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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: Sock &#038; Shoe Game</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/anatomy-of-a-photo/anatomy-of-a-photo-sock-shoe-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 06:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know as well as any of you that I&#8217;ve been checked out lately, kind of like Luke Skywalker hiding away on Ahch-To. But unlike Luke &#8211; who cut himself off from The Force &#8211; I haven&#8217;t cut myself off from The V, so I find myself compelled to take a moment out to celebrate...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Route Finding</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 04:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rides]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have memories of my life before Cycling, but as the years wear slowly on my mind their edges become less pronounced, like water wearing away at a sharp stone. My memories of Cycling, which start at the age of eight, remain somehow vivid. As Pedalwan learner to my father, one of the many arts...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weekend Competition: The Hardmen</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-hardmen/weekend-competition-the-hardmen/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2017 15:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I said last week when we announced the new book, The Hardmen, we had a much harder time of it writing this one than we did with The Rules. There are a variety of reasons why this is true, not least the fact that we had to actually choose which Hardmen to include in the book,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Color White</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/the-color-white/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Belgian Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I saw the Black Crowes in concert some years ago, and as the band swung into their first number, Chris Robinson casually strolled onstage wearing head to toe white sequins. Later in the show, he remarked that nothing quite makes you feel like a virgin like wearing white. The color white is indeed a bold statement....]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Hardmen: Legends of the Cycling Gods</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/v-announcements/the-hardmen-legends-of-the-cycling-gods/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 21:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[V-Announcements]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s a big deal over here at VHQ; V-Pints are being clinked and backs are being slapped in celebration of our second book, The Hardmen, being released in the UK and Commonwealth countries today, June 1. (It is due out in the United States in the Fall as well as The Netherlands and Belgium in Spring...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #49: Keep the Rubber Side Down</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-rules-cat/on-rule-49-keep-the-rubber-side-down/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2017 23:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gobbles already violated Rule #95 this year when he became the first rider to celebrate winning a Monument by lifting his bike over his head as if he were some kind of savage; not a Belgian road Cyclist, the most civilized of the Cycling Breed. But Rule #49 is another matter altogether. It astounds me whenever I see...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Youth</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/youth/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 03:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=103336</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been afraid of imitating my heroes, they always seemed like the best examples available and as a student of life (as every child is) it seemed normal to me to copy every aspect of their lives that I had visibility into. I copied my dad&#8217;s handwriting as I was learning to write just as I...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dead Tired</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/general/dead-tired/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 03:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=98913</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Before I make this about me, as I always do, I want to give credit to Roberto Ballini, who is pictured here sunning himself against nothing less morbid than a gravestone during the 1971 Tour de France, presumably in protest to how much of a shitshow The Prophet was making of the race. But let&#8217;s...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Support Your Local Framebuilder</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/support-your-local-framebuilder/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2017 05:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I won&#8217;t hold liking cats against you, but if you don&#8217;t like dogs, you&#8217;re dead to me. Some things aren&#8217;t left to opinions, like whether Star Wars is good or not. You&#8217;re free to be an outlier &#8211; and I loves me some outliers and I loves me a rebel &#8211; but in some cases,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Merckxy Christmas and Coppi New Year!</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/merckxy-christmas-and-coppi-new-year-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another year come and gone, another pile of New Year&#8217;s resolutions out the door, done and dusted. It&#8217;s a good thing I don&#8217;t recall what they were; I have a feeling this period of reflection might loom a bit darker if I was in a position to appreciate just how short I&#8217;ve come up on them. I&#8217;m...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #3: Role Modelling</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-rules-cat/on-rule-3-role-modelling/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2016 03:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[What we do in life echoes in eternity. &#8211; Maximus, Gladiator We all make mistakes. We can only hope that they are not repeated by our disciples. It is only for the sake of this lesson that I expose you visually to this truth.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Inanimate Objects</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/inanimate-objects/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2016 01:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have a love-hate relationship with inanimate objects. I appreciate them for their utility, but I genuinely have no patience for their insubordination. Take, for example, bungee cords. By far the most mischievous object in existence, the only thing you can be sure to hook with them is your pant leg. The second-most misbehaving inanimate object,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Patience</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/patience/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been about a month since I&#8217;ve last been on the bike; I can&#8217;t recall the last time I went for such a dry spell. The reasons don&#8217;t matter; life and work have been hectic, I moved, the bikes were just out of order and inaccessible enough to make it easy to find an excuse not to...