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Archive for September, 2010

Monikers of the Giants

by frank / Sep 7 2010 / 43 posts

It only takes the most cursory glance through the Lexicon to realize that we have a special love for nicknames here at Velominati.  I’m not sure what it is that compels us to call things by some made-up name instead of the actual ones; it almost seems like we’re bragging that we know something well enough to screw up it’s moniker...

Beer in the Bidon: Field Test Update

by Joshua / Sep 5 2010 / 74 posts

Initially, “Beer in the Bidon” was to be a single, definitive posting, an authoritative ranking of the single best variety of the single best and most important cycling performance beverage yet devised by the hand of man: beer. “Beer?” you ask. That’s right, beer (and say hello to your mother for me). Or, to put it another way, liquid gun...

Study of a Toolbag: The Assos Guy

by frank / Sep 4 2010 / 34 posts

Until I started wearing the sacred threads of the V-Kit, I believed firmly that Assos produced the finest clothes in cycling.  Their winter clothes are toasty-warm and lack the bulk of most winter garb, while no epidermal cell has ever been lost to chaffing while wearing a pair of FI.13 bibs.For a company who has such a stellar reputation in the c...

The Meaning of the Word Respect: The Beartooth Challenge

by Joshua / Sep 3 2010 / 12 posts

This past weekend I learned a number of lessons here in my new home state of Montana. Or perhaps relearned these lessons—lessons of my own mortality; of my fragility; of my limitations. Full of hubris and vigor I entered the 2010 Beartooth Challenge, an 8.2 mile uphill run over 2,500 vertical feet followed the next day by a grueling, ~33K, 4,50...

Velominati Interview: Garmin’s Kris ‘Grom’ Withington

by brett / Sep 2 2010 / 11 posts

With La Vuelta in full swing and the Worlds only weeks away, there are more than a few riders who will be feeling the effects of a long, hard season.  Months of training, travelling and racing take a physical and mental toll that we, as mere mortals, can only begin to imagine.  But without the vital roles of the support staff assembled by the big...

Guest Article: Race Report – “The Club Champs”

by The Keepers / Sep 1 2010 / 51 posts

The Velominati are proud to present the following guest article by community member Marcus, who also writes for the Squadra di Vecchi Tori blog. Here is a tale of a man who embarks in 6-man open race. Of the five starters, one drops out to make it a 5-man race, but the race still manages to become a journey deep into the darkest pits of the Pain Ca...
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