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Archive for April, 2011

Look Pro, Part VI: Move Sur la Plaque

by frank / Apr 29 2011 / 51 posts

There’s something not quite the same about how the Pros climb and how we climb. They go faster, I suppose. There’s that. They’re skinnier, too, and climb better for their weight to boot. And they’re stronger, that probably helps although I can’t speak from personal experience. I’ve also noticed that while under p...

Guest Article: Reverence – Rule 33 For the Risk Averse

by sgt / Apr 28 2011 / 130 posts

We’re going to take advantage of our break in the Velominati Super Prestige to get a few articles out that have been sitting in the queue but haven’t had the opportunity to see the light of day due to the busy race schedule. Besides, we’ve spent the last two days bemoaning a couple skinny kids’ lack of tactical prowess and...

Anatomy of a Photo: Fausto Coppi

by frank / Apr 26 2011 / 109 posts

A lot has been made lately of the fact that riders today are lacking a little bit of The V. It’s not so much a criticism of how they conduct themselves during a race (although that has also been called into question lately), but in their general demeanor towards their life as a cyclist.It doesn’t surprise me much; historically, riders...

Evolution of a Plan, Part II: Record Hubs

by frank / Apr 25 2011 / 70 posts

Before my dad bought his C-Record Merckx in the late 80′s, the family stable consisted of mostly Shimano bits, with a light smattering of Suntour. All these components were things of beauty – after all, there is something of fundemental beauty in any bike part – but none of these trascended time. In a sense, I could imagine how ea...

Velominati Super Prestige: Liége-Bastogne-Liége

by brett / Apr 22 2011 / 255 posts

We’ve all watched bike races, that’s a given, but how many of us actually listen to a bike race?  It’s at this time every year that I’m reminded of something;The Ardennes Classics sound different. Continue reading...

Velominati Super Prestige: La Fléche Wallonne

by frank / Apr 19 2011 / 245 posts

La Fléche would perhaps be my least favorite classic, were it not for Gent-Wevelgem’s ill-timed bike-throw in their race for last place. It isn’t anything to do with the quality of these races themselves, but more to do with the company they travel in. Gent used to be sandwiched between de Ronde and Roubaix, just as La Fléche is betwe...

Look Pro, Part V: The Power of Hair

by frank / Apr 18 2011 / 66 posts

The power of hair is not to be underestimated. Especially when it comes to having it carefully disheveled, with little bits poking out of the vents of your helmet. Indeed, hair sticking out of your helmet vents can be thought of as a conduit to The V; the strands reaching into the Ether, channeling its power like a lightening rod into your very b...

Velominati Super Prestige: Amstel Gold Race

by frank / Apr 15 2011 / 236 posts

Holland. Not known as a hilly country, this. I have relatives who live “at elevation” near the Kinderdijk, where I took this photo. They live at 3m above sea level. Right. Known more for wind than we are for hills, then. In fact, one of the many (many) interesting things about the Netherlands is that while most countries use windmills...

Gravé Diggers

by brett / Apr 13 2011 / 48 posts

Sometimes we need to be reminded that originality is paramount to leading a good and honest life.  It took some home truths from a poster in Frank’s Gavia post to jog our memories that old news is, well, just that; old news. We need to come up with some new material man, that shit is going on two tours old now.It’s with some embarrass...

Unforgettable Rides: Gavia 1988

by frank / Apr 12 2011 / 65 posts

I suppose it’s just a sign of how rich our sport is and how enthusiastic we are about it that some of the most iconic rides in cycling go virtually unmentioned in these pages. It almost seems as though they are so tightly woven into legend that we take them for granted, these rides. Nevermore, nevermore: enter a new V-Series where we’ll...
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