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Velominatus: Giles

Order: Level 1 Velominatus

Location: Perth, Australia

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Will be cremated with my bike and wearing lycra. Will never win a bike race. Likes coloured coordinated and shiny things.

@Giles's activity:

Festum Prophetae: The Impossible Hour

Update: You can watch the live stream (assuming it works from the velodrome) on the Velominati channel at USTREAM. When you log in, you’ll first see my little test video of my puppy eating grass. Please disregard me yelling at it. That never happened.I have always considered myself to have a good imagination, something I attribute half to my...

@Giles's posts:

  1. @Buck Rogers I think we might need a definitiion on @G’rilla’s  ”DNF” – we need to be crystal clear here. Surely the only way DNF can happen is if Frank DNS – after that I’d hazard he’ll manage at least 1-10m before hitting the boards in a heap of legs, a… »

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...

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  1. Shameless plagiarism. Dog ate my homework VSP PICKS: 1. Ryder Hesjedal 2. Dan martin 3. Kreuziger 4. TJ van G 5. Albasini »

Festum Prophetae: The Impossible Hour

Update: You can watch the live stream (assuming it works from the velodrome) on the Velominati channel at USTREAM. When you log in, you’ll first see my little test video of my puppy eating grass. Please disregard me yelling at it. That never happened.I have always considered myself to have a good imagination, something I attribute half to my...

@Giles's posts:

  1. I’ll have me a piece of this action, I reckon he’ll crack out a total of 37.43km »

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...

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  1. @Ron I’ve had internal routing on two bikes, just get on with it? Yank out the cable and I did find blowing compressed air through and ensure the new cables had some light lubrication on made it easier. I don’t think you can really fk it up that much? As… »

Indoors at the V and Dime

If we liked breathing stale, recycled air, we’d all take up a sport like wrestling or indoor fly-fishing. But we love the feel of a gale on our faces. We cherish the smell of cow manure filling our nostrils with its almost tangible grittiness. We hold scared the privilege to breathe in diesel fuel while doing hill repeats up l’Alpe d...

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  1. And I would like to say (irrelevantly) I hate Windows 8. »

  2. @motor city just picked the Sufferfest up in preparation for crap winter here in Downunderville and a need to get the rocket firmly up my arse in a training sense, your comment has left me in equal parts dread and excitement…. »

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...

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  1. @motor city that just sounds the dog’s ‘nads. I am a marketer’s dream, I’d buy it without your recommendation with a name like that… »

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...

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  1. How easy is it to service/replace the bearings on a Campy Shamal rear wheel? Apparently they’re feeling “grungy” (LBS talk) My only experience with wheel bearings is 20 years out of date »

Festum Prophetae Perth 2013

To all WA Velominati – I know you’re out there!What be better way to celebrate The Prophet’s birthday than riding with a bunch of like minded souls through the diversity Perth has to offer. As we near the winter solstice , this is perhaps the most Flandrian Perth can get! Continue reading...

@Giles's posts:

  1. To all WA Velominati – I know you’re out there!

    What be better way to celebrate The Prophet’s birthday than riding with a bunch of like minded souls through the diversity Perth has to offer. As we near the winter solstice , this is perhaps the most Flandrian Perth can get!

    Starting at the Narrows on our beloved Swan River we’ll head out to the Hills through JFNP, Mundaring Weir and the Bickley Valley, down the sweeping decent of Canning Mills, through deepest, darkest Kenwick to swing on to the Shelley loop back to the Narrows. We can then recount the days exploits at the Belgian Beer Cafe, drink a toast to Eddie and all avow to be on KT2014!

    Let’s make it happen!

    VLVV

    asyax

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    Date/Time
    Date - June 16, 2013
    7:05 AM - 4:50 PM

    Location
    South Perth Parasailing. West of Narrows Bridge

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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...

@Giles's posts:

  1. Been out of favour with cycling for a while and became a bit of a velomivoyeur, got Too Fat To Climb and all of it, but have finally rediscovered the wonder of it all and dragged myself out for a decent ride on Saturday and passed – while feeling “I have … »

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...

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  1. VSP PICKS: 1. Cunego 2. Gerrans 3. Albasini 4. Sagan 5. Martin »

Velominati Super Prestige: La Flèche Wallone Féminine 2013

Last year we saw Evelyn Stevens out-last Marianne Vos at the top of the Mur de Huy. The take home message is don’t start one’s charge too early. Vos should know this finish, having won it four times already. It’s hard to know who is on form in the professional women field as the races are too far apart to infer much from the last...

