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Archive for May, 2011

Reverence: Time iCLIC Pedals

by brett / May 11 2011 / 65 posts

If you’ve ever sold bikes for a living, (or even just ridden them), you’ll know that the biggest fear of the newbie, or the moderately experienced cyclist is clipping in.  It can strike the Fear of Merckx into the brawniest of men and reduce them to a quivering mess, saying things like “I don’t want to fall over”, ...

Triumph and Tragedy

by frank / May 9 2011 / 123 posts

Balance. It can be achieved by never deviating from the middle, or it can be achieved by violent swings to and fro. It is said, however, that the great peaks can’t be reached without crossing through deep valleys. Tragically, we were reminded today that our sport is one of great peaks and deep, deep valleys.Cycling is a sport of risk and dang...

Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia

by frank / May 5 2011 / 785 posts

In the 1990 Giro, a relatively unknown cyclist named Gianni Bugno lit the cycling world on fire by winning the first stage, thereby taking the Maglia Rossa. That wasn’t so surprising in itself; what was surprising was that the little bugger managed to hold the jersey all the way to Milan, a feat previously only accomplished by Binda and M...

Guest Article: Anatomy of A Photo-Perseverance

by Jeff in PetroMetro / May 3 2011 / 81 posts

Jeff in PetroMetro submitted this piece to us quite some time back, and we decided to hold off on publishing it until we got a little closer to the Giro, due to the story’s relation to the Giro. We knew it wouldn’t be the first time someone has written about it, but that’s never stopped us before so why should it now? As it turns...

Updated V-Kit Ordering Process

by frank / May 3 2011 / 34 posts

If I was going to describe to you what our order management process for The V-Kit has been like, I might start by likening it to Communing with Butterflies, only with invoices. It’s been a highly manual process with invoices for deposits being assembled based on The Big Board, which was compiled by Gianni from the emails we get asking to get...
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