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Look Pro: Rollin&#8217; Dirty</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/look-pro-rollin-dirty/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Riding Ugly]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When it comes to training, no one loves riding outside and loathes riding inside more than I do. On the other hand, riding outside is dangerous, especially with something like the Tour de Trump running the show. So I&#8217;ve been working on my road safety by not riding on the road and riding my rollers instead. The...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: Full Gas</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/anatomy-of-a-photo/anatomy-of-a-photo-full-gas/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 03:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are just about done with our next book, The Hardmen. At its core is the question: how hard is hard enough when it comes to effort. None of us really know the answer, but when you can&#8217;t stand up after winning a Tour de France stage, even with the help of several adoring fans...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shifting Sands</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/shifting-sands/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2016 03:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite stories in Cycling is of the 1989 World Championships. It was a very lumpy parcours, with a particularly tough climb near the end of the circuit. Sean Kelly had a brilliant sprint but could get over the climbs handily enough that he fancied his chance to finally win the rainbow bands. With...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Winter</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/winter/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2016 01:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Cyclists, we are uniquely subjected to the changing of seasons. The green canopy of forest that we ride through in Summer gives way in Fall to one of orange and yellow that mimics the fire of sunset. Just as those hues give notice to the changing from day to night, so do they now signal...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Tangled Past</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/the-tangled-past/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 05:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[For more than three decades, I&#8217;ve been obsessed with Cycling. Not just the business of being in love with riding and training, but with following Professional Cycling as well. When I was young, I pored over the photos in Winning and other magazines that made their way into my possession; their spines were cracked to pieces...]]></description>
		
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		<title>FFS Fridays: Sideburn Doping</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/ffs-friday/ffs-fridays-sideburn-doping/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2016 02:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[They say hindsight is twenty-twenty; it is only with the knowledge gained through experience that we are able to reframe the past in its proper context. Bike racing in the 2000&#8217;s will forever be known as the blood-transfusion era, the 90&#8217;s the EPO era, and the 80&#8217;s that of steroids and amphetamine. Hopefully we don&#8217;t let...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Training for &#8216;Cross</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/technique/training-for-cross/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 02:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyclocross]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I recently upgraded my phone, tablet, laptop, and TV to their most modern respective operating systems. These devices are now are so interconnected that they know what I want long before I do. In fact, I might not want it all, but no one can tell because I&#8217;m already doing what they told me I want...]]></description>
		
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		<title>La Vie Velominatus: The Joyride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/la-vie-velominatus-the-joyride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 18:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are very few experiences as incredible as riding a bike; the wind in your face, the sensation of generating speed under your own power, the balance of forces that almost magically hold the bike suspended upright. It is the closest we humans will ever come to feeling the miracle of flight; it is the closest...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Good Wolf</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/the-good-wolf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 18:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One evening, an elderly Cherokee brave told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “my son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Waiting for the Man</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/waiting-for-the-man/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[You have three questions going through your mind: How far to go? How hard am I trying? Is the pace sustainable for that distance? If the answer is “yes”, that means you’re not trying hard enough. If it’s no, it’s too late to do anything about it. You’re looking for the answer “maybe”. Chris Boardman,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Open Letter to Drivers</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/an-open-letter-to-drivers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2016 19:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I imagine that unless you&#8217;re a Cyclist, it is quite difficult to understand what it&#8217;s like to ride a bicycle on the open road amongst traffic. It is a vulnerable feeling to be riding along a road with limited or no escape routes, surrounded by vehicles who outweigh you by several orders of magnitude. Particularly when you take into consideration...]]></description>
		
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		<title>FFS Fridays: Lost Friends and Blood Pipes</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/in-memoriam/ffs-fridays-lost-friends-and-blood-pipes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2016 00:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome American Guys]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[FFS. It is Friday, finally, and this is what this week has felt like: I kid, I kid. We actually have no idea whether T-Rex was actually that color. The wine, well, depending on your poison. Today marks the third anniversary of our fallen comrade and community member Jon Lennard&#8217;s passing. His memory rides with me still...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ebb and Flow</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/ebb-and-flow/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2016 05:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Tyler Farrar rode by in the other direction, we gave each other a subtle wave; not the wave between friends, but between brothers of the road. On another day, I might have turned around and chased him down, like the first time I&#8217;d seen him riding locally. Not so much to bother him or to ride with...