15 Cool Cycling Tattoos: When You’ve Got It Under Your Skin
By Frantiska Blazkova
Little ink never hurt nobody. Most people choose tattoos as a way of expressing their affection for something or someone and the cycling lot ain’t no different. Enjoy some of the best artworks and ideas for enthusiasts on two wheels we happened to stumble upon.
Add a little watercolour to your passion.“Till death do us apart” takes on a completely different meaning. The downside is probably you’ll never find a comfortable seat.This artful composition of bike guts.Check out the detail on this one. The inscription translates as “To live is to ride.”We aren’t exactly sure how do you achieve such perfection without making a sacrifice to C’thulhu, but the owner is a lucky girl.And now for something completely different. We can’t be certain what were the motives behind this masterpiece, but we do hope the collision was avoided!When you can’t decide what you love more – your bike or your old man.Feeling like a bear, trapped for life in a concrete jungle or a circus? Well, you’re not alone.When your morning ride is a pleasure out of this world. Literally.There’s beauty in simplicity.And also in this self-explanatory forearm piece.The words to live and ride by. Cycling leg pain – can’t live with it, can’t live without it.This would be seriously creepy in real life, but we all do get metaphors, right?For all the free-spirited souls out there. This piece’s real name is Gypsy Fat Bike.Like mixing up the usage of the word “biker” wasn’t confusing enough.
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