It’s often said that being a cyclist is being part of a culture. It defines not only how to spend your time but how you live your life. And apparently it also drives a lot of people to get ridiculous tattoos.

Now, not all of the tattoos featured in this gallery are absolutely awful. But some of them are pretty damn bad. Like ‘grotesque-fish-riding-a-biycle’ kind of bad – which is one of the worst kinds.

We’re all for inking yourself up with an image in honour of the bike – it may be your greatest love in life after all – but at least put a bit of thought into it first. You wouldn’t want to be stuck with some of these for the rest of your life…