Why are chainring tattoos Fred?
03-24-07, 06:59 PM
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After you've been riding for a while, you learn to avoid touching the greasy chain.
So if you are getting chain grease on your calf, you are assumed inexperienced or just clueless.
So if you are getting chain grease on your calf, you are assumed inexperienced or just clueless.
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03-24-07, 08:57 PM
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You were scooting the bike with left leg on the right pedal and you lost your balance, falling on top of the bike.
03-24-07, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by krazyderek
Figure this one out....
you unclipped your right foot so you wouldn't be a Fred with the mark on the inside of your right leg, but when you stopped you lost your balance and tipped to the left and fell on the rider next to you, so you got the mark on the outside of your left leg from the riders bike and were a bigger Fred than you were trying to prevent...
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03-24-07, 09:31 PM
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Lack of a chainring tattoo shows you are a true OCP that doesn't stop for pesky things like stop signs and traffic signals
03-24-07, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by krazyderek
Figure this one out....
PS: On occasion I am a victim of the chainring tattoo. Personally, I don't know what the big deal is.
03-24-07, 09:50 PM
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My guess is the bike was parked in the hallway of your house. You ran back to fill your waterbottles and scraped the bike with your left calf as you ran back towards the kitchen. That's my final answer, Regis.
03-24-07, 09:55 PM
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im new and i never have a problem with chain ring tats. maybe because i lub my chain every 40-60 miles and make sure there is never extra lub on it
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[QUOTE=krazyderek]Figure this one out....
Ha, me too.
Ha, me too.
03-25-07, 07:25 AM
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You got in a fight with your chainring ... and the chainring won
If I remember right, I think cut myself on the back of my left calf while clumsily walking my bike. Wasn't paying attention, walked the bike right into my calf which jammed between the chainring & seat tube a bit, creating a nice scar like that.
If I remember right, I think cut myself on the back of my left calf while clumsily walking my bike. Wasn't paying attention, walked the bike right into my calf which jammed between the chainring & seat tube a bit, creating a nice scar like that.
Originally Posted by krazyderek
Figure this one out....
03-25-07, 08:24 AM
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The whole pack shifted left for some odd reason and i was cross wheeling the guy ahead of me.... down i went. Painted the road with various more bits of my skin too, thankfully you keep moving forward while tumbling and skidding so it wasn't to hard to catch back up once i made sure i still had all my particulars in place.
03-25-07, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by krazyderek
Figure this one out....
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