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Velominatus: Rob

Order: Level 1 Velominatus

Location: N.Y. usa

Old dog rider with some amateur race experience back in the day. Still going fast but seeing the writing on the wall... Day job is self employed metal smith. Occasional mushroom hunter, collector of antique spoons

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Cannibal Connecticut Cogal-2013

The Cannibal Velo Club Trustees met recently over frosty mugs to plan a joint Velominati-Cannibal Spring Cogal here in Connecticut.Proposed details: Continue reading...

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  1. The Cannibal Velo Club Trustees met recently over frosty mugs to plan a joint Velominati-Cannibal Spring Cogal here in Connecticut.

    Proposed details:

    • Date: Sunday May 19th (shrewdly missing both the Mother’s Day and Memorial Day weekends).
    • Accommodations: I’m sure that among the Cannibals, we can host most or all of the visiting Velominati/hoti. Bed & Breakfast venues are also available nearby. A Saturday Dinner/BBQ would be great for those who arrive the day before the ride.
    • Route: about 130km, about 5k climbing! That’s a lot of climbing FFS.  A mix of short, tough climbs, endless rollers, and scenic beauty in both rural and coastal areas.

    http://connect.garmin.com/course/2423364

    We can figure out other details, mid-ride chow, timing, etc. as the date nears. In the meantime, please share your thoughts and suggestions.

    Contact me about the Cannibal Connecticut Cogal May 19, 2013; Chuck Mueller- cgmueller2@gmail.com ; Cannibal VeloClub info: www.cannibal-veloclub.webs.com ; @CannibalVelo on Twitter ; ‘Canniabal Velo Club’ on Facebook.

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    Date/Time
    Date - May 19, 2013
    9:05 AM - 8:00 PM

    Location
    Simon's Marketplace

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  2. The Cannibal Velo Club Trustees met recently over frosty mugs to plan a joint Velominati-Cannibal Spring Cogal here in Connecticut.

    Proposed details:

    • Date: Sunday May 19th (shrewdly missing both the Mother’s Day and Memorial Day weekends).
    • Accommodations: I’m sure that among the Cannibals, we can host most or all of the visiting Velominati/hoti. Bed & Breakfast venues are also available nearby. A Saturday Dinner/BBQ would be great for those who arrive the day before the ride.
    • Route: about 130km, about 5k climbing! That’s a lot of climbing FFS.  A mix of short, tough climbs, endless rollers, and scenic beauty in both rural and coastal areas.

    http://connect.garmin.com/course/2423364

    We can figure out other details, mid-ride chow, timing, etc. as the date nears. In the meantime, please share your thoughts and suggestions.

    Contact me about the Cannibal Connecticut Cogal May 19, 2013; Chuck Mueller- cgmueller2@gmail.com ; Cannibal VeloClub info: www.cannibal-veloclub.webs.com ; @CannibalVelo on Twitter ; ‘Canniabal Velo Club’ on Facebook.

    Event Details

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    Date/Time
    Date - May 19, 2013
    9:05 AM - 8:00 PM

    Location
    Simon's Marketplace

    Cogal Details
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    Ride Classification

The Rules

We are the Keepers of the Cog.  In so being, we also maintain the sacred text wherein lie the simple truths of cycling etiquette known as The Rules. It is in our trust to maintain and endorse this list.See also The Prophet’s Prayer. Continue reading...

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  1. Gianni, you look like Elrond with 2 of the hobbits… all considered, age and life style you look fit and trim though! if you see second place again tell him to level up his saddle. »

200 on 100 Cogal 2013

I’m not sure what ketamine based drugs Buck is stealing and abusing right now but he sure is excited about another Too Much on 100 Cogal. Everyone who wants to live the Rule #5 life, line up here. -gianniThe 2013 200-on-100 Cogal, or for the crazy bastards repeating it from last year, The 400-on-100 Cogal (aka The Buck Rogers Knee Memorial r...

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  1. Defender3I’m not sure what ketamine based drugs Buck is stealing and abusing right now but he sure is excited about another Too Much on 100 Cogal. Everyone who wants to live the Rule #5 life, line up here. -gianni

    The 2013 200-on-100 Cogal, or for the crazy bastards repeating it from last year, The 400-on-100 Cogal (aka The Buck Rogers Knee Memorial ride, The Steampuck Gastro Memorial Ride, The What the Fuck Was I thinking Memorial Ride).

    On Thursday, June 21st starting at V after V (actual time of sunrise-How Velominati is that?!?) in North Troy, VT the second annual 200-on-100 Cogal will kick off for another crazy, painful, endorphin-induced-hallucinogenic filled, long ass day in the saddle. Last year was amazingly awesome. I will not wax all nostalgic about it. Watch the Ryan Kelly video, read the Cogal page from last year, check out the strava links: It speaks for itself.

    I will be driving support in my new-to-me 1984 12 passenger Land Rover Defender 110 with the big ass roof rack which is a right hand drive so I should be able to hand out bidons and drive all at the same time! It will also have plenty of room in case anyone gets injured and needs to bail. Rob has thrown his hat in for possibly driving a support wagon as well so support should be covered.

