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La Vie Velominatus isn’t a part-time gig. La Vie means the life, and The V is my life. Otherwise, I’d be Some V Velominatus, some of the time.Even when I’m not riding my bike, like the last two weeks (for reasons which don’t really matter, and offering them only renders them excuses), I live La Vie through other avenues. Eve...

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  1. veggie tales or whatever floats your boat is fine I am not prejudiced to kill a vegetable either, so i equally kill chicken, pork or beef and enjoy them all The crux of the arguement it appears to me to be that we all want to perform like the Ferrari’s … »

I find it interesting to observe the chasm between parties engaged in a conversation, particularly in response to questions being asked. I’m thinking, at present, of the question, “How many bikes do you have?” My feelings in response are nothing short of complex and maybe a bit confused; reservation that I feel I should have a mo...

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  1. Frank: that bike is simply righteous i threw mine together completely opposite than you did, obviously, as you contemplated every single thing, I just took left over parts and put it on a specific cheap ass frame i stole from boulder, a rocky mtn aluminu… »

Every once in a while, you stumble across a quote that changes your outlook on how you approach life. Of course, this requires that one does a good deal of “reading”, which is a problem for me, as reading anything that isn’t Cycling-related feels the same as doing “work”. I do the odd bit of it nevertheless, and in a r...

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  1. very nice, can’t wait to get a copy »

Addiction is typically defined as a bad thing. Addiction to drugs, to alcohol, sex or even work is usually portrayed as a condition to be battled, to overcome. The same sources may recommend a strict regime of regular exercise and healthy living as the perfect antidote to the bad addictions that befall an overwhelming majority of the general popul...

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  1. @scaler911 Santorini…nice!! wife and I are talking about returning to italy soon for a trip, maybe greece, malta… »

  2. @scaler911 I agree, there isn’t much of a relationship there that lends to traction nor validity in a single word of it »

  3. i have to say, part of my addiction is simply that i live vicariously through those PRO who I look up to some days…..and those are the good days…when i was flyin »

  4. @all, thanks for the kind words yes, there will be another love, just as true as sophies. @cyclops, I think I will just hang her on the wall for now, I may send her to you some day, thanks! and I may be welding my own in near future @Ron in regard to… »

  5. @scaler911 yeah, I thought I was an asshole til i read your first post, then you up’d the hate with your second post Amerckx scaler, +1! »

  6. Its always interested me in how life works out Saved by the bike is the first read, now that I am back.  Its been a long 2 weeks, but I’m back I T-boned a car doing ~40kph, some happless mommy running to the babysitter half ass pulled out in front of me… »

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...

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  1. VSP PICKS: 1. nibbles -finally 2. wiggo -now what 3. PozzoVino 4. Cobo 5. Ryder »

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...

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  1. first: sorry for falling off the back, its been a while since running with group, so I for one am glad to be able to simply read a little…damn work… second: great article Frank.  It reminds me of a few things.  First, as cyclists we are really an opt… »

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...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. @VeloSix Welcome!  sounds like you have this down pat, as i think what you did was on the money.  No disrespect on the road please, and it damn sure better not be one leveraged at me as kind benefactor of it.  Nonetheless, perhaps riding up to them, afte… »

Imagine a world without the little things we take for granted; a house without a roof, a pub with no beer, a Keepers Tour without any clothes. The last one is a reality for me at the moment, five days in and still no trace of where the hell between Wellington and Paris my bag (filled with V-Kit, shoes, helmet, everything) is. The other thing that h...

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  1. something just tells me Sagan will bonk tomorrow terpstras a freaking studshow, and stannard has been nailing the 53×11 like a sophmores cheap date and spartacus is riding like he used to chavanel is liberated by boombooms loses VSP PICKS: 1. spartac… »

Finally, we have Milan-Sanremo. I hope pedale.forcetta is ready to shoot some pictures, especially black and white because it will be cold and possibly wet. Throw in a little wind and a race of this distance will weed out the less hardy. Recently, but not too recently, this race would be won out of a decent size field sprint. And yet, besides Fabs...

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  1. A merckx on Stannard, a true hardman, he drilled it and really earned respect from the breakaway I mean, when he had nothing in the tank, he was just plowing that 53×11 for all he was worth and nearly pulled it out »

  2. what a beautiful MSR its about time we had a nasty spring classic, this one fulfilled our deepest and darkest desires to have a sufferfest! agree, Sagan was very good I disagree though on Spartacus, riding like a wet napkin.  Listen, it was Sagans to l… »

  3. I just cannot imagine anyone stopping Sagan right now…he really is that good VSP PICKS: 1. Sagan 2. Nibbles 3. Chavanel 4. Spartacus 5. EBH »

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...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. @the Engine submit…to NO HILL If one does submt to a hill, and your not running up the Koppenburg, nor Muur, your last name doesnt start with Phillip or ends with Gilbert, you MUST throw your bike forcefully into the roadside ditch and DEMAND a new … »

  2. Ok, so i am sifting through the new duds, bibs and goods, thinking of what to buy for the up and coming season, as a self supported racer and i came across a bib with a freaking tramp stamp across the upper rear end…. I wrote the maker, and told him I… »

  3. @the Engine See Rule V »

I don’t have to tell anyone around here that @Cyclops is weird guy; most of you have already figured that out, and if you haven’t figured it out, you will soon enough. But weird doesn’t have any negative meaning, if you ask me. In fact, I’d say we’re all weird which makes normal more suspect. Several years ago, long be...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. great pull cyclops love the post, is it integrated? again, its inspirational for my likewise spirit to do the same.  Here is a question as I have continued to ponder the same as you.  Why not MIG welding?  I know the lugs will make it easier, but what a… »

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. this may be a new Rule, maybe not, but Frank et al will decide Cyclists are liars.  All of us. You and your cyclista friends are all liars.  We all know this and accept it as we all do it, and we all know its in our genome.   You show up to ride with yo… »

Until the 70′s it was common to race on gravel roads, but the Paving of the Planet has led to nearly every road being graced by smooth, black tarmac. As is the case with most things, once we are shown the easy path, it is difficult to return to more arduous ways. So it is with gravel roads; we take measures to avoid unpaved roads and in doi...

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  1. whew…didn’t miss out…. VSP PICKS: 1. Spartacus 2. Paolini 3. VanAvermaet 4. Sagan 5. Kolobnev »

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...

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  1. piss a brick!  I pulled a Delgado….. »

@scaler911 likes beer and pizza, as we all do. I bet Jensie does too. He races more, we drink more, he has to finish each stage at the Tour, us, not so much. There must be a balance to all our cycling lives. Since we don’t have to earn a living racing we can relax a bit but this word “relax” maybe where the trouble lies.Yours in C...

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  1. nice work scaler Being that my grandfather was a moonshiner, and drank his wealth into oblivion and ended up starving to death from Alzheimers, as a boy, it painted an ugly picture and i have never really drank, as i have been fearful of the ‘indwelling … »

Ah, February 14 is here again. A very special day for all of us. A day you don’t want to forget. A day when you make that extra effort to show the one you love just how much they mean to you. V Day.On this day, I will rise early, tiptoeing out of bed so as not to make any noise and stir the sleeping. I will dress quickly and quietly, leaving...

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  1. @frank »