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hello Operator</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/hello-operator/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 00:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Marco Pantani had Armstrong on the ropes. It was the Col de Joux Plane in the 2000 Tour de France and the only time Pharmy was in real, genuine difficulty during any of his &#8220;seven&#8221; Tours. So he did what any reasonable rider would do: he got on the radio with his team boss and demanded...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #42: Running is Balls, Even for the Maillot Jaune</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/on-rule-42-running-is-balls-even-for-the-maillot-jaune/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2016 01:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[rule number =42/] Alright people, we heard you. Chris Froome ran. But he was going to lose the Tour de France. I&#8217;ve got news for you: Cyclocrossers run, too. So do convicts, burglars, children, footballers, and triathletes. And anyone who has ever seen a Grizzly Bear up close. And all of them ran because they...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Of Mother or Limb: First Week Wrap-Up</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/of-mother-or-limb-first-week-wrap-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I sit here watching the Tour de France while resting comfortably in my armchair, I find myself ruminating on the risks of the modern professional Cyclist. Even from my perch of steel and cowhide, I find myself recoiling in fear as traffic islands are navigated at speed, shoulders and bumped on wobbly bikes, and the boney elbows...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Quitter</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/the-quitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cogals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The truth is that I&#8217;d been thinking about quitting for the best part of forty-five minutes. Round and round I went on that track, every lap hurting a little bit more than the previous; every lap taking a little bit longer to complete, every lap that voice inside my head getting a little bit louder....]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: Winter Sweat Box Ride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/anatomy-of-a-photo/anatomy-of-a-photo-winter-sweat-box-ride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2016 05:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I spent the entire winter doing morning Spanish Interval Sessions, wherein one dons all their winter riding kit (including wooly hat) before climbing aboard the turbo in a hopeless attempt to sweat themselves thin. The flaw in the method is less in its commitment and more in its lack of effectiveness, although the magnitude of the commitment feels...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #28: The Case for Black Socks</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/kit/on-rule-28-the-case-for-black-socks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2016 01:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[rule number=28/] Science has proven that people who wear crazy socks are smarter than those boring snooze factories who wear simple plain socks. I know the data supporting the claims is legitimate because I read it on LinkedIn. Also, when I say &#8220;read&#8221;, I mean that I glanced briefly at the title while simultaneously performing several...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Festum Prophetae: Waiting for the Hour</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/look-pro/festum-prophetae-waiting-for-the-hour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. &#8211; Mike Tyson The one thing everyone should always plan for is that however well-conceived a program might be, things will never go to plan. The high level plan for my Festum Prophetae Hour Ride was as follows: Have a custom Hour Bike built by Don Walker. Because...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #93: The Throw Down</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/on-rule-93-the-throw-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2016 07:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The human mind is designed to forget how much things suck. That is a fact. If women had the capacity to retain meaningful data on how horrible things can be, there would be exactly zero families on the planet with more than one child. This has nothing to do with how wonderful children are; it has to do with...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Aesthete&#8217;s Choice: Boyaux Naturel</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/the-aesthetes-choice-boyaux-naturel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tradition and innovation are the two opposing edges that cut our evolution through the fabric of our sport. Tradition grounds us, while innovation ensures we advance ever forward. The problem with tradition is that it is comforting and familiar, often shielding us from adopting newer, improved practices and technology. The trouble with innovation is that its freshness can blind...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: The Joy of the Ride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/anatomy-of-a-photo-the-joy-of-the-ride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2016 06:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Being the youngest in my family meant I spent a few long years staring at my older siblings&#8217; bikes, wishing for the opportunity to grow up too fast and get to the prescribed age of being allowed to ride a bike. When the time finally came, my brother took me to the trail behind the house and...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #74: The Targeting Computer</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/on-rule-74-the-targeting-computer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 03:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I could feel the power in my body as I breathed in the warm Spring air and pulled lightly on the handlebars; strength flowed from my lungs and shoulders into my chest, through my hips and down to my legs which churned over with alarming ease. With every change of gradient, I either stood on the pedals to maintain the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: Snowy Mountain Stages</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 17:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vittorio Adorni taught Merckx how to manage himself during a Grand Tour. I wasn&#8217;t a part of any of those conversations, but I&#8217;m betting there were heavy conversations about not being a little bitch about bad weather, gravel roads, and high snowy mountain passes. This photo proves the entire modern peloton needs a giant Rule #5...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The All-Red Onesie</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/the-all-red-onesie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2016 21:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When it comes to personal style and charisma, Marcel Kittel is at the top of the food chain. Only a certain kind of genius admits on live television that the most stressful thing about racing a Grand Tour is having your hair gel confiscated by airport security. He also clearly has a mystical, Samsonesque power to his hair;...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Climber in a Gorilla Suit</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/the-climber-in-a-gorilla-suit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 16:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a force upon this world which governs all manner of voodoo and wizardry. This force ensures the streak in your windshield wiper is always precisely at eye level. It ensures that the phone call goes to voicemail just as you touch the &#8220;answer&#8221; button. It ensures that a product which you endlessly encountered but...]]></description>
		