    Logistics will be ironed out as the time approaches and hopefully Roger, aka The 200-on-100 MAN, will help with the planning as he did last year but this time around he is NOT allowed to pay for anything!!!

    So be there and be pedaling square by day’s end or regret it for the next 12 months! It’s going to be Fooockin’ Awwwesome (insert Djibouti Dub Video here).”

    I still need to find the Djibouti Dub video but I attached the picture of my Velo Support Wagon, BABY!

    I think that this is the link for Djubouti but I cannot open it at work as it is banned! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOmvdeNa67E

    If you do not know Djubouti Dubs, you missing out. Just google them, but not at work!

    Thanks!

    Buck

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    Date - June 20, 2013
    5:05 AM - 10:05 PM

    Location
    Troy School

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The Rules

We are the Keepers of the Cog.  In so being, we also maintain the sacred text wherein lie the simple truths of cycling etiquette known as The Rules. It is in our trust to maintain and endorse this list.See also The Prophet’s Prayer. Continue reading...

@Rob's posts:

  1. @Buck Rogers First, @Cris should know better for posting this – there are just so many things WRONG. Second, @Buck should not encourage this in any way shape or form as, apart from the above, we do not know if the guy is going 50 or 19 kph or given the… »

Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Roubaix 2013

It looks so easy on the television. Well, no, actually it looks pretty bloody hard. We think we have some understanding of how they suffer, how their bodies can take the continual beating. But we don’t really know. Not even by riding these abominations they call roads twice in the space of a few days can we understand the scale of the thing...

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  1. @JC Belgium Nice one, thanks, it gives a glimps at the reality for all the bad luck and hard work. »

  2. @Gianni, let’s not go there this is a one religion site… »

  3. @Gianni Hey Gianni, you got there and with your usual panache and verve!! Thanks for all the good work on the VSP you and the Froönk are the Bomb! »

  4. It dawned on me that a cure for the crowd idiots would be to truss them up on the front of a motor, a la Mad Max, you know, the poor shlubs who are the chained hooded hood ornaments for the psyco leader of the bad guys. Then next year use them as the crow… »

  5. Great race! Thought the first 2/3 rds were setting up for a boring sunny day race but no! Sep rode an impressive race too. »

  6. @Cantona , thanks, I think it about apple and Flash… Can’t find anything that loads – it’s ok I’ll watch a replay later and watch the update guy whilst add are on. Cancellara has his work cut out for him with 2 team mates and Stybar! »

  7. Can’t help Buck’o, I’m finding NBC coverage with all the adds really iritatin. Anyone one the East Coast got something better on the computer? »

  8. it still looks like Cancellara’s to lose? »

  9. Frank – you can’t say you’ve Delgatoed cause your right there… Have a great day, were all watching through you guys! »

  10. VSP PICKS: 1. Cancellara 2. Stannard 3. Boom 4. Roelandts 5. Huassler »

Cold Fact

Wellington isn’t renown for its great summers; a mate is always quick to remind me that if the weather was perfect all the time, everyone would want to live here and we’d be overrun by Aucklanders (just like Aussies but not quite dumb enough to live in Canberra). As our summer goes into its last death throes of amazingly calm, sunny, cl...

@Rob's posts:

  1. Nice one Brett, I heartily cheer a man who can insult his own countrymen, we need more of that here like saying those who are stoopid enough to live in L.A. deserve the Oscars and the Fault. But having said that it must be like being from 2 nations when y… »

Riding Ugly: Fernando Escartin

Sometimes, getting the job done means doing it by any means necessary. Football coaches, who have just seen their team scrape out a win by a dour defensive effort and a lucky goal, refer to it as “winning ugly”. But any true Velominatus would rather lose photogenically than win ugly. In fact, our credo could well be “it’s no...

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  1. Brett you brought a thought to mind, do great riders have a form and mechanics on the bike (that can only be described as pedaling like butter) that makes them better than those who look bad? If your boy Fernando was smoother would his Palmeres have been … »

Velominati Super Prestige: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2013

Outside my window, its pouring rain. My bike is leaning agains the wall in my office, covered in grim and grit from the ride in, which was characterized by equal parts cold, wind, and rain. The spot in the locker room where I changed before my shower was marked by sand and mud, and when I walked to the shower, I left a trail of dirty footprints.It...

@Rob's posts:

  1. @strathlubnaig +1 I am following your instincts and goin with my gut too… VSP PICKS: 1. Van Avermaet, G. 2. Steegmans, G. 3. Nuyens, N. 4. Wijnants, M. 5. Declercq, T. »

Truth and Reconciliation

First off, cycling needs a different term for what it would like to convene. To equate cycling’s past with South Africa’s and Liberia’s dark histories is just wrong. Maybe the “I was a lying dick” tribunal. When I hear riders I admire say the past is the past, let’s look forward, I now assume they cheated. Cipo,...

@Rob's posts:

  1. “I still love Bugno and Cipo. Nothing will have changed except everyone will know the truth.” This is truth, nothing will change. There will still be cheats as we are finding out in other sports. For me it’s not that I love Cipo or Kelly, Merckx… It’s … »

To Carbone or Not To Carbone?

