You can't very well travel almost 8000km to ride 160km on a road made of beaten up bocce balls and not do something to commorate it. And you can't ride one of the world's most famous bicycle classics so near to Belgium without sporting a tattoo to endear the locals.
And of course, it wouldn't be original to just slap a tattoo of the Lion of Flanders somewhere on your person without customizing it just a tad... So after much thought, the only tattoo that fit the bill was this...
I'd like to talk a bit about the process... if you'll allow me...
Ol' Curly likes to think of himself as a bit of a tough guy... and for good reason. But I have to say that after over 3 and a half hours of laying face-down on the table with a James Hetfield fan dragging an electrified needle across the back of my calf... it felt a little raw... like fresh road rash to be exact.
All the while, thinking of that fresh new ink and all of the Flemish cycling fans who will be ooh'ing and ahh'ing over it, helped to keep Ol' Curly from crying... on the outside... I've seen many tattoos and all over the various parts of the body and with that in mind I'd like to think that the calf is a pretty "low-pain" place to get your ink done...
I'm crossing my fingers that the cobbles will hurt my skin (i.e. taint) half as bad...
Looks great, but the 13 tooth cog seems a little soft for Curly. No 11?
ReplyDelete13 is readily available at all Belgian bike shops... besides, I have additional design elements that need to be added to it in the future...
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