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Old 09-19-07 | 03:52 PM
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Bikes: '05 marinoni delta, '86/87 bianchi sport s(e)x, ? kona ?, raleigh '71, specialized crossroads

Originally Posted by madfiNch
Me too! I really want a black simple-looking road bike with drop bars on my calf! I don't know if it'll ever happen, but hey. I think it'd look cool!!
Otherwise, I'd probably get a chain ring with a Celtic knot on the inside or something like that...
but there's so much more you can do with ink! it's going to be there the rest of your life, why not do something really special and unique?

the more tattoos i get the more i've learned to incorporate depth, shadow and photo-realistic details. also, since the canvas in this art is skin, make the design fit the qualities of the flesh and muscle, rather than just slapping an image on wherever.

i don't have any cycling-specific tattoos (yet) but here's what inspired my user name:



to the op: i'm imagining some sort of "view of the open road"... what do you see in cycling anyway?
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