That is the question. Are carbon wheels a viable option for everyday riding? Should carbon wheels be your go-to wheels rather than your just-for-racing wheels? I don’t really race and I don’t own any carbon wheels and I wonder. Granted, every professional is and has been on carbon wheels for many years so it’s easy to think we sho...

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  1. Back in the day it was all tubs all the time but for training it was shot rims and cut up race tires or tank like cheap Czech Barums. On race day the good and light wheels made the bike feel like a throughbred. Now it’s clinchers and alu and only one set… »

The Bikes

The Bike. It is the central tool in pursuit of our craft. A Velominatus meticulously maintains their bicycles and adorns them with the essential, yet minimal, accoutrement. The Rules specify the principles of good taste in configuration and setup of our machines, but within those principles lies almost infinite room for personal taste.It seems in s...

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  1. That’s the best auction ever, love the blokes attitude and enthusiasm! »

Reverence: Campagnolo Tools

Exposure to religion in my youth was by way of a brief dose of sunday school at the local Unitarian church. The point there, evidently, was to learn about other religions and turtles. If a point was being made, I missed it. When Catholic friends of mine came over for the weekend I would accompany them to the closest Catholic church and we would end...

@Rob's posts:

  1. Gianni, you always cut to the essence of your subject and your choices in life, women, bikes, boats  show that its about aesthetics. I have wrestled with the question of what beauty is all my working life and while it is hard to define and not always a ne… »

Cannibal Connecticut Cogal-2013

The Cannibal Velo Club Trustees met recently over frosty mugs to plan a joint Velominati-Cannibal Spring Cogal here in Connecticut.Proposed details: Continue reading...

@Rob's posts:

  1. The Cannibal Velo Club Trustees met recently over frosty mugs to plan a joint Velominati-Cannibal Spring Cogal here in Connecticut.

    Proposed details:

    • Date: Sunday May 19th (shrewdly missing both the Mother’s Day and Memorial Day weekends).
    • Accommodations: I’m sure that among the Cannibals, we can host most or all of the visiting Velominati/hoti. Bed & Breakfast venues are also available nearby. A Saturday Dinner/BBQ would be great for those who arrive the day before the ride.
    • Route: about 130km, about 5k climbing! That’s a lot of climbing FFS.  A mix of short, tough climbs, endless rollers, and scenic beauty in both rural and coastal areas.

    http://connect.garmin.com/course/2423364

    We can figure out other details, mid-ride chow, timing, etc. as the date nears. In the meantime, please share your thoughts and suggestions.

    Contact me about the Cannibal Connecticut Cogal May 19, 2013; Chuck Mueller- cgmueller2@gmail.com ; Cannibal VeloClub info: www.cannibal-veloclub.webs.com ; @CannibalVelo on Twitter ; ‘Canniabal Velo Club’ on Facebook.

    Event Details

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    Date/Time
    Date - May 19, 2013
    9:05 AM - 8:00 PM

    Location
    Simon's Marketplace

    Cogal Details
    Route Details

    Ride Classification

  2. The Cannibal Velo Club Trustees met recently over frosty mugs to plan a joint Velominati-Cannibal Spring Cogal here in Connecticut.

    Proposed details:

    • Date: Sunday May 19th (shrewdly missing both the Mother’s Day and Memorial Day weekends).
    • Accommodations: I’m sure that among the Cannibals, we can host most or all of the visiting Velominati/hoti. Bed & Breakfast venues are also available nearby. A Saturday Dinner/BBQ would be great for those who arrive the day before the ride.
    • Route: about 130km, about 5k climbing! That’s a lot of climbing FFS.  A mix of short, tough climbs, endless rollers, and scenic beauty in both rural and coastal areas.

    http://connect.garmin.com/course/2423364

    We can figure out other details, mid-ride chow, timing, etc. as the date nears. In the meantime, please share your thoughts and suggestions.

    Contact me about the Cannibal Connecticut Cogal May 19, 2013; Chuck Mueller- cgmueller2@gmail.com ; Cannibal VeloClub info: www.cannibal-veloclub.webs.com ; @CannibalVelo on Twitter ; ‘Canniabal Velo Club’ on Facebook.

    Event Details

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    Date/Time
    Date - May 19, 2013
    9:05 AM - 8:00 PM

    Location
    Simon's Marketplace

    Cogal Details
    Route Details

    Ride Classification

2012 Anti-V Moment of the Year: Bullies are really just pussies

As referenced in the 2012 V-Moment of the year article and ensuing discussion, it was a most Vawesome year for cycling. It’s been hypothesized here and on cycling sites with more integrity that the fantastic racing of 2012 may be, at least in part, attributed to a cleaner peloton. Unless you watched the Tour de France you’d think the da...

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  1. So none can see the future and certainly LA has been a megalomaniac of the highest order ( and that is being kind). All of which makes it hard to separate the man from the monster. The Japanese have the tradition of the nobility of failure – when you fall… »

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