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Velominatus: piwakawaka

Order: Level 1 Velominatus

Location: Wellington New Zealand

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Mamil ,married, two bikes one yacht, no kids... Still pushing pedals.

@piwakawaka's activity:

The Importance of Environment

While all evidence points to the contrary, the 20th century’s greatest twatwaffle LE Gunderson may have got something at least half right after all. Of course it’s about the bike, otherwise we’d be runners. But there are other factors that contribute to what makes us Cyclists which can often be overlooked completely. Not the cloth...

@piwakawaka's posts:

  1. It’s a place you can’t beat on a good day, we are lucky to have great topography for riding both on and off road, I can be riding semi rural roads in a half an hour ride from the city there are plenty of solid 2km climbs, nothing epically long but great c… »

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...

@piwakawaka's posts:

  1. @Gianni Suck it up sweet heart and throw out those bibs! »

  2. @936adl the wing mirror? Or the snout bag? The bar furniture perhaps ? A lost cause, ride on and don’t look back. »

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...

@piwakawaka's posts:

  1. @scaler911 To finish first, first you have to finish. »

Descendeur

We close out the 6 Days of the Giro with our sixth and final installment.A body at rest, stays at rest. A body in motion, stays in motion. Things get a bit more ambiguous when it comes to a body on a bicycle tearing down a twisty mountain descent at speed, particularly in the rain. But it is here, on the boundary between clarity and ambiguity, wher...

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  1. @frank nah , great historical series tho, well worth looking up. »

  2. @frank  what do you mean ” we” white man? »

  3. @RedRanger So 40-50 min climb for 12 min decent ? »

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...

@piwakawaka's posts:

  1. Haven’t done the math, just think this is how it will be. »

  2. VSP PICKS (2nd Rest Day Swaps): 1. Nibali 2. Evans 3. Uran 4. Santambrogio 5. Betancur »

  3. Fucken brilliant coverage here http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Last+7+Km+of+Stage+15&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=d143c73f-aef5-4f28-96c4-e474c42ebfb6&yr=2013 This is what is so special about what we do, the finish is immense , … »

Guest Article: Down with the YJA

Bicycles and automobiles- can’t we all just get along? @Kah writes about this universal (do aliens have this issue also?) problem of us co-existing with humans in cars. We all drive cars too and have cursed the occasional cyclists for some good reason. Cars are our greatest threat. We can crawl away from our own bicycle crashes, thanks very m...

@piwakawaka's posts:

  1. The VMH knew what it was called FFS! »

  2. @Dan_R Talk about a con job, as if there aren’t already enough bits of kit to buy, someone in marketing dreams up that little beauty, bet it costs as much as an actual jacket!! »

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...

@piwakawaka's posts:

  1. @San Tonio Nothing mainstream about this media Champ! Cant see Sky backing Wiggans now, last years TDF was almost designed for him, he has shown he cant compete on these types of parcours, so that rules out the Vuelta as well, if he had won the Giro then… »

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...

@piwakawaka's posts:

  1. ToC Stage V Jens laying down a truckload of V, first he dragged 17 guys off the front of the peleton in a fantastic demonstration of an echelon into a cross wind, then attacks his gruopetto who had stayed away despite the race leader being in the bunch, … »

Descendeur

We close out the 6 Days of the Giro with our sixth and final installment.A body at rest, stays at rest. A body in motion, stays in motion. Things get a bit more ambiguous when it comes to a body on a bicycle tearing down a twisty mountain descent at speed, particularly in the rain. But it is here, on the boundary between clarity and ambiguity, wher...

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  1. @The Grande Fondue That’s some serious shit right there! »

  2. The good news is like anything you can get better, but you have to practise it, it’s all well and good burying yourself on the climb, but you need to ride hard over the summit, Sur La Plaque, zip up your jersey, get in your drops and Focus and Concentrate… »

  3. I found this useful http://cyclingtips.com.au/2010/04/descending-tips/ I have tried leaning the bike and sitting more upright, odd but effective. »

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...

@piwakawaka's posts:

  1. @scmtns Meat got us off the savannah and where we are today, whether that’s a good thing or not is moot. Mmmm meat, Mmmm fat. »

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...

@piwakawaka's posts:

  1. @frank. Very interesting point though, because I thought the same thing about the Columbians. I wonder if their status in the late eighties had to do with innovating EPO use? They can’t stay on their bikes to save their life, either. It always seems to m… »

  2. @Bianchi Denti I’m more worried about the size of Evans jaw these days, who woulda thought it could get any bigger? Seems to be a performance correlation! What happened to the Canuck? Very disappointing. »

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...

@piwakawaka's posts:

  1. La finale »

  2. @Mirko It’s the romance and style, almost against the odds, that I love in these bloody things! I just cant feel like that about a part of the world where money rules…dirty money. I’m all for them going there, getting their piece, they are Pro’s af… »

  3. @Deakus It Does Not Have Merit! Lets see want to go for a bike ride? Spain? Italy? France? Er England, not so much…. seems like the big bucks for cycling is in the Gulf, Tour of Dubai anyone? »

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. @il ciclista medio »

  2. Uran will mark Nibali and take the time bonus and stage, Evans will catch Santambrogio who went early and Henao will drag Wiggans up to fifth VSP PICKS: 1. Uran 2. Nibali 3. Evans 4. Santambrogio 5. Wiggans »

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