Bike tag, the international photo tagging game, has landed on Vancouver Island.

The game starts with a photo of a bike in a mystery public location, along with a clue as to its whereabouts. Participants find that location, take a photo of their bike at that location, then go to a new location, take a photo there, and upload both photos to the site, along with a clue about the new location.

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The game originated on the social media platform Reddit, but now has a website of its own:

The phenomenon started in Austin, Texas, and has since branched out to numerous American cities, as well as Vancouver, Abbotsford, and even a couple of European cities - Vienna (Austria) and Inverness, Scotland.

And now the Comox Valley.

Local cyclist Rick Gafuik put Comox on the Bike tag map, so to speak, by creating an internet landing space ()

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Gafuik said there are many reasons to get involved.

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Gafuik said he expects the game to really take off, considering the number of cycling enthusiasts in the Valley.

B次元官网网址淚 know The Medicine Shoppe has posted it on their Facebook page. Darryl Hunt, who owns the Medicine Shoppe, hosts a group called Life Cycle so they are looking forward to getting involved.

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While the Comox game has only a few hits, some of the other cities have hundreds of rounds already filed.

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