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		<title>And the 39 Was Clean as a Whistle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur? We are getting soft… As for me, give me a fixed gear! — Henri Desgrange I like to think that any time a rider running a...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cut Like a Buffalo</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/on-rule-9-cut-like-a-buffalo/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2016 06:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35338</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Gladwell&#8217;s 10,000 Hour Rule suggests that mastering a skill comes down to an incredible amount of practice; however talented you might be, it is the cultivation of raw talent into skill that distinguishes between success and failure. To train is to practice, and every hour we spend devoted to our craft is one spent...]]></description>
		
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t and You Don&#8217;t and You Won&#8217;t Stop</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-hardmen/you-cant-and-you-dont-and-you-wont-stop/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2016 02:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unforgettable Rides]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=33917</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Failure and success are destinations not often visible to the traveller. This is why it is nice to focus instead on the beauty of the journey and try not to be become overly fixated on any particular outcome. It is with some regret that I admit I didn&#8217;t invent this idea; there might be a few religions...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Test Drive Dummies</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/test-drive-dummies/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cogals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=40746</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows it&#8217;s a great idea to change out pieces of equipment the day before a group ride, especially an honorary Ronde van Vlaanderen Cogal involving steep, cobblestone climbs. There is obviously also no need to test-ride the equipment after making said change. I remark at this point that it is rather unexpected to find an 11 speed...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Motors and Bikes: The Next Ride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/on-motors-and-bikes-the-next-ride/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=40016</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Every time I go riding, I know I subject myself to masses of cars and motorcycles, each of which has the potential to momentarily occupy the same space my bicycle and I are occupying, a physical impossibility that Nature will resolve via a messy process involving my death. I don&#8217;t know very much about the vehicles...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Window Shopping</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/window-shopping/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2016 01:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=39306</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[One of the great dichotomies of being a Cyclist is that of our commitment to suffering paired against our fastidious attention to our appearance. We sacrifice endlessly for the sake of our craft, suffering hours on end in horrendous weather and diverting any money saved on depriving ourselves of food into maintaining and improving our equipment....]]></description>
		
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		<title>Drive Side/Non-Drive Side</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/drive-sidenon-drive-side/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=37393</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I have a hard time with labels, which is why I am terrible at remembering people&#8217;s names. I remember the person and the conversation, but I rarely remember their name; the person had meaning, the label did not. I also can&#8217;t tell my left from my right which similarly feel like labels for &#8220;this way&#8221; or...]]></description>
		
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		<title>This Spells Rain</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/this-spells-rain/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 06:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=36007</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[For those of you with an interest in the subtle art of Paying Attention, you may have noticed a few things about my writing technique: apart from the inescapable fact that it is untrained and terrible, I make a habit of overusing the semicolon, a practice I started when I heard my third grade teacher tell...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oversharing on the Group Ride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/oversharing-on-the-group-ride/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 19:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35810</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[My dog greets every dog on the street as though it were her long lost best friend. As soon as the customary butt-sniffing has been sorted out, the two dogs will wrestle each other endlessly, stopping only after an owner-forced separation. Any human that falls within her gaze is a viable candidate for a new home...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Goldilocks Principle: The Golden Ratio</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/goldilocks-principle-the-golden-ratio/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 01:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35691</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[There is a disturbance in the V. I have felt it for some time, and I suspect many of you have as well. The matter has to do with the ever increasing length of bibshorts and socks, approaching the knee like two lionesses stalking their prey in the savanna. Tracing back to the origin of this trend,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Fasting Ride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/the-fasting-ride/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Folklore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35394</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing fasting rides on the weekend, before breakfast and maybe also before lunch, depending on how long the ride is. The longer the ride, the lower the intensity. Also the more likely I am to meet my old friend, the Man with the Hammer. I might bring an Emergency Gel, in its glass tube, but I...