Velominati Super Prestige:
Giro D'Italia 2013
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Velominatus: Sauterelle

Order: Gray Order Velominatus

Location: Syracuse, NY

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La Vie Velominatus: The Sound of Silence

In most situations, silence is an ominous thing that signals impending doom. Having never been in any danger myself, I base this largely on my experience watching box-office movies. As a general rule, I use Hollywood as the principal source of information on all subjects as they relate to doom and politics, principally because I’m loath t...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. @Cyclops Where’s your box of Kleenex? »

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...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. @the-farmer Goo Gone works really well. »

The Rides

The Ride. It is the cathedral of our sport, where we worship at the altar of the Man with the Hammer. It is the end to our means. Indeed, The Bike may be the central tool to our sport, but to turn the pedals is to experience the sensation of freedom, of flight. It is all for The Ride.The world is overflowing with small, twisty roads that capture ou...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. @VanBrudenrijden Oh. My. Merckx.  Fantastic. »

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...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. You’re demented.  LOL »

  2. @Buck Rogers Hey!  This one just got engaged!  Or was it my birthday?  I can’t remember. »

Velominati Super Prestige: Giro D’Italia 2013

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. @erik Ugh, me too!  I could have had all five! »

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...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. Velominati quoted in the Wall Street Journal??? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324767004578485194028851214.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5 “For the uninitiated, the rules can seem rigid. Imagine, for instance, if sportswear etiquette p… »

Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia 2013, Stage 10

Day 5 of the Six Days of the Giro continues with an impromptu VSP event.Lets have a look at where we are in the 2013 Giro. Wiggins must have spent time training in Luxembourg because he’s been descending like a Schleck when things get dodgy before disappearing into the team van to have a cry about it. Hesjedal has put in some good moves and...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. VSP PICKS: 1. Henao 2. Nibali 3. Pozzovivo 4. Betancur 5. Gesink »

  2. @snoov I had to go back to Sporza after watching only a few races on Eurosport for this very reason! »

  3. @xyxax You pick the riders you think are the cutest? »

  4. VSP PICKS: 1. Henao 2. Wiggo 3. Nibali 4. Betancur 5. Gesink »

Velominati Super Prestige: Giro D’Italia 2013

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps): 1. Nibbles 2. Cuddles 3. Hay Sink 4. Hey Now 5. My Little ‘Poni »

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...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. @pakrat I’ve been doing a clinical for school at a local hospital for the past three weeks and have ridden my bike there every day.  There are a shitload of traffic signals between my house and the hospital and I stop for every red light.  I can’t even… »

  2. @thebaron Keep in mind, if your shorts aren’t black you could look like this.  I’m female and I don’t mind but I’m sure some guys would! »

Velominati Super Prestige: Giro D’Italia 2013

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. @Mikael Liddy Congratulations!! »

  2. VSP PICKS: 1. Jolly Naughty Wiggins 2. Nibbles 3. Ryder, eh? 4. Dirty Sanchez 5. My Little ‘Poni »

The Weight of a Moniker

Young riders rise through the ranks with such promise. We all know the story; the rider who borrows a bicycle and enters a local race and wins. He decides he might be good at going batshit fast on a bike. Mom and Dad buy him a klunker for his birthday and he takes out a license. He starts winning most races he enters locally and rises to the region...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. @The Grande Fondue Andy Schleck. »

La Vie Velominatus: Lean Properly

There are always at least two ways to accomplish any task: properly and improperly. Drinking beer from a glass, not the bottle; carrying a full umbrella instead of a miniature fold-up; stirring your gin martinis, not shaking them; wearing french cuffs with a suit, not button cuffs. The Velominatus, of course, is drawn towards doing things Properly,...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. I’m all legs too.  But not bangin’ hot.  Bleh. »

  2. @frank Wow, you’re really tall!  I don’t know what I was thinking.  I’m sure your VMH thinks you’re bangin’ hot!!! »

  3. @frank For some reason I thought you were really short.  I’m 1.83 m and I’d die with your seat post! »

Velominati Super Prestige: Luik-Bastenaken-Luik 2013

There is something to love about a race that makes a deviation to its route for the simple joy of sending a fleet of professional riders up a fiendishly steep and narrow ramp. The Cote du Stockeu offers zero benefit to the route from a logistical standpoint – in fact, all it does is complicate things. On the way down from the Cote de Wanne &#...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. @duck lewis GO CUTTERS!!!!! »

  2. I’ll probably regret this swap, as I usually do. VSP PICKS: 1. Valverde 2. Nibali 3. Gilbert 4. Rodriguez 5. Vanendert »

  3. VSP PICKS: 1. Valverde 2. Nibali 3. Gilbert 4. Rodriguez 5. Gerrans »

Sur la Plaque: Rule #9

As many of you know, there’s been a lot of synergy between BIGRINGRIDING and Velominati for several years now. Though BRR and Velominati have very different flavors, we work on a similar principle: foster passion for the sport through a mix of knowledge, history, and humor tempered with a healthy dose of irreverence, all while obviously makin...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. The dude on the right must be a Schleck. »

Velominati Super Prestige: La Flèche Wallone 2013

We came tantalizingly close to adding a foray up the Mur de Huy during our excursion to Liege-Bastogne-Liege during this year’s Keepers Tour. But good sense and The Anti-V prevailed, as they are wont to do, and only two of us were left wanting a dig at the most notorious finishing climb in the Classics season.I write this, then, woefully igno...

@Sauterelle's posts:

  1. @Nosyt Same here! »

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