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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. Oh, and the analysis by Millar about the Sky situation is up to his usual standards.  That Scot can write. »

  2. @wiscot Boy, here I though I was going to be the first to point this out, but at least I was beaten by another Badger. »

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. @frank +1.  I’ve only flatted 2 latex tubes in three seasons.  The first was user error in pinching the tube under the bead when moving tires/tubes to different wheels.  The second, last week, was the result of a thin rim strip tearing at as poke hole,… »

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. With the 25th anniverary of Andy’s Gavia exploits and his Maglia Rosa there are great articles being written.  Steve’s blog has some commentary on the linked SI article, and the Peleton #21 issue (just got the digital link this morning) has another good o… »

KT 2012 Gear Review: fi’zi:k Shoes

It was Marko’s love letter about fi’zi:k’s points-of-contact that started this off. It led to a conversation that resulted in us heading off to Belgium with some fi’zi:k point-of-contact items to test. Most stimulating was the notion of testing Italian cycling shoes. Both Marko and Gianni have publicly admitted their cycli...

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  1. WOW!  First ride my my 2012 white R1s.  A-maz-ing shoes.  Incredible comfortable (even with the insole as stock vs moulded) and the comments above about feeling the whole sole pushing vs just the section under the pedal is spot on.  FYI, I went from Bontr… »

  2. Ok, hopping past the last spam post in this thread…. Stoked to have just gotten a pair of 2012 R1s in white for my birthday.  Thinking aboiut either trying to find someone nearby who would do the heat-molding on the insole (there is someone who carries… »

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...

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  1. Considering the fi'zi:k shoes.  There was some discussion I’m not finding (not sure if was here or another board) about the soles being thicker than most other brands, necessitating raising the saddle.  Then another discussion about the 2013 shoes having a … »

Cobbles, Carbon, Silk, and Dust

I hadn’t planned to ride them every day. In fact, I had planned to only ride them once and let other people ride them. But, genius that I am, I forgot my ceramic brake pads and had to source some new ones which was a maddeningly difficult process given that Europe observes something in the neighborhood of 363 holidays per year.I was more than...

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  1. Is Frank agreeing with Velosnooze???  Or is there something I’m missing between the commentaries…. It pains me to think they have have the same POV.  I have to be missing something… please…. »

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...

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  1. VSP PICKS: 1. Cancellara 2. Phinney 3. Chavenel 4. Van Summeren 5. Rolandts »

Cold Fact

Wellington isn’t renown for its great summers; a mate is always quick to remind me that if the weather was perfect all the time, everyone would want to live here and we’d be overrun by Aucklanders (just like Aussies but not quite dumb enough to live in Canberra). As our summer goes into its last death throes of amazingly calm, sunny, cl...

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  1. Ok frank & Dan, more details on those wheels!  CX model 23x50s on the Cafe Roubaix site? How about spokes?  Inquiring minds need to know…. »

Passista

My first article on Velominati was to introduce one of my favorite cyclists, Eros Poli. I refered to him as a domestique on the Mercatone-Uno team. This faux pas was properly pointed out much later by @KaffeineKeiser, a commenter who suddenly surfaced and unfortunately submerged just as quickly, like Das Boot in the Straits of Gibraltar.*I do tak...

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  1. Great to see Taylor recognized in the mainstream media!  Passista indeed! »

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. @roger Gorgeous.  What handlebars are those? »

Reverence: DeFeet Un-D-Shurt and Un-D-Lite

As indispensable and overlooked as the gilet, the undervest is the only piece of cycling kit that comes with me on every single ride, year round, in hot, in cold, in wet, or in dry. While one could be forgiven for assuming an undervest lives out its life as an insulation layer, the undervest serves a critical, more fundamental purpose: as a wic...

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  1. I’m in Appleton; one of my sons is in Cedarburg.  Had a great solo ride from home to his place through the Kettle Moraine last season — love that part of the state. I’ll watch here to see what you put together, but I’m way more than 2 months from peakin… »

  2. Still snow, cold  and crappy roads in WI so getting out requires layers.  Thinking about the days when it’s gillet, jersey and arm warmers.  Can anyone compare/contrast the DeFeet wool armskins vs the woolie boolie arm warmers?  Also thinking that the Und… »

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. Fabian Cancellara 2. Greg Van Avermaet 3. Moreno Moser 4. Taylor Phinney 5. Lars Boom »

Reverence: 3T Rotundo Pro

Mimic those who are better than you; this is the underlying principle of nearly everything I do in life, whether in my work, in sport, or hobbies. The less I know about something, the more inclined I am towards this, and the more faithfully I mimic. As my skill and knowledge develope, I mime less and reason more, applying my own mistakes as well as...