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fendangelism</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/fendangelism/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35418</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Mudguards (fenders) and saddlebags are two subjects that are sure to get our collective ire up as Cyclists. When I wrote in one of my columns for Cyclist that saddlebags should never be used, my editor told me that he received a record number of emails threatening to cancel their subscription on the basis that my column was a...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: The Eyes of March</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/anatomy-of-a-photo/anatomy-of-a-photo-the-eyes-of-march/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some riders lose before they even arrive at the start line, questioning their form or their health, or allowing themselves to be demoralized by the weather or the distance of the day&#8217;s racing. Other riders win the race just by showing up. Jan won the moment he threw his woolly jumper over his flowery, collared shirt, and casually...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Breathing Through Your Ears</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/breathing-through-your-ears/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2016 01:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35256</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Suffering is part of Cycling the way alcohol is part of liver failure: they are obviously connected but it&#8217;s too much fun to stop and think about why you do it. Grace finds us through La Volupté, but her touch is rare and we generally are far better acquainted with her husband, The Man with the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dream Job</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/dream-job/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2016 07:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Dutch Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35221</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I love working on my bikes. I feel closer to them, like a samurai sharpening their blade or a soldier cleaning their pistol; this simple act of preparation prepares us for the suffering that is to come, with the notable distinction that a Cyclist chooses this suffering with no tangible consequence while the warrior faces probably...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Body Language</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/look-pro/body-language/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 04:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35058</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[A true leader rarely asks someone to do something for them; the best leaders inspire through their own example those around them to follow suit and join them in their cause. The leader is fueled by something that is not externally driven, it is born from within and appears in this world as passion and conviction. These...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Motorhead</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/motorhead/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 21:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyclocross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35021</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Motherfucker. I honestly don&#8217;t like swearing in an Article, much less using such a word to open an article, but seriously. Motherfucker. A motor discovered in an U23 rider&#8217;s bike at the Cyclocross World Championships has to be the lowest of the low that anyone can go. I&#8217;m so pissed off, I&#8217;m rhyming. Which itself makes me...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gunslinger</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/look-pro/gunslinger/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 21:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=34873</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[It is well known that knee warmers look better than leg warmers. Which isn&#8217;t to say leg warmers can&#8217;t look the business as well, but they will never look as good as knee warmers. The science is very clear on this. Nevertheless, I&#8217;ve been enjoying wearing full leg warmers even when the weather doesn&#8217;t necessarily require them. Something about...]]></description>
		
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		<title>To Bidon Or Not To Bidon</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/to-bidon-or-not-to-bidon/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 03:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=34755</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This is serious, people. I hope you&#8217;re sitting down. Really. Sit down. Not a half sit. A real sit. Both cheeks. If you&#8217;re reading this on your phone, put the phone away and wait until you are sitting behind a computer like a civilized person. Ready? Deep breath. I have it on the excellent authority...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Doing It Wrong</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/doing-it-wrong/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2016 01:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=34705</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Cycling is a complex sport, one whose fabric is densely woven from the fibers of a Hundred Years War between evolution and tradition. The Rules were laid out in part to provide a path through the chaos, helping lead the disciple towards transcendence. In the words of Pablo Picasso, &#8220;Learn the rules like a pro, so...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Body Dysmorphia</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/body-dysmorphia/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irreverence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am thrilled to announce that for the first time in my life, my chest measurement is smaller than my hip measurement, an accomplishment I’m not sure many men around the world would be proud to admit. A Cyclist has no use for an upper body, we&#8217;re not going about lifting things with our arms; we are...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rules #26 and #65: Spring Theory</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/on-rules-26-and-65-spring-theory/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[To hold opposing truths in one&#8217;s heart is a beautiful thing; to find resonance within contradiction is a liberating force that opens one&#8217;s mind to a wide world of possibilities. Life lived in black and white is a bland, simple world, after all: everything interesting in life happens in the gray space in between. There is...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: Top Dog</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/anatomy-of-a-photo/anatomy-of-a-photo-top-dog/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2016 01:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have it on excellent authority that life is good when you&#8217;re at the top. I myself am, of course, nowhere near the top but I felt a glimmer of it today, briefly savoring the unique palate of having some semblance of form in January. Which feels a lot like a victory over Christmas. And kicking Christmas&#8217; ass feels pretty...