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 JimmyD on January 16, 2013 at 1:11pm

Old tag: Bike at a chocolate shop

Here's my commuter rig in front of the Fannie May at Wacker and Michigan. Sorry for the crappy pic... I had to balance my bike by the window, run out onto Wacker when there were no cars and snap a pic with my phone! It was the only way to get the sign in the pic.

(Although, it is nice to see that my reflective spoke tape and reflective tires work well, even from the crappy little flash from my cell phone!)

New tag: Bike with a construction cone/plyon on it!

I found this lonely cone toppled over on the sidewalk at Michigan Ave just near the Tribune Building. I had to give the little guy a bit of ChainLink forums fame to brighten it's day.

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Permalink Reply by Ed on January 17, 2013 at 8:35am

Old Tag: Bike with a construction cone/plyon on it!

New tag.....wait for it.....

(I took two and am making sure one of them is not so rare.)

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Permalink Reply by Ed on January 17, 2013 at 8:43am

New Tag: Bicycle with a Goal (the scoring kind). Disc Golf hole would be a bit hard to find in the city, only a couple places.

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Permalink Reply by JimmyD on January 17, 2013 at 8:50am

Nice Schwinn, Ed! I like how it still has the matching lever covers.

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Permalink Reply by pjc jr on January 17, 2013 at 11:05am

I coming for you Ed, I know where I can grab this one in the city!

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Permalink Reply by JMinHP on January 17, 2013 at 5:02pm

I'm pretty sure the tag is just a goal, and not limited to a Frolf goal. If I'm right, here's a field hockey goal nested in a soccer goal. Two goals, one bike.

New tag - Pet on a bike. Any pet will do, and any way you get it "on" your bike works.

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Permalink Reply by Ed on January 18, 2013 at 2:23am

Yup, the tag was for a "goal", this works....tag on.

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Permalink Reply by JimmyD on January 18, 2013 at 3:33am

Cute pup pic JM 6.5... I'm going to attempt to get on of our cats on one of my bikes this weekend without getting clawed to death. WISH ME LUCK!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on January 18, 2013 at 3:39am

Make sure you're wearing long sleeves.

JimmyD 3.75 mi said:

Cute pup pic JM 6.5... I'm going to attempt to get on of our cats on one of my bikes this weekend without getting clawed to death. WISH ME LUCK!

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Permalink Reply by JMinHP on January 18, 2013 at 3:52am

I'm curious to see what pet gets the tag. Dogs are the norm, but cats, turtles, birds, rats (if you leave your bike in an alley!) would be fun. Our dog, though, loves riding in the basket even in this cold weather. In retrospect, I should have used one of my neighbor's monkeys. Yes, my neighbor DOES have two monkeys.

JimmyD 3.75 mi said: