.