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metalheart44
07-15-11, 10:25 AM
In cycling culture I thought there must be some pithy name for the greasy chain marks that are on my legs after a ride?

kevin_stevens
07-15-11, 10:35 AM
The toothy imprint where you let your right leg rest against the chainwheel is a "sharkbite". :)

KeS
I_like_cereal
07-15-11, 10:43 AM
amateur mark.

metalheart44
07-15-11, 02:39 PM
Thanks!
kevin_stevens
07-15-11, 03:33 PM
amateur mark.

Yeah, because you're PAID to ride bicycles, right?

:sheesh:

KeS
Doohickie
07-15-11, 03:38 PM
The toothy imprint where you let your right leg rest against the chainwheel is a "sharkbite". :)

KeS

Or a chain ring tattoo.
Floyd
07-21-11, 12:02 PM
I just call it grease on my leg...or pants or sweats, if it is cold weather..........
Cyclomania
07-21-11, 12:10 PM
Grease monkey juice slather.
Berta
07-25-11, 03:37 AM
There are names? I've been calling it 'dammit.'
Cyclomania
07-25-11, 03:42 AM
There are names? I've been calling it 'dammit.'
:lol::):lol::)
Doug5150
07-25-11, 10:28 AM
Always heard it called a chainring tattoo.

Some people get em for realz....... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&cp=16&gs_id=16&xhr=t&q=chainring+tattoo&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=2112&bih=967
ericbaker
07-28-11, 07:25 AM
"Rookie Mark" as long as Ive ever seen it.
globecanvas
07-28-11, 07:33 AM
Rookie marks.
RNDM
08-10-11, 12:07 PM
Hmm, rookie marks. Maybe I should work on my form. I have been riding for well over 10 years and occasionally notice this mark. Didn't know I was pedaling so amateurishly.
jbkirby
08-10-11, 04:01 PM
Hmm, rookie marks. Maybe I should work on my form. I have been riding for well over 10 years and occasionally notice this mark. Didn't know I was pedaling so amateurishly.

Rookie marks? In my book that is when the chainring leaves a permanent scar from the removal of tissue from the leg......................don't ask...:rolleyes:
archeratg
08-12-11, 12:19 PM
amateur mark.
caloso
08-12-11, 12:29 PM
Cat 6 tattoo.
Cynikal
08-12-11, 12:32 PM
^Lol.
dahut
08-23-11, 10:40 PM
Rookie or amateur mark when speaking with cyclists.
"Chain-ring tattoo" when speaking with hot chicks.
joewey
08-24-11, 09:04 AM
There are names? I've been calling it 'dammit.'
You owe me a keyboard sir! Never read alt while drinking tea, note to self.
jfmckenna
08-24-11, 12:49 PM
I've hear roadies call them cat 5 tattoos. It's funny, I guess, that is unless as you deride another cyclist you don't realize that you have one too :)
jack002
08-25-11, 08:33 AM
I call it "not my problem"
Ratchet
09-08-11, 06:58 AM
Yeah, someone called it a first-timer's bite on my leg, to which I thought, "Son, I've been riding longer than you've been alive..."
dougmc
09-08-11, 03:03 PM
Or a chain ring tattoo.And some people just actual tattoos of them.

Me, I have permanent scars of one particularly bad one. No need for any ink there!
fishymamba
10-08-11, 02:54 PM
n00b mark