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Unsung Heroes: Erik &#8220;Gavia&#8221; Breukink</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-hardmen/unsung-heroes-erik-gavia-breukink/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome American Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awesome Dutch Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I do love my Dutchmen. That much I admit. I also admit my love for the Americans with whom I share a passport. These affections are expressed erratically and sporadically, often at high volumes, and sometimes with some unreasonably held or possibly non factual evidence to support my passion. At this point, my love for...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lean In, Lean Out</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/lean-in-lean-out/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 04:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technique]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I profess to understand every mannerism and habit of the Cyclist. I&#8217;m Dutch, and I&#8217;m a writer, so it all comes pretty naturally. The problem is that thinking you understand something and actually understanding it are two completely different things; the first is confidence, the second is wisdom; there is no Venn diagram that has an...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Merckxy Christmas and a Coppi New Year</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/musings-from-the-v-bunker/merckxy-christmas-and-a-coppi-new-year-2015/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2015 20:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As 20VVV comes to a close, we&#8217;d like to once again thank each and every one of you for your readership and participation in this amazing community. Each of you are what makes Velominati the most exciting (if divisive) community in the Cycling world, and none of it would mean a thing if not for...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Zee Germans</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/awesome-german-guys/zee-germans/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 19:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome German Guys]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Germans are onto something. They call a bike a &#8220;rad&#8221;. From a linguistic standpoint, that is the most accurate name for a bike in any language. They call Cycling &#8220;riding rad&#8221;. I&#8217;m not even making that up. Radfahren. When they put it in a sentence, it translates roughly to &#8220;I&#8217;m practicing being rad.&#8221; I accept the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #74: Going Unplugged</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/technology/on-rule-74-going-unplugged/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2015 21:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think the most exciting Christmas present I ever received as a child was an Avocet 30 in what must have been 1989. Being in Minnesota and it being December, it meant my bike was going nowhere near the road any time soon, so I kept the silver dollar-sized computer in my pocket wherever I went,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Graceful Touch of La Volupté</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/folklore/the-graceful-touch-of-la-volupte/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2015 23:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folklore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reverence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rides]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I get to certain parts of my training when I begin to crave his blows, especially in winter. Winter is the time of year when training is a time for reflection and spending hours on the bike. Thoughts of hill repeats and intervals don&#8217;t creep into even the dampest corners of my mind as I...]]></description>
		
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		<title>À Bloc</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-hardmen/a-bloc/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The V surrounds us, it penetrates and binds us together. Through disciplined practice we are able to draw from it to push harder and go farther on the bike; what we do on the bike then informs how we face our lives. The masters, such as the Prophet Merckx and the Apostle de Vlaeminck, could channel...]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Study in Casually Deliberate: Start Properly</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/a-study-in-casually-deliberate-start-properly/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 00:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Belgian Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked how one is supposed to handle the delicate situation when departing a traffic signal and you are unable to clip in immediately. The obvious answer is that you&#8217;re supposed to clip in right away (use your toe to position the pedal and then pop your shoe into it) but I admit...]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Memoriam: Erik de Vlaeminck</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/in-memoriam/in-memoriam-erik-de-vlaeminck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[In Memoriam]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sad news today that Erik de Vlaeminck, older brother to Flemish Cycling legend Roger de Vlaeminck, passed away today at the age of 70. He was a dominant Cyclocrosser winning a whopping seven World Championships, six of which were back to back from 68-73. He was apparently suffering from Alzheimer&#8217;s and Parkinson&#8217;s. I don&#8217;t know...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Punter</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/kit/the-punter/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Irreverence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[They say you can measure the quality of a man&#8217;s character by his ability to admit when he&#8217;s wrong. That in itself seems wrong, since it would obviously be better to be right in the first place, but I&#8217;m probably missing the point because I&#8217;m Dutch and everyone knows Dutch people are 97% more righter...]]></description>
		
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		<title>V-Announcements: VLVV Product Line and Long-Awaited V-Casquettes</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/v-announcements/v-announcements-vlvv-product-line-and-long-awaited-v-casquettes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2015 20:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[V-Announcements]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whenever I drive somewhere in my car, I find myself wondering what the road would feel like from a bike. Driving in a car feels like cheating, especially on a windy day; roads are gobbled up at constant speeds irrespective of the conditions. On a bicycle, you learn what it costs to move up a gradient...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Look Pro: Pre-Ride Afficionado</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/kit/look-pro-pre-ride-afficionado/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kit]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[My office is organizing a holiday 12K run, an invitation to which I replied that one is only to engage in running when one is being chased, and even then only fast enough to avoid capture. I am a Cyclist, not a savage fleeing a beast in the jungle. I walk as little as possible because I hate...