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  1. VSP PICKS: 1. Gillo 2. Vos 3. Johannsen 4. Stevens 5. Armstead »

Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Roubaix 2013

It looks so easy on the television. Well, no, actually it looks pretty bloody hard. We think we have some understanding of how they suffer, how their bodies can take the continual beating. But we don’t really know. Not even by riding these abominations they call roads twice in the space of a few days can we understand the scale of the thing...

@Giles's posts:

  1. @Gianni YES! 4 points, that’s 25% better overall than I thought….. »

  2. VSP PICKS: 1. Boassen Hagen 2. Veilits 3. Farrar 4. Cancellara 5. Chavanel »

Defining Moments: Hood Position

If I spent half a summer riding with one hand on the tops and one on the hoods, I spent the other half riding with each hand deliberately gripping the hoods differently. As any young Cyclist growing up in the United States in the late 80s, I had a major thing for Greg LeMond.I imagined Greg to be the perfect Cyclist, as youth often does of their...

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  1. @Simon @Chris no he’s fine he’s using his third arm in the drops to steady the ship…. »

Velominati Super Prestige: Milan-Sanremo 2013

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. VSP PICKS: 1. Cav 2. Thomas 3. Sagan 4. Gerrans 5. Gilbert »

Velominati Super Prestige: Ronde Van Drenthe 2013

Ok, so you guys and gals don’t miss a trick, but sometimes we do. In fact, we kind of specialize in it. @Bianchi Denti just texted me to point out, as others have done on site, that we have almost missed the next stop on the VVomen’s VSP calendar, the Ronde Van Drenthe. On International Women’s Day, of all things.All I can tell yo...

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  1. No idea,no time to think….research, random assortment of names others have used… VSP PICKS: 1. Armistead 2. Vos 3. Bronzini 4. Stevens 5. Gilmore »

The Gear

Our products represent the spirit of Velominati; every product we offer is made with the utmost attention to detail – no compromises were made in their selection or design. Whenever possible, our products are made my small, locally-owned businesses who share our passion for quality and we make every effort to ensure they are made in an enviro...

@Giles's posts:

  1. @frank Have I missed the cut-off for V-kit?? I saw Frank’s comment about minimums and the KT isn’t a driver for me. »

Velominati Super Prestige: L’Eroica/Strade Bianche 2013

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. VSP PICKS: 1. Cuddles 2. Dekker 3. Rast 4. Iglinsky 5. Sagan »

V Day

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...

@Giles's posts:

  1. I rdie for the sake of it. I enjoy it – and if I’m brutally honest I ride so I can drink beer, not so I can win races. I enter races/rides to see how my informal training is going, and they usually demonstrate that I should stick to having fun, but every … »

  2. @roger And when the VMH says she “doesn’t want anything” – is that REALLY girl speak for she does, bugger that explains two things – the treatment last night and the opening line this morning “I think I want a new car”…….. »

On Rule #64: The Sudden Drop

The severity of a crash exists on two planes, the physical and psychological. The physical is the most obvious and one we busy ourselves with in the immediate vicinity of coming down. Our bodies need time to heal, our kits may need replacing or mending, and our bicycles may need repair work. For weeks and sometimes months, we may carry with us t...

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  1. “Assume that everyone else is out to kill you” – with respect to drivers, this is my on road mantra and was passed on by a motorcycling friend. Having met a truck driver a year or so ago who regaled us with the wonderful story of how he liked to drift the… »

2012 Anti-V Moment of the Year: Bullies are really just pussies

As referenced in the 2012 V-Moment of the year article and ensuing discussion, it was a most Vawesome year for cycling. It’s been hypothesized here and on cycling sites with more integrity that the fantastic racing of 2012 may be, at least in part, attributed to a cleaner peloton. Unless you watched the Tour de France you’d think the da...

@Giles's posts:

  1. Can’t watch any more. Just don’t want to hear any more from him, or her. It’s making me depressed. The worst thing is that there will be no doubt so much dissection and post mortem analysis I won’t be able to escape. Must be time to go out on (lots of) l… »

  2. @LA Dave I think this is a real possibility. The best form of defence is attack, and it should mean that he leaves a monumental  legacy, and proven that one man is bigger than the company/team. I can’t use emoticons, but as I am English, the “leaves a mon… »

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...

@Giles's posts:

  1. In our house “Bike bits” = arched eyebrows and new shoes. “Upgrades” = totally acceptable. It’s all about the messaging. »

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