How do you justify a Cape Epic entry?

[Headshot]

I'd prefer it if you didn't refer to me at all..

[Danger Dassie]

5 minutes ago, Eldron said:

But those weren't optional ????

Sure, but regardless for an event. Despite the hype around the 'cool kid' factor. Wether it's Epic, Comrades, Dakar, SingleSpeeds, Olympics etc .... it's a personal connection people make based on their journey. 
I might not buy into it, but for them they may. 

[Just Simba]

3 minutes ago, Headshot said:

I'd prefer it if you didn't refer to me at all..

I can actually identify with this, might even adopt a name change in the near future

[Eldron]

1 minute ago, Danger Dassie said:

Sure, but regardless for an event. Despite the hype around the 'cool kid' factor. Wether it's Epic, Comrades, Dakar, SingleSpeeds, Olympics etc .... it's a personal connection people make based on their journey. 
I might not buy into it, but for them they may. 

Not sure it fits the profile - it's a winners tattoo not just some rando "ink this on my body" tat....

 

 

[Hairy]

28 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said:

SSWC 2012

Don't forget Burry Stander and Amy Beth, they both got Single Speed World Champs tattoos. 

but those are pretty much compulsory for any SS WC winner

[Hairy]

22 minutes ago, Eldron said:

But those weren't optional ????

And not any Tom, Dick or Harry have one either!

[Eldron]

1 minute ago, Hairy said:

And not any Tom, Dick or Harry have one either!

100%

Anyone who has the SSWC winner's tat on them (other than the actual winners) should be forced to have it removed with low grit sandpaper and salt.

[Hairy]

2 minutes ago, Eldron said:

100%

Anyone who has the SSWC winner's tat on them (other than the actual winners) should be forced to have it removed with low grit sandpaper and salt.

just got cold shivers thinking about that process of removal

[Hairy]

R.I.P Burry!
 

 

[Eldron]

Ahhhhh SSWC and Burry - two subjects that bring on nostalgia, fondness and pain....

[Danger Dassie]

8 minutes ago, Eldron said:

Not sure it fits the profile - it's a winners tattoo not just some rando "ink this on my body" tat....

 

 

What profile. It is a tattoo of an event, for whatever reason. Some people think the SSWC is lame, personally I think they have a stick up their ass. The point is what people decide to do with ink is upto them. 

[Shebeen]

7 minutes ago, Eldron said:

100%

Anyone who has the SSWC winner's tat on them (other than the actual winners) should be forced to have it removed with low grit sandpaper and salt.

There's another version that can be viewed in Cape town. Go to the right bike shop on the right day and it's wrenching bikes.

[Eldron]

4 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said:

What profile. It is a tattoo of an event, for whatever reason. Some people think the SSWC is lame, personally I think they have a stick up their ass. The point is what people decide to do with ink is upto them. 

Ink whatever the hell you like on your body - your body your choice. I will respect you way more for earning a world champs tat than for paying to have a corporate logo inked on you though.

If a race means that much to you then at least spend some time/money on design and have something unique/stylised done. I suspect, however, that people who have logos inked on them will not be pleased if the viewer cannot recognise the logo/race and offer up the street cred they think comes with it.

[Danger Dassie]

2 minutes ago, Eldron said:

Ink whatever the hell you like on your body - your body your choice. I will respect you way more for earning a world champs tat than for paying to have a corporate logo inked on you though.

If a race means that much to you then at least spend some time/money on design and have something unique/stylised done. I suspect, however, that people who have logos inked on them will not be pleased if the viewer cannot recognise the logo/race and offer up the street cred they think comes with it.

Wildly different scenario regarding corporate brand ink. Also wildly stupid imho opinion, but also not worth projecting about. 

I've seen some pretty good event ink work, a guy who the old Epic logo ages back, incorporated among some of his existing ink. What was also cool is that he did it for himself based on his experience, not for any perception of street cred. Which for the most part is likely why most people do it, not for some random commentator. 

[_David_]

11 minutes ago, Eldron said:

Ink whatever the hell you like on your body - your body your choice. I will respect you way more for earning a world champs tat than for paying to have a corporate logo inked on you though.

If a race means that much to you then at least spend some time/money on design and have something unique/stylised done. I suspect, however, that people who have logos inked on them will not be pleased if the viewer cannot recognise the logo/race and offer up the street cred they think comes with it.

IMO sometimes better not to judge its not always about "street cred". I know someone who beat cancer done an Ironman got the logo to remind her of what she overcame.

Edited September 14, 2021 by _David_

[Eldron]

2 minutes ago, _David_ said:

IMO sometimes better not to judge its not always about "street cred". I know someone who beat cancer done an Ironman got the logo to remind her of what she overcame.

We all do things for all sorts of reasons but like I said - have some fun with it - stylise it - make it your own. Branding yourself with corporate logos is just silly in my opinion. It's bad enough that we pay a penalty for buying "brand names" but to pay good money to advertise on your own body breaks some internal rule of mine...