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 mark stetson on June 17, 2014 at 2:27am

Hennepin Canal Trail, just west of visitors center.  Mile 21 I think.

Permalink Reply by mark stetson on June 17, 2014 at 2:29am

New tag, your bike with animals.  These are sheep (with guard dog at fence).

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on July 1, 2014 at 6:27am

Old tag, your bike with animals (a small pack of labrador retrievers).

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on July 1, 2014 at 6:30am

new tag: your bike with bike share or rental bikes

Permalink Reply by daWillinChi on July 1, 2014 at 6:50am

That's a good tag!



yaj 7.4 said:

new tag: your bike with bike share or rental bikes

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on July 1, 2014 at 8:27am

Thanks J.A.W..  I wanted to work in a Divvy tag because of the anniversary.  I just re-upped my membership.  Hard to believe it has been a year.

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on August 23, 2014 at 7:52am

Old Tag: Your (my) bike with bike share.



yaj 7.4 said:

new tag: your bike with bike share or rental bikes

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on August 23, 2014 at 7:56am

New Tag: Your bike at a bar where Dan Brown liked to sing karaoke (Hint: Apparently it was almost all of them, but this was Spyners):

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on August 24, 2014 at 3:02am

Good tag Kevin.  Another way to honor Dan.

Permalink Reply by Steve O on January 23, 2015 at 4:38am

Hello from Washington DC,

Seems this has died out.  I am active in the DC Bike Forum - our version of the ChainLink.  I'm hoping to start a similar game of tag in the spring.  Thanks for the inspiration.

The reason I'm waiting is because we are in the middle of Freezing Saddles, our winter riding game, and I don't want tag to be a distraction from that.  

Seems you have an active community that might want to try something like FS for yourselves next year.  You can learn more and follow our standings and stats at www.freezingsaddles.com as well as on the various threads on our forum.

I like the design of your forum more than ours.

Now I will quietly lurk in the corner.  Thanks for allowing me in.

Permalink Reply by daWillinChi on January 23, 2015 at 5:00am

As much as I like Dan, this killed ended stopped froze the thread.

Not everyone here knew Dan. Not many people that knew Dan hung out with him. Not many people that hung out with Dan knew he liked Karaoke. Not many people that knew Dan and knew he liked Karaoke hangs out in the Chainlink.

What say we get a new Tag? Kevin? Would you like to redo the tag?


yaj 7.4 said:

Good tag Kevin.  Another way to honor Dan.

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on January 23, 2015 at 5:29am

I'll redo the tag, but it remains to be seen if that "reignites" interest in the game (in anyone west of Pennsylvania).

JustWill said:

As much as I like Dan, this killed ended stopped froze the thread.

Not everyone here knew Dan. Not many people that knew Dan hung out with him. Not many people that hung out with Dan knew he liked Karaoke. Not many people that knew Dan and knew he liked Karaoke hangs out in the Chainlink.

What say we get a new Tag? Kevin? Would you like to redo the tag?


yaj 7.4 said:

Good tag Kevin.  Another way to honor Dan.

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