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Velominatus: Weldertron

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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...

@Weldertron's posts:

  1. Sadly no, was going through some pictures on another blog and came across it. I figured any words or caption would be lost on the awesomeness. »

One-Eyed Wonder: CX-V

What I have always loved about Mountain Biking is the immersion into the woods; the sense of solitude that comes in the wilderness that is lost entirely in the convenience and hustle of the cities I’ve always lived in. What I always hated about Mountain Biking is that my mountain bike never feels enough like my road bike.I was but a budding...

@Weldertron's posts:

  1. Hey Frank, any reviews after a few races on the Mini-Vs? Looking at swapping out my Shorty 4s for them. »

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...

@Weldertron's posts:

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  2. @frank Time for a custom color fi'zi:k? »

The Rides

The Ride. It is the cathedral of our sport, where we worship at the altar of the Man with the Hammer. It is the end to our means. Indeed, The Bike may be the central tool to our sport, but to turn the pedals is to experience the sensation of freedom, of flight. It is all for The Ride.The world is overflowing with small, twisty roads that capture ou...

@Weldertron's posts:

  1. Thank you, now i have a real reason to grow a chopper for Movember, instead of a classic. I asked about this a while back, and it was suggested that a classic moustache can be had if one wears nothing but vintage wool while riding an old steel frame. »

The New V-estament

During the birth of The Rules, just like the Big Bang, there was a flurry of new activity, too much expanding and not enough contracting; certainly not enough thinking. It’s hard to keep the throttle back when divining the Word of Merckx in real time. The interweb tubes whistled with new Rules shuttling back and forth, beers consumed, genius...

@Weldertron's posts:

  1. @Nate I had a group pass me several weeks ago, very slowly (maybe 2 minutes for 5 riders). They were possibly going 1 km/h faster than me, but i do not slow down to open a gap, i maintain cadence and pace. About 20 seconds after the last rider passed, h… »

Le Graveur: Pain-o-nomics 101

I’ve taken exactly one economics course in my life. If the fog of time isn’t too thick, I recall two theories that account for value. These theories posit value as being either (A) intrinsic or (B) subjective. That is to say that commodities are valuable in and of themselves and that value can be established objectively by the market. O...

@Weldertron's posts:

  1. A brand new TCX2 can be had for under $1,000 »

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...

@Weldertron's posts:

  1. Is breach of Rule #50 temporarily lifted for the month of No(Mo)vember? As long as a mustache is being grown for the cause and not for a chance to see what you would look like with a mustache without fear of being ridiculed? »