Bicycle Tag of bike

Well, I found it but I don't know what the clue is about, unless BQ crashed a sports car in to the window once.

You do realise BQ is telling a continuous story here, don't you?

I don't understand why he has to do so much MSPainting out of clues, though. Can't he just take a close-up of his top tube against a window or wall like other taggers?

Old: Milton Stone Estate Agents on Abingdon Road

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The weather's so lovely at the mo for BoTB.
I'm just deeply miffed to have too much bandage on one of my feet to get out and about.

Triangulating from the buildings and found it in about 90 seconds.

Doubt I’ll get to this before anyone else, but that’s ok. I’m feeling pretty zen about it.

You do realise BQ is telling a continuous story here, don't you?

Well done on spotting that.
This is where Aston Martin moved to after Bamford and Martin outgrew 16 Henniker Mews. The little mews next to the estate agent is called Vantage Place which may be a reference to its Aston Martin heritage, and there is a brass plaque on the wall of the estate agent's business.

If you think my next tag is going to be in Feltham, however, you have another think coming.

I don't understand why he has to do so much MSPainting out of clues, though. Can't he just take a close-up of his top tube against a window or wall like other taggers?

Because I am bloody rubbish at taking photographs.

I've known where a few of these are lately and been tempted to grab one. Short of reading 892 pages of thread is there any way of knowing I'm not re-tagging?

UTFS

Yeah! There ought to be some kind of map!

No sure way though there is a map (in 2 parts) on the first page of the thread. Just avoid churches, walls, table tennis tables, Aston Martin theme pubs and my house and you should be fine.

Post a photo - you'll find out soon enough!

Seriously
Just search this thread for the street name, building name

No sure way though there is a map (in 2 parts) on the first page of the thread.

Wasn't the map unified at some point? We should probably update the link(s). Actually, I think it doesn't matter that much, as both links lead to the complete map.

I've known where a few of these are lately and been tempted to grab one. Short of reading 892 pages of thread is there any way of knowing I'm not re-tagging?

As skydancer implies, many tags are named by street or other things you might search for. However, some aren't, and we do have re-tags from time to time. Some of these have got accepted while others were corrected by the taggers themselves. I think we're a long way away from running out of taggable things in London and should continue to have a default policy of not accepting re-tags. It's not a big deal, but if you're unsure at first it helps if you have two or more tags up your sleeve, just in case one is a re-tag.

Obviously, read the rules on the first page, which I assume you've probably already done. Other good tips are:

• Don't make it too difficult. The game is most fun if it moves faster. That means not making clues too cryptic. The easiest clues are those that give a hint as to the area or street something is in. Non-geographical clues tend to be harder, although obviously quite often someone knows about the tag or the clue.

• Ideally stay within the North and South Circulars. We've broken that rule a couple of times. Tags that are very far out tend to take longer to go.

• The types of tag that Will refers to are things that have in the past raised various people's hackles. Crop and Polka Dot, who are brothers, had a thing about ping-ponging tags of public ping-pong tables for a while. There's also been a backlash against tags of churches. I think this is because people don't want things that are too generic. The recent tag of the Hampstead Garden Suburb churches was probably an exception, as Central Square isn't very generic, but I think it's good advice to avoid repetitive urban features.

• The best tags are ones with interesting stories attached to them. BToB is nothing if not educational, as you can see in BQ's story of Aston Martin, for example.

• Don't tell Skully there's a map.

• oat44 knows everything.

Because I am bloody rubbish at taking photographs.

That was just a reference to Ludwigtags.

Ah see I read the first post (map link b0rked) but didn't see the perfectly good links a couple of posts below. Thanks Will, Oliver.

Now I just need to be allowed back from exile outside the North Circ and I'll nab one...

The best tags are ones with interesting stories attached to them. Nah.

That means not making clues too cryptic

Always give enough hints

Friendliest thread on the friendliest forum on the internest.

Possibly the friendliest tag.

Is the correct answer, as it will give many members to pop up and complain.