Anatomy of a Photo: Awkward Adolescence
Evolution is a slow, gradual process, punctuated by sudden change. For the first 80 years of our sport, riders rode contra la montre on their regular road bikes. For…
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Anatomy of a Photo: Just Go Faster
This photo of Phil Anderson’s genuine surprise at the gap between himself and the guy who won at losing reminds me of a story my…
Anatomy of a Photo: Allez le Douze
A mechanical of any kind thrusts a professional cyclist into a kind of paradoxical isolation; swarmed by cars and motorcycles, yet they are often left alone…
Anatomy of a Photo: Denim Shorts
The Rules, of course, are a sort of reference guide for those of us who may need a little bit of help making sure we…
Anatomy of a Photo: Laurent Fignon, 1989 Tour de France
I know the feeling, Laurent. Sometimes I just want to give the cross winds a big, “Fuck You”, too.
Anatomy of a Photo: It’s All About the Shoes
It’s been said before, but it bears repeating: the shoes say an awful lot about the rider. More than they’d like them to in retrospect,…
Guest Article: Anatomy of a Photo: The Rise and Fall of the Badger
If we were meant to fly, Merckx would have given us wings. But he did give us two wheels and Physics. The first allows us…
Anatomy of a Photo: Col de la Croix de Fer
Today’s stage of the Giro finished on a steep dirt road. But when we talk about dirt roads – even the ones in of the…
Anatomy of a Photo: Cannibals Eat Badgers, Too
I’m not quire sure which climb this is, but I’m certain the race is Liége-Bastogne-Liége and I’m guessing the climb La Redoute. On the surface, we…
Guest Article: Anatomy of A Photo-Perseverance
Jeff in PetroMetro submitted this piece to us quite some time back, and we decided to hold off on publishing it until we got a…
Anatomy of a Photo: Fausto Coppi
A lot has been made lately of the fact that riders today are lacking a little bit of the V. It’s not so much a…
Anatomy of a Photo: The Bowels of Spectating
Perusing the Velominati Archives of Cycling Photos Liberated from the Interwebs (VACPLI), I stumbled across this little gem. I’m sure they are lovely people on…
Anatomy of a photo: Gun Check, Gent-Wevelgem 1965
The above photo was liberated from a Dutch website which appears to be dedicated solely to a book about Dutch and Belgian riders both old…
Anatomy of a Photo: Badgers Are As Badgers Do
I’m not particularly fond of this photo, but it certainly tells you a thing or two about Le Blaireau. A man more comfortable speaking with his…
Anatomy of a Photo: Phil Anderson
In honor of the first Australian to win KBK it seems appropriate to give a Chapeau to our mates down under. Congrats to perhaps the…
Anatomy of a Photo: The Four Pillars of Awesome
Whenever I send out an Out of Office reminder at work, I take special care to indicate where I’ll be, which is always Awesomeville. It amazes…
Anatomy of a Photo: Lemon Leather
All I can do is quote @michael: $27,250 for this POS. Don’t know if it’s worth an article or just a post, but for that…
Anatomy of a Photo: Agony
Sitting at the top of Haleakala, I thought of this photo with the staunch realization that there are no words to describe the agony of…
Anatomy of a Photo: Injustice
One of my favorite pass times is to chuck a cycling term into Google’s Image Search, set the filter to Large, and see what turns…
Anatomy of a Photo: Unveiling of Banesto’s New Kit
With the “widely anticipated” unveiling of both Leopard-Trek’s and Garmin-Cervelo’s new kits we thought it would be interesting to look back into the archives to…