Robert Butler, Rob
Old dog rider with some amateur race experience back in the day. Still going fast but seeing the writing on the wall... Day job is self employed metal smith. Occasional mushroom hunter, collector of antique spoons

Old dog rider with some amateur race experience back in the day. Still going fast but seeing the writing on the wall... Day job is self employed metal smith. Occasional mushroom hunter, collector of antique spoons
Popular & Random Articles
Book Reviews: Racing Through the Dark, The Secret Race by Gianni / Sep 28 2012 / 604 posts I must admit to not having read most of the cycling memoirs in the Works. I may eventually but the l…
Cobbles, Bergs, Beer, and Legends. Putting the V Back in Vlaanderen. by frank / Mar 25 2012 / 434 posts It has been a busy couple of weeks in the Velominati Boardroom as we’ve been scrambling to fin…
by Jeff in PetroMetro / Aug 2 2011 / 359 posts If we liked breathing stale, recycled air, we’d all take up a sport like wrestling or indoor f…
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Velominati Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 by The Keepers / Nov 8 2011 / 149 posts The Hardmen. They inspire us; we aspire to be one among them. They drive us to be better cyclists. T…
Irreverence: Starting with Rules 48 and 49 by Marko / Mar 29 2011 / 51 posts My work has me spending much time on college and university campuses. Among the myriad fads that a…
VSP: 2011 Women’s Elite Worlds Road Race by frank / Sep 22 2011 / 103 posts Google Image Search Marianne Vos and you will turn up a mountain of photos of her throwing her arms…
Anatomy of a Photo: Allez le Douze by frank / Sep 15 2011 / 42 posts A mechanical of any kind thrusts a professional cyclist into a kind of paradoxical isolation; swarm…
Anatomy of a Photo: You Can Leave Your Hat On by brett / May 13 2012 / 49 posts Sometimes, when there’s a job to be done, you just don’t care what you look like. As wi…
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Upcoming Cogals| Cogal | Date/Time |
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Cannibal Connecticut Cogal-2013 Simon’s Marketplace, Chester ct |
May 19, 2013 |
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2nd Annual Ontario Cogal-2013 Café Domestique, Dundas ON |
May 26, 2013 |
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Scottish Cogal 2013 Magdalen Yard Road Car Park, Dundee |
June 08, 2013 |
@pavan Go for a bike ride. »
@strathlubnaig Gazzetta describes Nibali as the Padrone – “ Santambrogio won with the “blessing” of the pink je… »
@frank @Boltzmann I ride like a tractor on the road, “Wide Load, Please Pass”. Very, very, very rare hav… »
Last 30 minutes of today’s foggy stage: http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-a0b1fd0c-2ad3-4611-… »
@ChrisO Yep, thought it might be an Australia only phenomenon. Thankfully our Magpies are vindictive fuckers so seem to … »
@Mel If you look at the map, we’ll do two passes through Progreston: one on the way towards Rattlesnake Point, and… »
@Steampunk Tim and I are going to try and make it. May head to Collingwood to ride that weekend but if not we’ll l… »
First draft of the route: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/211091237 We kept the first ascent of Sydenham and circ… »
Funny thing is, this was the first article I read back in the summer of 2010. Been looked since. »
Bang on! Develop skill, confidence, and competence. YJAs are the ‘daytime running lights’ of cycling ̵… »
@Darren welcome and thanks for that original idea. Looking good makes everything more fun. End of. »
Dan_R // Descendeur
@frank Most fricken awesome. I have a set of stealth Haleakalas on my bike right now. I have short but quick descent co… »


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