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Archive for November, 2010

The Athlete’s Superstition

by frank / Nov 30 2010 / 44 posts

The mind’s influence over the athlete is considerable; particularly in a sport as difficult as cycling. A strong mind can push its body well past its limitations and into the realm of the supernatural; forcing the legs to continue giving more despite each of the million muscle fibers screaming in unified agony. You could say the rider is pri...

Announcing New V-Features: The Works and The Bikes

by frank / Nov 27 2010 / 18 posts

We’ve been busy little bees over here at Velominati.  While you may not have been seeing much “evidence” of actual “activity” on our end, we’ve been hard at work adding a few new features that the community has been asking for: The Works and The Bikes.The Works is a place where we’ll be organizing a list o...

Deference: Gianni’s Campagnolo Down Tube Shifter

by frank / Nov 24 2010 / 51 posts

It is dark now when I rise.  It is dark when I return home from the office.  Leaves crunch under the soles of my shoes as I walk in the city. The rides that once occupied a devoted period of each day have now become stolen indulgences of either serendipity or careful planning.The rain falls more regularly now; the Rain Bike is in top circulation...

Anatomy of a Photo: I Will Eat You Where You Stand.

by frank / Nov 23 2010 / 42 posts

If ever there was a photo that illustrated why anyone would be given the monicker, “The Canibal”, this is it.I devoted a full seventeen seconds to ‘finding out the history’ of this picture, and came up empty.  G’Phant sent this my way with a short but clear note, “This photo looks like it was taken at the momen...

La Vie Northwest: socks, sandals, and snow

by jim / Nov 22 2010 / 23 posts

It’s snowing today in Seattle, which a full 78% of the population is not able to deal with, even though it happens every year. I rode in, as always (I commute, therefore I am) and on my way I passed a fellow cyclist in sandals and wool socks.  At least they were spd sandals.  Merckx bless the northwest...

Breaking the Rules: Graeme Obree

by frank / Nov 20 2010 / 67 posts

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Innovation is ugly, inelegant. By it’s very definition, it is carried out with almost a kind of contempt for The Rules. With no regard for aesthetics, it is a domain ventured into by the casually courageous and mentally frail. It comes in fits and starts, and success is punctuated by devastati...

Anatomy of a Photo: Gilberto e Damiano dentro Laghetto

by Marko / Nov 18 2010 / 26 posts

It is easy to imagine photo ops and advertisements that the pros obligate themselves to for sponsors becoming tedious. Angles that sound good during an off-season drunken phone conversation are often just awkward when operationalized at the season’s first training camp and new sponsor meeting. I can’t imagine anything more emasculatin...

Velominati Interview: Garmin’s Toby Watson

by frank / Nov 16 2010 / 55 posts

Keepers: We understand you’re fairly new to cycling. How does a physio with little background in cycling end up getting hooked up with one of the greatest teams on the Pro Tour?Toby Watson: “Little background” is being pretty generous there. I was a blank slate as far as cycling experience was concerned! It was a case of being...

Transcending the Rules: Group Ride with T-Bone

by frank / Nov 14 2010 / 57 posts

The question has been raised a number of times and the answer has always been vague: do the pros set The Rules, do they Obey them, or are they beyond them? As with everything philosophical, the answer is open to interpretation and difficult to identify. The Rules are about history, culture, etiquette, class, and style. That necessarily means that...

Il Progetto e Finito

by brett / Nov 12 2010 / 33 posts

While I’ve been riding Il Progetto Originale for a month or so now, the finishing touches were still being waited on, either being sought out from bargains online, or finding just the right new old stock to give the old girl just the right blend of old and new.After a long couple of weeks, the Bozzie is 99.9% completo.…...
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