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Power of Sport</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/the-power-of-sport/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 23:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the human race. HG Wells The world is a strange place. Our planet is more globally connected than ever before where our differences are measured by increasingly smaller margins, yet they represent apparently unbridgeable chasms. The horrific events in Paris and elsewhere around the world emphasize...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Style and Fashion</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/evanescent-riders/style-and-fashion/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Italian Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evanescent Riders]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The difference between Style and Fashion is that Fashion changes, but style is something that persists through the ages. You can&#8217;t buy it, and you either have it or you don&#8217;t. In other words, you can get all the best and expensive kit and still look complete crap if you don&#8217;t have Style. Conversely, you can...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On the Rivet</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/on-the-rivet/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folklore]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m proud to declare that I am fluent in three languages: Hyperbole, Dutch, and English. All of them rubbish. The language of the peloton is, by and large, the most beautiful and expressive in French and Italian, which already make anything sound sexy. But they really excel in le langage du peloton: Sur la plaque, La Volupte,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>La Solidarité</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/la-solidarite/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2015 20:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome French Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We will always have strength, we will always have Paris, and we will always have the Tour de France racing to the finish on the Champs Élysée in July. Our thoughts are with the victims and people of Paris. Vive la France.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dress Like An Onion: The Art of Layering</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/dress-like-an-onion-the-art-of-layering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The thing about the cold is that you can never tell how cold it is from looking out a kitchen window. You have to dress up, get out training and when you come back, you then know how cold it is. &#8211; Sean Kelly Apart from the obvious lesson in Rules #5 and #9, hidden...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anticipation Shift</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/technology/anticipation-shift/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2015 02:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riding Ugly]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur? We are getting soft… As for me, give me a fixed gear! &#8211; Henri Desgrange Whenever I encounter a challenging thought or idea, I recoil...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Progressively Retro</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 01:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Innovation is a beast that lurches in leaps and bounds, fueled by its own momentum and restrained by its own progress. It lays dormant for ages before springing to life and briefly disrupting the world around it. And, just as suddenly as it appeared, it ambles back to its cave to slumber once again. Until 1984, eyewear...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Aesthete&#8217;s Choice</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/the-aesthetes-choice/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2015 01:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reverence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=33961</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[It has not escaped my attention that as I&#8217;ve evolved away from my original profession as a software developer and moved towards systems and solutions architecture and management, that I have tended to focus more on the theoretical aspects that support its fundamental principles rather than on the discrete activities that drive its execution. Being further removed from the work, it...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Looking Fantastic</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/look-pro/on-looking-fantastic/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2015 02:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=33938</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Whenever I do anything, I try my best to project the confidence of Han Solo leaving the cantina after cooking Greedo which has been scientifically proven to be the maximum possible score on the Casually Deliberate Scale. Being Casually Deliberate comes down to two fundamental units of knowledge that you must hold unwaveringly within your heart: That you...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Pain of Adolescence</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/the-pain-of-adolescence/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=33895</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[There are three subjects you should not bring up in new company: Politics, Saddle Bags, and Helmets. In my experience, in fact, politics are a much safer subject with a stranger than that of the cursed EPMS; no subject I&#8217;ve ever broached has been met with more vitriol. Except maybe the use of helmets. I&#8217;m not...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Nine Kit</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/the-nine-kit/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2015 01:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=33887</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Riding in bad weather is an incredible experience assuming you don&#8217;t fall off and break your hip, or you don&#8217;t get hit by a car. Those realities aside, the weather adds a dimension to the ride that you simply don&#8217;t have on a sunny day, lovely as they are. The other day I was riding early...]]></description>
		
