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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...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. VSP PICKS: 1. nibbles -finally 2. wiggo -now what 3. PozzoVino 4. Cobo 5. Ryder »

The Weight of a Moniker

Young riders rise through the ranks with such promise. We all know the story; the rider who borrows a bicycle and enters a local race and wins. He decides he might be good at going batshit fast on a bike. Mom and Dad buy him a klunker for his birthday and he takes out a license. He starts winning most races he enters locally and rises to the region...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. first: sorry for falling off the back, its been a while since running with group, so I for one am glad to be able to simply read a little…damn work… second: great article Frank.  It reminds me of a few things.  First, as cyclists we are really an opt… »

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...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. @VeloSix Welcome!  sounds like you have this down pat, as i think what you did was on the money.  No disrespect on the road please, and it damn sure better not be one leveraged at me as kind benefactor of it.  Nonetheless, perhaps riding up to them, afte… »

Velominati Super Prestige: Ronde van Vlaanderen 2013

Imagine a world without the little things we take for granted; a house without a roof, a pub with no beer, a Keepers Tour without any clothes. The last one is a reality for me at the moment, five days in and still no trace of where the hell between Wellington and Paris my bag (filled with V-Kit, shoes, helmet, everything) is. The other thing that h...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. something just tells me Sagan will bonk tomorrow terpstras a freaking studshow, and stannard has been nailing the 53×11 like a sophmores cheap date and spartacus is riding like he used to chavanel is liberated by boombooms loses VSP PICKS: 1. spartac… »

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...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. A merckx on Stannard, a true hardman, he drilled it and really earned respect from the breakaway I mean, when he had nothing in the tank, he was just plowing that 53×11 for all he was worth and nearly pulled it out »

  2. what a beautiful MSR its about time we had a nasty spring classic, this one fulfilled our deepest and darkest desires to have a sufferfest! agree, Sagan was very good I disagree though on Spartacus, riding like a wet napkin.  Listen, it was Sagans to l… »

  3. I just cannot imagine anyone stopping Sagan right now…he really is that good VSP PICKS: 1. Sagan 2. Nibbles 3. Chavanel 4. Spartacus 5. EBH »

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...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. @the Engine submit…to NO HILL If one does submt to a hill, and your not running up the Koppenburg, nor Muur, your last name doesnt start with Phillip or ends with Gilbert, you MUST throw your bike forcefully into the roadside ditch and DEMAND a new … »

  2. Ok, so i am sifting through the new duds, bibs and goods, thinking of what to buy for the up and coming season, as a self supported racer and i came across a bib with a freaking tramp stamp across the upper rear end…. I wrote the maker, and told him I… »

  3. @the Engine See Rule V »

Guest Article: Bike #2

I don’t have to tell anyone around here that @Cyclops is weird guy; most of you have already figured that out, and if you haven’t figured it out, you will soon enough. But weird doesn’t have any negative meaning, if you ask me. In fact, I’d say we’re all weird which makes normal more suspect. Several years ago, long be...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. great pull cyclops love the post, is it integrated? again, its inspirational for my likewise spirit to do the same.  Here is a question as I have continued to ponder the same as you.  Why not MIG welding?  I know the lugs will make it easier, but what a… »

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...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. this may be a new Rule, maybe not, but Frank et al will decide Cyclists are liars.  All of us. You and your cyclista friends are all liars.  We all know this and accept it as we all do it, and we all know its in our genome.   You show up to ride with yo… »

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...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. whew…didn’t miss out…. VSP PICKS: 1. Spartacus 2. Paolini 3. VanAvermaet 4. Sagan 5. Kolobnev »

Velominati Super Prestige: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2013

Outside my window, its pouring rain. My bike is leaning agains the wall in my office, covered in grim and grit from the ride in, which was characterized by equal parts cold, wind, and rain. The spot in the locker room where I changed before my shower was marked by sand and mud, and when I walked to the shower, I left a trail of dirty footprints.It...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. piss a brick!  I pulled a Delgado….. »

Guest Article: Focus

@scaler911 likes beer and pizza, as we all do. I bet Jensie does too. He races more, we drink more, he has to finish each stage at the Tour, us, not so much. There must be a balance to all our cycling lives. Since we don’t have to earn a living racing we can relax a bit but this word “relax” maybe where the trouble lies.Yours in C...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. nice work scaler Being that my grandfather was a moonshiner, and drank his wealth into oblivion and ended up starving to death from Alzheimers, as a boy, it painted an ugly picture and i have never really drank, as i have been fearful of the ‘indwelling … »

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...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. @frank »

  2. @frank Me too, I remember the moment I heard it, and my heart still bleeds a little each time I revisit the tragedy »

  3. @frank C’mon Fronk, you know your love is spread thin Mine is for sure when it comes to my ladies, I’m a polygamist all the way, and I tell them that up front, it just makes it easier I cannot resist Italian celeste I do not hesitate to drill all t… »

  4. Amerckx Bret, i’m wiping a tear from my eye as I tenderly write this…this is beautiful poetry in the ruf »

Guest Article: Urs Freuler- The Ultimate Cyclo-tash

Somehow Movember and Vajanuary have slipped out of our grasp without too much fanfare. It’s never too late to pay homage to a ‘stash and a rider such as Urs Freuler. Our trusty cycling historian @wiscot has once again stepped up and delivered, many thanks. Yours in Cycling, Gianni…...

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To Carbone or Not To Carbone?

That is the question. Are carbon wheels a viable option for everyday riding? Should carbon wheels be your go-to wheels rather than your just-for-racing wheels? I don’t really race and I don’t own any carbon wheels and I wonder. Granted, every professional is and has been on carbon wheels for many years so it’s easy to think we sho...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. @frank pure righteousness, aboslute purity i have to find me some Royce hubs! »

  2. so, there have been a ga-gillion good points, and what can I say?  Probably just a little, but its a great article that brings us fill tilt boogie back to the pivotal arguement…carbon vs alu wheelsets, daily use vs race day, and yes, the cosmos and karm… »

  3. @scaler911   exactly, this was how I was taught as well, great point! »

Guest Article: The Day of Atonement

Is this still the off season for the people of the North? I hope so. I know it’s -34 fahrenheit where Marko lives so he is only riding three times a week to prepare for the Keepers Tour. It seems @souleur has a little holiday guilt and now that those damn holidays are behind us it’s time to think about the cycling season ahead.Yours in...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. @Dan_R thats 2 of us! I use to train like that, with the index of my workout and fitness being if/when I would vomit however, i have grown up alot since then and haven’t in over 10yrs.  maybe i should study up on Rule V, as I did slam some steep long … »

Cogal Report: East Maui Loop 2013

I didn’t want to climb the Eiger, I wanted to have climbed the Eiger. - Jon Krakauer, Eiger DreamsGianni’s Take Continue reading...

@Souleur's posts:

  1. thanks for the write up everytime there is a cogal: i dip into a guilty state of mind, wanting to join up, but have my priorities all screwed up with work.  Besides, i am not sure i deserve something so beautiful BTW: nice Serotta! »

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