Archive for September, 2010

Universal Message: Metal Horns = Awesome!

by frank / Sep 19 2010 / 46 posts

It’s funny how malleable our definition of “local” becomes when emotion gets involved.  Seattle is a fiercely independent town where “local” is meant to imply your immediate neighborhood and we struggle to consider people who inhabit a community less than a kilometer away to be little less than an étranger. On...

Reverence: Chamois Cream

by Gianni / Sep 18 2010 / 41 posts

Pull up a seat around the fire, Old Gianni is going to tell you a story about lube… hey kids, come back here! It’s really just a story about cycling chamois really being made from chamois. There, I knew that would bring you back. Who doesn’t use chamois cream? I’m a little surprised to find a lot of cyclists don’t. Us...

Domestique of the Week: Jose-Luis Arrieta

by Marko / Sep 17 2010 / 15 posts

Yesterday, Cyclops posted a link to a story about the abandonment from the Vuelta and subsequent retirement from cycling of Jose-Luis Arrieta. Nice work Cyclops. This man deserves a special mention. He’s pictured on the far right above and just a glance at his kit indicates the length of this man’s years as pro.Unless you’re an ar...

Il Progetto, The Project

by brett / Sep 17 2010 / 43 posts

I’ve spent a lot of time of late looking at ‘vintage’ road bikes on the interwebs. It all started when thinking about what my ‘dream bike’ would be, and invariably the frame material of choice was steel. Beautiful modern-day frames from the likes of Baum, Speedvagen and Italian classics Colnago and De Rosa were high on...

Velominati Super Prestige: Vuelta a Espana Stage 20 (Bola del Mundo)

by frank / Sep 16 2010 / 22 posts

This year’s Vuelta, while it never seems to really capture my attention, has done a good job of demonstrating how the Giro and Vuelta seem to be fought out more closely than the Tour; the jersey has bounced around between Anton, Nibbles, and J-Rod like a hot Potato.  Leading into the final mountain stage on Saturday, Nibbles has a fight on h...

The Rhythm of the Stones

by frank / Sep 14 2010 / 31 posts

This picture makes me think, “There’s a right way to ride the cobbles, and a wrong way.”  Those riders who have raced on the cobbles of Flanders and Northern France will tell you that riding the stones fast takes a “something” that can’t be taught.  The trick seem to be finding a subtle space between steering a...

Reverence: Inhaling a Wasp

by frank / Sep 12 2010 / 52 posts

I have to admit, until BigRingRiding bestowed upon us the honor of gracing their site with our humble image, I had never heard the term “Inhaling a Wasp” being used as a climbing tactic.  My Great Aunt once swallowed a wasp; she was rather portly and since I think the wasp might have been in her cocktail I’m reasonably certain s...

Anatomy of a Photo: Pascal Lino 1990

by brett / Sep 11 2010 / 18 posts

As Frank mentioned in his response to the Evanescent Riders piece on Pascal Lino, there is a modicum of research that accompanies the relics of my memory to bring the riders and races of the 90s back to life.  Whilst trawling the interwebs for usable images, I came across this awesome shot of our latest subject matter from the 1990 Tour de France...

Timing is Everything: Ole Ritter

by frank / Sep 10 2010 / 14 posts

For Danish cycling, before Bjarne Riis, there was Rolf Sørensen*.  Before Rolf Sørensen, there was Ole Ritter. Ritter was a badass, a champion, rode Bianchis for Bianchi.  He had himself built the lightest bike available at the time, by a company that specialised in making the most badass handlebar tape in the history of this Great Sport. Good...

Evanescent riders of the 90s: Pascal Lino

by brett / Sep 10 2010 / 3 posts

Festina. The name alone instantly conjurs up the spectre of doping, and in particular the 1998 Tour de France, when soigneur Willy Voet was caught with a cache of medications that would’ve done Pfizer proud. That the term “Festina affair” has become synonymous with 98 and the name of the watch company, has clouded the fact that th...
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