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		<title>V Point V Magnitude Awesome</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/v-point-v-magnitude-awesome/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2015 23:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irreverence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=33885</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[People, please grab hold of your butts: we are experiencing a V.V magnitude Awesome Quake, and it is sporting a totally rad lid. Further instructions will be provided. Have a pleasant day.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Inflation</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/inflation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 23:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=33853</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[My first bike was a Sears Moonlight Special. It was literally a piece of shit &#8211; figuratively. I mean, it would only &#8220;literally&#8221; be a piece of shit if shit was made of sand-filled steel tubes salvaged from the plumbing of the local sewage facility. Which it might have been, but I simply don&#8217;t have...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Celeste</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/celeste/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2015 03:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folklore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=33815</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[In grade school, a teacher once asked me to name my favorite color, a query to which I responded with the only logical answer for any prepubescent boy surrounded by scary girls in a small classroom: &#8220;Celeste.&#8221; &#8220;No, you have to pick a real color.&#8221; While the rest of the world believes the most iconic color in Cycling...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #12: The Bike #1 Paradox</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/on-rule-12-the-bike-1-paradox/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2015 01:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Graveur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Bikes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[[rule number=12/] The only parents who proclaim to have a favorite child are the ones who have only one; all the other ones pretend they don&#8217;t have a favorite because they are each &#8220;different and special in their own way&#8221;. It&#8217;s complete bollocks, that, and we all know every parent does in fact have a favorite,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cover High Before You Cover Low</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/cover-high-before-you-cover-low/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the transitions of seasons occurring all over the world as Summer shifts to Fall in the Northern Hemisphere and Winter to Spring in the Southern, we are faced with the seasonal challenge of how to kit up properly for volatile and variable weather conditions. One of the most common mistakes made, apart from overdressing,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wet and Wild</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/wet-and-wild/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2015 22:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=33606</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I have been spoiled rotten this summer as I alluded to last week and was evidenced through the flatness of the tires on my Nine Bike. I rode more this summer than I have in recent memory and I rode in the rain exactly one time; @snowgeek wondered if it might rain and I scoffed at the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Cyclist</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/the-cyclist/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2015 21:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reverent]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Being away from the bike is agony. Even for the day, while I&#8217;m at work, my mind swims about, thinking about my next ride. I worry that I won&#8217;t be home early enough to get the ride in that I&#8217;d planned &#8211; or worse yet &#8211; ride at all. I agonize over my decision not to ride...]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Memoriam: The Funny Bike</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/technology/in-memoriam-the-funny-bike-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Summer, it appears, has been snatched abruptly from Seattle&#8217;s grasp, like a squeak toy from a puppy&#8217;s mouth. A week ago, we were setting record temperatures which were sadly playing their role in producing the worst wildfire season the state has ever seen. On the plus side, I haven&#8217;t ridden my Nine Bike in so long both its...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Curious Case of Bradley Wiggins</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/the-curious-case-of-bradley-wiggins/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome British Guys]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Brad Wiggins is an enigma. There is a lot about him that makes him easy to dislike. That mopey, Pete Townshend look on his face and mop hairdo are the low-hanging fruit in this case, with the length of his socks being there to round out the podium in a close third. Also, he dropped Bont...]]></description>
		
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		<title>World Champion</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/musings-from-the-v-bunker/world-champion/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Worlds are going to be played out on US roads, which is fantastic and the last time it happened we witnessed a great race with a worthy winner. But the Worlds has lost a lot of its prestige since moving from late August to its current position in late September. It&#8217;s only a month&#8217;s difference, but it...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Liberty of Suffering</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/mountain-biking/the-liberty-of-suffering/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2015 04:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cyclotourism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The bicycle has always been a symbol of Freedom. Not just for us as children, extending the boundaries of our stomping grounds by an order of magnitude, but for humans from a societal standpoint. From the first days of its invention, we have sought out its limits, delighting in the process of finding the upper boundary...]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Memoriam: The Straight Block</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/in-memoriam-the-straight-block/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Disc brakes and 1x drivetrains. These are the sort of things that belong on mountainbikes, are questionable on cross bikes, and should make an immediate trip to the rubbish bin when it comes to road bikes. Change for the sake of change; gimmickry masquerading as innovation. And to make matters worse, the appearance of 11-speed blocks has killed...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Hammer and the Nail</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/the-hammer-and-the-nail/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2015 22:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you&#8217;re the hammer, sometimes you&#8217;re the nail. I was a cheapy little Ikea one today. It was terrible. &#8211; Geraint Thomas It is strange, the workings of a the Cyclist as an organism. We are of three autonomous parts, Head, Body, and Legs. In the short term, there is little that fundamentally changes between...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Race of Truth</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/the-race-of-truth/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all felt it; going over a bump or through a corner and feeling that unmistakable bit of slop in the handling that sends your heart straight to your feet. Hoping you&#8217;re wrong, you bounce the tire as you roll along, confirming you&#8217;ve got a puncture. But it&#8217;s not really flat &#8211; not yet, at...]]></description>
		
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