And here's the easier option:

Bruce, I may just "Bruce" you anyways...:face-monkey:

Next one up today, hopefully.

Nice bike, Eleanor. She has grown sine the last time we saw her.

Previous tag was the dragon outside the Mingei museum in Balboa Park. Here's the next tag:

Last one was, well, you can read the sign too...

Next one:



Just for fun, and to encourage others to check it out, can we reserve the first 24 hours for someone who has not been here yet?

Okay, the 24 hours is over (almost 48 hours now). Anyone who has already been there can grab it too.

No restrictions. Go get it!



Last tag was on the bridge of the new Rose Creek bike path.

I know where this is but since I am not the tag owner I can't give a hint. :face-plain:
It may have been used a few times already but this one is cleverly placed.
Bruce how about a hint?

I figured it out thanks to Penny's post on fb. It has nothing to do with this tag but it gave me a hint to google. Now do i go to work late to tag it or get off work early.... :face-devil-grin:

If it's still no nabbed by about 6am tomorrow, I got it!

I'm standing at the spot that I thought it was and realize I'm wrong!
Gotta get moving to work, somebody else grab it!

Hint #2: This park might be mini but there's nothing small about it's mountain view.

I won't give it all away, but starting with the original tag post, a certain series of clicks and one copy/paste (no typing) would take you directly to the park on google maps.

Serge2:I won't give it all away, but starting with the original tag post, a certain series of clicks and one copy/paste (no typing) would take you directly to the park on google maps.

If ya don't wanna give it all away then why even talk about it? There are plenty of ways to cheat and cut corners in this game but when you do ya take the meaning and fun out of it. Just saying...

ShadyGaga:Part of the fun for me is using visual or text clues and Web research to try to find the >50% of tags that I have no clue about. Without that I could go weeks with no shot at getting a tag when it's not in my neighborhood. I don't think using Google is cheating.

My apologies. I didn't mean to imply that using Google to research clues from a photo was cheating. I do think finding ways to access embedded data within picture files that will take you directly to the location on Google Maps is a step beyond that into questionable gamesmanship.

I thought I knew where this was, based on Google searches, but I failed to find the tag today. Google is great, but not infallible.

Just because... Couldn't get the "death wish" but liked "go all out"

Sigurd:San Diego cyclists now have their own "Tag-o-Rama" game!

A tag isn't really an actual tag - it is just a picture of your bike in an interesting or well-known location, perhaps with some hints if you think seekers need it. Members here will figure out where the tag is, and go out to take a picture in the same location, with their own bike in a similar position. The finder is then the new "it", and he gets to place the next tag: Continue ad infinitum!

Here's a custom Google Map of a few of the initial tags in the game.

For now, check out the rules:

#1: If you're "it", find somewhere relatively easy to place a tag - the game is about getting people out on their bikes (see #2), not about Googling: Somewhere scenic, well known or for some reason special or interesting will do. Take a picture (no file or recycled photos, or Google Street View, allowed - again, this is about riding your bike!) of your bike in the tag location. Post on SD BIkecommuter.com (you will need an account with a hosting site such as Photobucket, Picasa or Flickr to host your photo).

#2 The first finder (the one who posts a picture of his bike in the correct location) is the new "it", If you are not first (you have been "Bruced"!), post your photo, anyways (see #3).

#3: "As "it", you have 48 hours to place a new tag. If you don't, the honor of being "it" transfers to the second finder/poster. It is highly encouraged to post the new tag quickly and in a way that is locationally diverse: In short, if you don't have the time or inclination to place a new tag quickly, don't claim one in the first place. And try to go the extra mile to place the tag somewhere different than the neighborhood you found it in.

#4: You need to ride your bicycle to and fro, and include it in your tag photo!

#5: To keep the tag moving, pls. limit yourself to the City of San Diego: Even then, placing a tag in San Ysidro or Rancho Bernardo may be funny, but not fun!

#5: The location of a claimed tag should not be revealed until a new tag has been posted.

#6 (edit): The photo needs to be physically posted to the board - a URL to it is not sufficient for a catch. A new "tag" photo has to have been taken after your "claim" photo - no file photos of any kind allowed!

#7: Only tag owner shall provide tag location hints.

#8: No whining!


Get it? If not, read this thread for how it is done, and then ask here!

Serge2:

Sigurd:
However, only tag owner is supposed to reveal hints, so others should not post hints of any sorts - including revealing that embedded data are present.

Does that apply even after the tag has been found and posted?

It's a simple game Serge. The owner posts a tag and leaves hints when the consensus is that a hint is needed. See #7.
Play and enjoy. Or don't. See #8.

#5: The location of a claimed tag should not be revealed until a new tag has been posted.

This way, a second "finder" has a chance to claim the tag if the first finder doesn't post a new tag in 48 hours. The second and subsequent finders should have the same requirements, of knowing or not knowing the tag location, as the first finder.

If The Schwinn Lawyer doesn't post a new tag in the 48 hour time period, then VeloCafe has the right to the tag and can set out a new tag. This keeps the game moving in case The Schwinn Lawyer (original tag owner) can't for whatever reason, post a new tag in the time limit. (I'm just not sure if VeloCafe has to announce he has "Bruced" the tag on this forum. (Bruced...get it ? Ha!). The other judges may know that answer.) I myself have claimed a tag in just such a manor. Live by the Bruce, die by the Bruce. (Watch out for those International Pirates! They do not use Google and refuse to be Bruced. They're quick and give no quarter, so haul in the sheets, raise all sail and be on your way to the next tag. Fair warning...yaaaar!)

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I just had root canal work done. I swear I'm coming apart at the seams! Sheesh. I'm going to check my bicycles carefully before I ride. I'm having a streak of bad luck.

Ride well and be safe out there!

OKB
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Had a feeling this one would pop up quite soon...

Last tag was UHeights sign on Park near El Cajon.