Velominatus: Deakus
Order: Black Order Velominatus
Location: Winchester, UK
"It was eleven more than necessary." - Jacques Anquetil - After winning a race by twelve seconds. A 40 something young buck who has spent too many years living the Indurain "Winter Diet"...Clydesdale by nature but Anquetil at heart and always trying to do more, go more, ride more. Family with a couple of sons who I am indoctrinating in to the ways of V.
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@thebaron Wow and a whole 10% off….Ill get the remortgage documentation completed and pick up 3 sets! »
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@Joe I am not one for conspiracy theories normally but let’s call this a strange coincidence. From 50kms out the commentators (Eurosport – Sean Kelly et al) were waxing lyrical about Campag (this is a good thing, I ride it and love it). They covered t… »
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@Gianni From Lone Wolf to published author, tub thumping, V-Flag waving loon….all within 5 years…most business plans don’t look that good! »
@Gianni Fuck…and it took 6 years for the first comment to be posted on this…2007 must have been a very quiet year in the Velominati…@Frank were you a cohort of one at this time? »
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@thebaron Damn those blackberrys they always seem to capture the cranks at the 6 o’clock postion! Bike is looking stunning though..and was great to see yesterdays Giro victory was on a Campag equipped bike on their 80th anniversary in their home city….. »
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@scaler911 Great evocative article @Brett. I was only commenting the other day with a cycling buddy how life has become so much easier now that the full winter regalia has been put to bed for the summer up here…although the weather forecast here toda… »
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@sthilzy Electronics are the devils work and should be avoided at all costs! »
@DerHoggz I use Conti GP4000s on N1 but to be honest I am not their biggest fan and I am slowly wearing them out so I can replace them, I prefer Vittoria tyres…the Evo Techs are nice, punctures are a matter of luck and I think some of the experience … »
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@snoov Most of them are BMX or skateboarding related and back in the day there were stickers called Rub-ons It’s a good job you provided some context to this sentence….for a moment there all sorts of twisted shit was going through my mind!! »
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@Dan_R Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever! »
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@sthilzy Haha! those look like niterider train rat lights, I still have one of those in my garage! »
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@frank I see another big volcano to the NW on that island……so, you weren’t tempted to tag it on to the end for shits and giggles? »
N1 is just starting to give a whisper of chain rattle (factory wax starting to thin out) but yet this is great news because now I get to strip it and sample the delights of last years imported from the ol USofA Dumond Tech!….cue silence… »
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@Noob If I could simply steer you to the lexicon and the Masturbation Principle we need say no more about it…. And masturbating with a YJA on is a definite fucking nono! »
@Erik Andersen Seriously – stop putting people off wearing hi visibility cycling kit. You just might kill someone I know. I sense an enourmous amount of frustration from you which is understandable given your recent experience. I would be surprised if… »
@ChrisO I’m going to remain hopeful….I find it inconceivable that in the modern era the lead riders would still dope when they are tested out of their skins…surely there is more scope for larger time margins on a hilly ITT and that he did have a ver… »
Nibbles going like a rocket on the ITT! »
@ChrisO Thanks I stand corrected….so many teams and people that have not see the true path! »
@ChrisO Erm…I’d have to check but how many teams run Italian bikes with Campag on? (I’m thinking of the main teams not so much the wildcard entries) I thought it was only Movistar..? »
@ChrisO Now you have just gone and spoiled a perfectly good theory! I do however feel the peloton made a bit of a hash of chasing him down…especially with race radios to hand, but then I guess they did not see him as a GC threat and so didn’t focus e… »