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  1. @DerHoggz Appreciate your input; I did try a -17 stem and to my eye it was ugly on this frame.  To each his own — as long as it’s rule compliant, right? I just put on the FSA (flame suit on) New Ergo bars so we’ll see how those feel on the rollers.  Si… »

  2. So, we haven’t talked about Rotundos for a while.  Still looking for the right bar.  -10 degree stem is slammed, running Zipp SSR (70 reach, 130 drop) bars and still want to go lower without a) adding a lot of reach and b) going to an ugly (on my Hampsten… »

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...

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  1. Great question on which I’m currently pondering.  If clincher, no question it’s aluminum for me.  My Hed C2s work just fine.  Tubular is the one that gets me.  I built up the quintessential Nemesis on silver Campagnolo hubs (Chorus) and love the ride.  Th… »

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. @frank — Is your’s the regular, soft touch or tacky version of the fi'zi:k Performance? »

Return Of The Gumwall

If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed that ‘useful’ things like practicality and functionality can often take a back seat to more basic pursuit of aesthetics and taste. If you haven’t, then your name might just be Paul.You may have also become aware that there is occasional flagrant flouting of certain guidel...

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  1. @Dan_R Nice look!  and it’s great how the community helps with business ideas/branding etc. What’s the rim depth on the climbing wheels?  I’m intrigued by the newer 23mm Chinese rims, and thinking about a pair in a 38mm depth as all arounders…. »

La Ruota

Its hard to say precisely where the line lays, but I’m certain I’m well on the wrong side of it. I never notice lines as I pass over them but I can usually tell after I have because it feels suddenly liberating to leave reason, sensibility, and convention behind. I find them very restrictive – claustrophobic, almost. They force me...

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  1. Arrrgghhh… this thread has rekindled all my wheel angst….. My issue is I keep searching for perfection, and not sure I’d know it if I found it.  Have two bikes, rain/cx/etc with C10 shifters and and a jtek to allow me to run a set of Shimano-compatib… »

Keepers Tour Update: Contact Point Supplier: fi’zi:k

It’s crazy to me how fast two months from peaking goes by. At Christmas time I remember thinking how distant the Keepers Tour 2012 felt and that I’d have plenty of time to train. Now that time is measured in weeks instead of months and my feelings tend more toward doubt about my form. Cycling in Northeastern Minnesota in January, Februa...

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  1. Rocking the white logo tape on my ti Hampsten and like it a lot.  Adds just the right contrast without being logo-trashy, and cleans up easily.  Next time I may wrap it over something to get a bigger grip.  It stretches out fairly thin when your crank on … »

Reverence: Vittoria Open Pavé CG

Normally The Keepers reserve our Reverence articles for products we’ve used for years, or with new stuff that has had at least six months of duty. Riding the cobbles of Belgium and Northern France can put most gear (and bodies) through six months of abuse in just a few weeks, so in this case the work these tyres have been put through there an...

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  1. Open Pave CGs — love em on my Hed C2s with latex tubes — they measure out at 26.5mm! Riding at 80/85 PSI they are like the proverbial ‘buttah’. My dilemma is choosing between that setup and my Nemesis/Veloflex Roubaix set. I haven’t found that sweet spo… »

Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Roubaix 2012

We rode the Pavé of Roubaix in the dry, and any comforting feelings we might have been carrying about with us that suggested we had somehow prepared for them were summarily vaporized as we hit the first secteur. Riding together in a group, unable to reach for the brakes or the shifters, we all were hit with the same realization: these aren’...

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  1. @DerHoggz As many as he would like, apparently… »

  2. anyone else seeing what I think I’m seeing — left side, starting about 1:00 into the vid — in the Arenberg! Yeah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=wSSvQXeqYTM&feature=endscreen »