Road graffiti fit for Olympic cycle race

Part of the festivities surrounding the Tour de France each year involves spectators daubing the roads with painted slogans. It’s likely that British authorities would take a dim view of such high jinks in the salubrious areas of London and Surrey through which the 2012 Olympic Games cycle road race will pass, but how about decorating the asphalt with seemingly endless swirls of coloured chalk?

Chalktrail is a children’s toy available here that uses an over-sized stick of coloured chalk to draw a line behind a bicycle as it is being pedalled.

Ideally suited to drawing huge, multi-coloured Olympic rings…

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