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Velominatus: Mirk

Order: Level 2 Velominatus

Saw the light late. Geek. Epicurean unless on a bike.

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Saved By The Bike

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. These excellent articles and threads continue to move me, make me laugh and make me think. I have been cycling for a year, and now here I am 17 kilos (2.77 stone, 38 lbs) lighter and finally aware of in what a gorgeous part of the earth I live. Addicted?… »

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. Can somebody open the voting, please? »

  2. @Dan_R From what I can tell it looks like nineteen-fifty-V »

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. @the-farmer So I guess we’re brothers in bikes now, huh? We also weigh the same btw. Have fun with your Spartacus, and consider slamming that stem a tad. »

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. This is getting on my nerves. Have them fight it out on the bikes Badger-LeMond-style. »

  2. @PeakInTwoYears Meeting Beaker with a view to a kill  Face to faces, secret places, feel the chill »

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...

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  1. …sorry, must re-read the VSP rules. »

  2. O points? There’s a mistake here, I had Evans, Nibali and Santambrogio in the top 5! »

  3. Three right in the top five, YES! Nibbles and Cuddles strong as fuck. Gesink as usual. Wiggins won’t finish this race, imo. »

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. @Deakus No Zoncolan in this year’s Giro, although they’re in that region today. »

  2. @Deakus Possible. According to the forecast the roads will remain dry, so Wiggins won’t be in need of all his team. »

Pink or Yellow?

We’re into day four of the Six Days of the Giro series, let’s talk trash. Yes the Tour de France started a few years before the Giro and has always been credited as The Tour to win. You win the Giro, you are a stud. Win the Tour and you are a stud for life. Why is that? Is the Tour longer, tougher, more murderous, more beautiful? In the 20...

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  1. @piwakawaka A Formula 1 or FIFA style globalization might be the danger here, yes. But let’s face it,the idea will never come true anyway, 1. because none of the grand tour organizers will be in favour of it and 2. because the UCI has the same propensi… »

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...

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  1. Very nice video on today’s stage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG3pr_O342k »

  2. VSP PICKS: 1. Santambrogio 2. Atapuma 3. Evans 4. Nibbles 5. Pozzovivo »

  3. VSP PICKS: 1. Santabrogio 2. Atapuma 3. Evans 4. Nibbles 5. Pozzovivo »

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. @strathlubnaig “I think there is something wrong with his material, he has no confidence.” In other words, Eddy thinks Sky should ride Merckx instead of Pinarello. »

Pink or Yellow?

We’re into day four of the Six Days of the Giro series, let’s talk trash. Yes the Tour de France started a few years before the Giro and has always been credited as The Tour to win. You win the Giro, you are a stud. Win the Tour and you are a stud for life. Why is that? Is the Tour longer, tougher, more murderous, more beautiful? In the 20...

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  1. What I’d like to see is all the big riders taking on the three grand tours by default. Has anybody ever heard of Roger Federer giving the Paris Open a pass in order to be fit for Wimbledon? Does Schweinsteiger not play the Bundesliga so that he can compet… »

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. Cycling is such a fun sport to watch when Team Sky doesn’t manage to control the races, isn’t it? No VSP changes here, although I was probably wrong putting Cuddles only in 5. position. And I still believe in Pozzovivo, his name doesn’t mean “Lord of t… »

  2. Respect to Johnny Pornstache, that was one long sprint. »

  3. VSP PICKS: 1. Nibbles 2. Hesjedahl 3. Pozzovivo 4. Wiggins 5. Cuddles »

La Vie Velominatus: Lean Properly

There are always at least two ways to accomplish any task: properly and improperly. Drinking beer from a glass, not the bottle; carrying a full umbrella instead of a miniature fold-up; stirring your gin martinis, not shaking them; wearing french cuffs with a suit, not button cuffs. The Velominatus, of course, is drawn towards doing things Properly,...

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  1. Wiggins perfected the Pinarello throw, an art form that was still at its very beginnings in the mid90s: http://youtu.be/DFzteK_y1b4?t=35s Then again, his very basic technique did that fugly design justice. »

Velominati Super Prestige: Luik-Bastenaken-Luik 2013

There is something to love about a race that makes a deviation to its route for the simple joy of sending a fleet of professional riders up a fiendishly steep and narrow ramp. The Cote du Stockeu offers zero benefit to the route from a logistical standpoint – in fact, all it does is complicate things. On the way down from the Cote de Wanne &#...

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  1. @Deakus http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_355613&feature=iv&src_vid=BNv4M32FEmM&v=O1uZ2M9f6Iw Such a memorable scene. When I first saw this I was yelling “That’s material for 12,000€ you stupid cu- not bad.” »

The Rules

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. @Deakus @frank Thanks for the clarification.  I guess a case could e made that Rapha is not better than Canyon, though… »

  2. Does Rule #58 extend to bike wear? »

Velominati Super Prestige: Luik-Bastenaken-Luik 2013

There is something to love about a race that makes a deviation to its route for the simple joy of sending a fleet of professional riders up a fiendishly steep and narrow ramp. The Cote du Stockeu offers zero benefit to the route from a logistical standpoint – in fact, all it does is complicate things. On the way down from the Cote de Wanne &#...

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  1. Gotta find Sean Kelly’s Eurosport comment on youtube. I wonder if he actually showed emotion. »

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