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Merry Festum Prophetae

This photo is perhaps the greatest of all time; it shows The Prophet riding in the 1969 Ronde van Vlaanderen, kit and machine perfect. Rule #9 conditions in abundance. He’s gone off the front with some 80km left to race, which predictably sent his directeur into a rage. Ordered to return to the bunch, Merckx calmly suggested he go screw hi...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. @Mikael Liddy »

  2. @Mikael Liddy I was really lucky. Trashed a helmet and knicks, scratches on pedal, RD and shifter. The bike’s fall seems to have been cushioned by the roo and amazingly the wheel is true, got to love alloys! Bit of bark off and very sore but nothing broke… »

  3. I fronted up for a race to do my part for the celebrations, my second time in A grade, hoping for a good ride. The previous week I had hit a Kangaroo whilst coming down Mt Lofty at night and went over the bars at 50km/hr, ouch. My back and shoulders were … »

Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de Suisse 2013

The mighty VSP generator has been switched on once again. The mil-spec hydraulic fluid has been changed since the Giro. A new power take-off belt has also been installed. And the punch card reader has been refurbished.Broome and Berti are already riding the Critérium du Dauphiné. The top contenders prefer the Dauphiné for the decent recovery all...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. VSP PICKS: 1. Kreuzinger 2. Teejay 3. Luis Leon Sanchez 4. Tangert 5. Brankovic »

  2. VSP PICKS: 1. Kreuzinger 2. Teejay »

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...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. @piwakawaka And Cav did it without electronic gears. He must be good operating at such a disadvantage. »

  2. @Brett I don’t think Pozzato and his room full of smokeys is working for you. You’re gonna need a fuckload of retirements to move up the board. »

Guest Article: Down with the YJA

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...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. @HeinrichHausslersHairstyle , MTB shoes, business socks, unshaven legs, non invited drafting, quick-ties looped through helmet to ward off magpies, non-cycling sunglasses, Shimano Tiagro group set on a budget priced Giant. Chapeau to you for getting out… »

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...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. “technical, narrow descent” Beaker has already been on the phone to Brailsford demanding leadership at the TDF because he is fucked here. My smokey Betancur to continue clawing back time as the leaders stalemate. VSP PICKS: 1. Betancur 2. Nibbles 3. Cu… »

Self-Chosen: Il Pirata & Il Giro

We continue our Six Days of the Giro series with a look at the troubled bond between Marco Pantani and the Giro.Some were meant to be tormented, as though it were preordained that their brilliance should be balanced with fatal flaws. These are tortured souls, whose dramatic highs are equalled only by the devastating depths of their lows. Continu...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. @LA Dave Great work. Thanks. »

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...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lolnfa52f4 Tandem Cycling. We have just done a promo video for our teams Tandem Project. Keiran Modra has long been a team member and our guys been his training partners. After the London Olympics he wanted to help young vis… »

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...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. And no one picking Pozzato? VSP PICKS: 1. Nibbles 2. Ryder 3. Beaker 4. Betancur 5. Cuddles »

  2. Hard to find a smokey but Betancur is my man. I may have missed the memo but last I knew Phinney was an average climber at best, he’s out. So Nibbles will go down hill so quick Beaker will be reduced to tears of fear and start tweeting about his Tour lea… »

  3. @Gianni Glad to be of service. It just all seems to have gone to his head really and being an Aussie we love seeing Poms get some comeuppance! »

  4. Moderated again! Don’t be disparaging about Beaker seems to be the lesson from today. »

  5. Shesh, moderated for hoping Beaker cops a hiding. How about if I just say he is a bit of a cunt? »

  6. I’m really hoping Beaker gets his arse kicked, the dummy spits will be epic. Need to see full teams before making a decision. »

Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia 2012

After a winter of long training rides that offered more in the way of numb extremities than it did in acute enjoyment, I have to say that the warming of the air and brightening of the skies have served to remind me that while I love riding in bad weather, I certainly don’t have anything against riding when its nice out.But dont think for...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. This is shaping up as much more interesting than actually watching Sky ride (stifles yawn). Brad does not win Giro, calls everyone a cunt for letting him down. The Mrs engage in handbags at 10 paces. Froome tells em all to get fucked, pulls out and Berti… »

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...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. @Rob »

  2. @Rob Hi Rob, I was lucky enough to ride the Stelvio in 2011. I’m a reasonable climber, my hire bike had a compact with a 27 on it and I was pretty happy to engage the 27 on a few bits of the climb but you could probably get away with a 25. It is such an a… »

Velominati Super Prestige: Amstel Gold 2013

Yes it is a race named after a barely drinkable Dutch beer. I have enjoyed Amstel beer, brought to our table by a nice waitress, sitting outside in the Dutch spring. Atmosphere is everything. Do the Dutch brew awesome beer? I drank some good stuff in Amsterdam last spring but I’m pretty sure it was Belgian.Now we begin the Ardennes three race...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. @Sauterelle That’s some funny @Sauterelle That’s some funny shit right there. »

Cogal Report – TDU Cogadelaide 2013

While the Northern Hemisphere Velominati were busy arguing about who injected what in the old races they’d been using to distract themselves during their indoor torture sessions, down South a bunch of like minded strangers from the internet decided that coffee, hills, sunshine & beer seemed like a great excuse to meet up for a ride̷...

@Daccordi Rider's posts:

  1. @asyax If I can get my hands on it I will. I think it is sitting in a pile at the editors suite. We just did a little promo video on the tandem project for a fundraising night which I hope to get on utube soon and will put up a link to that. You could do … »

  2. Jens will hunt you down and go postal on your arse Mikael. »

  3. @Barracuda Just seeing who’s paying attention……… »

  4. Just thought I’d pop up a photo of the Tandem Team to provide a bit of context. »

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