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Velominatus: Beers

Order: Level 2 Velominatus

Location: Waitakere

Tortoise extraordinaire

@Beers's activity:

Bicycles and automobiles- can’t we all just get along? @Kah writes about this universal (do aliens have this issue also?) problem of us co-existing with humans in cars. We all drive cars too and have cursed the occasional cyclists for some good reason. Cars are our greatest threat. We can crawl away from our own bicycle crashes, thanks very m...

@Beers's posts:

  1. @Erik Andersen I appreciate the danger, but it’s going a bit far saying the rules or article are trying to kill? I mean, you can’t hold this community to that, really? I understand where you are coming from but the Rules aren’t a life and death situation … »

  2. @pistard Nah, thats just coz us cyclists love to bitch. We bitch about YJA, they bitch about you looking fantastic. It’s just how cyclists roll, right? »

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. @VanBrudenrijden The rules are the rules, no exceptions. Break them, but do so in the knowledge that you are breaking the rules. And then refer Rule #1. »

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...

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  1. Have the riders all been pashing each other or something, Twiggo, Hesjedal, even Wurf (excellent blog) been suffering from chest infections. Either that or they been sucking in each others snot rockets… yuk »

Bicycles and automobiles- can’t we all just get along? @Kah writes about this universal (do aliens have this issue also?) problem of us co-existing with humans in cars. We all drive cars too and have cursed the occasional cyclists for some good reason. Cars are our greatest threat. We can crawl away from our own bicycle crashes, thanks very m...

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  1. Never understood how offeded some seem by others choice of attire, I think I’d rather worry about when I can next spin the cranks than some other douche.. »

We close out the 6 Days of the Giro with our sixth and final installment.A body at rest, stays at rest. A body in motion, stays in motion. Things get a bit more ambiguous when it comes to a body on a bicycle tearing down a twisty mountain descent at speed, particularly in the rain. But it is here, on the boundary between clarity and ambiguity, wher...

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  1. I’m no pro, but there is nothing quite like getting passed by a car at the top of a climb, then riding its arse through the twisties down the other side. »

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...

@Beers's posts:

  1. @DerHoggz WTF is happening there, bongo drums on the nice aero helmet? Crack me up! »

  2. @Mikael Liddy Congrats! It’s not manly to say, and never would have before having my own, but he is one beautiful boy! Our 1 week old is kicking our ass at nights (just need to HTFU!), hope you’re having more luck.. »

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...

@Beers's posts:

  1. Anyone able to help out a pleb, what stage numbers and nmaes for the legendary climbs of this Giro? Stelvio, Mortello etc? »

  2. @Mikael Liddy Boom! Congrats and good luck man! We had b+2 yesterday also, you can’t do anything in hospital, best get on the bike and get the last rides in before bubs gets home, right? Yeah, right…. »

  3. @Pedale.Forchetta Can’t wait, you’re the best around mate! »

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...

@Beers's posts:

  1. @Gianni I saw an add for Schwalbe Durano Plus tubeless, the ultimate tubeless tyre as unlikely to get a puncture? I hear they are slow to ride tho… »

  2. @SimonH That thing is fucking georgeous.. »

  3. @minion So drop the stem from 130 to 90 and go for it? It needs work, so couldn’t ride it. Set the seat post at my BB to seat height, seems fine. Cranks 175, like my MTB which I have no prob with, current roady is 170. »

  4. @minion So drop the stem from 130 to 90 and do it? I set up the potential bike at my same BB to seat top and it looks fine. The cranks are 175, same as my MTB, current roady is 170. It needs work to ride it unfortunately. »

  5. Just went and had a good look at it. It’s a bit tired, the front derailleur is worn out, scratches everywhere, but the price was right, this is the cellar i dwell in. Had a good measure of it, the centre seat post clamp bolt to centre of the bar is 65mm … »

  6. @Steampunk Cheers, what TT length do you ride out of interest? @Nate Thanks heaps for your assistance, def sounds too big now, if you ride the same tt. Ugh.. »

  7. @Nate 178cm, 5’10″ in old money.. »

  8. @Nate Thanks mate. It just seems weird, I can occassionally hit my knee on the bars climbing on the current bike, so I always thought it was too small. I think I have long legs/femurs (hence hitting the bars) and a shorter torso (hence a shorter stem) may… »

  9. @Nate Yeah mate, a roady. Blow me down with a feather if it isn’t the same frameset but different size that @Mike_P posted. See why I am so torn about it? You guys think it’d be worth riding a bike too big just to have one? How does that long of a stem a… »

  10. @DocBrian Whew!   @Deakus When do you need to move to a medium cage? Would a short cage on a 54/39 cover a 27t cassette? Does anyone know why short cage is preferred to medium or long cage? I can’t think it would be any less efficient, save for h… »

  11. @Rob I may be wrong, but standard crank to compact crank mostly have different mounting bolt measurements (called BCD I think?), so make sure you check that the new ones will bolt up the same. Your current crank or rings may have it stamped/written somewh… »

  12. Oh, and if your riding buddies give you shit if you happen to decide to go for easier gearing than them, because they think you are less of a man, just drop them with your efficient choice of gearing… On a ride, it is all about the legs. »

  13. @Rob I have nowhere the experience of some here, the biggest hills around here are 500m at 11%, most rides have hills at least 300m at 8% max. I take a scientific view of cycling, and that comes to gearing as well. If you want a fast time, and easier ge… »

  14. @frank Thanks Frank! Didn’t think to do that, seeing as the current is comfy for centuries, makes perfect sense to know what that is exactly, then replicate… »