Bicycle Photo Tag game

The point of the Bicycle Photo Tag is to reproduce a similar photo of an object or place that can be found in many different locations around the world. Much like a scavenger hunt, examples include specific street signs, a railway crossing with train, yourself at a toll booth with reciept, etc.... Get creative

Rules are easy...

1. Find a SIMILAR (ie; Not The Same, Different) tag and reproduce the photo (as best as possible). Take the tag to a new location, get the photo and post it here.
2. Upon posting your new tag, the tagger is responsible for specifying what it is in the photo that must be reproduced. Be specific, but not so specific that no one else will be able to play because we couldn't find another pink school bus.
* Try to place the tags in interesting locations, objects or places that could probably be found in at least the majority of the planet.
3. Tag must be: Common amongst all human habitation. Dirt is ok, but remember most of us are on street bikes. We don't want to exclude those who don't like to get dirty (wimps).
4. The first person to post a found tag gets to place the next tag. If you get a tag, but somebody else posts their picture first, you lose (bruced).
5. One tag at a time within thread. File photos are NOT permitted. You gotta ride to play this game.
6. No whining There are plenty of folks here that will help you understand the rules
7. The holder of the tag determines if the tag has been duplicated and acknowledges it by posting on the thread. (Surrendering the Tag)
8. No Pre-Arranged Tag Handoffs / Linear Tag sequence
9. Last but not least, should the tag be soo ridiculous that no one is able to reproduce it, it can be voted down if a majority of the active participants feel necessary.



Remember, the point of this is not to win the game, or get a better picture than the guy who just "bruced" you, the point is the ride. On that note, if someone tags a post office. Rather than get out and ride a block to my local post office, I might ride an hour or so, out to the historic post office a few neighborhoods over.... Make it interesting.

So the first tag is your bike in front of a house with Xmas lights

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on December 24, 2012 at 9:25am

Pending approval by the official rules committee, I offer the following tag for your consideration: Your bike with one or more snowmen/snowwomen. (Damn you Al Gore!) And Merry Christmas!

Permalink Reply by Ed on December 24, 2012 at 9:58am

got the tag and a personal enlightenment, what a game.

Bring on the snowmen(women)

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on December 24, 2012 at 10:10am

Possibly in Chinatown.



h' said:

So I have to go out and get a photograph of "your bike with one or more snowmen/snowwomen?"

Is your bike going to be available in the next few days?

Permalink Reply by JimmyD on December 26, 2012 at 4:39pm

Here's my commuter rig next to a snowman...

Next tag....

Tomorrow morning, I will post up a new pic for the next tag. I have to admit, I don't have a good idea for the next tag yet... I need to think of a good pic during my morning ride, and I'll post it up before 9:00am.


Kevin C said:

Pending approval by the official rules committee, I offer the following tag for your consideration: Your bike with one or more snowmen/snowwomen. (Damn you Al Gore!) And Merry Christmas!

Permalink Reply by JimmyD on December 27, 2012 at 4:30am

New tag:  Bike next to a famous sculpture

This is my bike in front of the Thompson Center next to the Jean Dubuffet sculpture "Monument with Standing Beast" (1984).

Permalink Reply by Holly on December 27, 2012 at 6:12am

"5. One tag at a time within thread. File photos are NOT permitted. You gotta ride to play this game."  

(I really don't mind, myself, but it seems like the ride itself is a key part of the game. (I see I violated the rules and put more than 1 photo in a thread and took the photos post ride.) 

Anyway--is the tag, "bike with monument"? 

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on December 27, 2012 at 7:52am

Holly, I think the year is the year the sculpture was erected--not when the photo was taken.

Permalink Reply by JimmyD on December 27, 2012 at 8:30am

Hi Holly, Lisa is correct. I snapped that photo with my phone this morning. I just thought I would provide the info on the sculpture in case anyone was wondering (the artist, sculpture name, installation year).

So, the current tag is "bike with sculpture". 

(By the way, my original intent for the new tag was to take a picture with our cat sitting in the basket of my wife's cruiser bike last night, but the cat wasn't having any part of that!! hah! So I had to delay my new tag picture to this morning's commute.)

Permalink Reply by Holly on December 27, 2012 at 8:43am

Oh, hi. I'm stupid. Thanks for the clarification, Lisa. 

Cat in the basket on the bike would be an awesome tag. Bonus points for photo of scratches on your face after the cat attacks.

I like this game, by the way. I have no reason to go anywhere right now, but am contemplating a ride just to be involved in the game. I have a few ideas if the laziness happens to subside. 

Permalink Reply by Ed on December 28, 2012 at 12:38pm
Someone ought to get this tag tonight, I hear there are a couple of sculptures near daley center where critmass starts.
Permalink Reply by JimmyD on January 2, 2013 at 5:18am

Yep! The current tag is "Bike next to sculpture".

In the spirit of this game, keep in mind that you don't need to take a photo next to that specific sculpture in my post. You can take a pic of your bike next to any sculpture.


Cameron Puetz said:

Is this still the current tag?

JimmyD said:

New tag:  Bike next to a famous sculpture

Permalink Reply by daWillinChi on January 2, 2013 at 3:57pm

here's the one next to a flame from John's lighter. 

Now for the next tag, take a picture of your bike by a bar with any kind of animal's name in it

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