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The Works: The Official Treasures Of Le Tour de France

by brett / Jul 9 2012 / 21 posts

If you’re looking for doping scandals, controversy, or lanky Brits with questionable dress sense calling people wankers, then this book is not for you. If you are looking for a comprehensive collection of memorabilia and interesting tidbits on the history of the world’s largest sporting event, then look no further than this beautifully...

Guest Article: Le Metier

by The Keepers / Oct 17 2010 / 39 posts

The Velominati are proud to present the following guest article by our community member Steampunk, who splits his time between peppering the site with his insight and humor and riding in the sacred Velominati colors. Michael Barry is one of the great domestiques of the peloton; loyal, hardworking, a hardman, a true cycling aesthete – and an e...

r-EPO Man

by brett / Jun 5 2010 / 58 posts

It’s always a let down for a fan to realise his or her idol is not all that they were held up to be.  And while I was somewhat a fan of Marco Pantani, it was neither a surprise nor a let-down to read about his troubled life, and his subsequent sad, lonely death.It wasn’t a surprise, or a let-down, to read that possibly his whole career...

Book Review: Racing Weight

by frank / Apr 27 2010 / 69 posts

I know it’s a bit misleading to call this article a “Book Review”, but “Book Review” soundsbetter than “Jump To Conclusions After Reading One Chapter and Publish Those Conclusions”.Like most cyclists, I suffer from the belief that I’m overweight (I am).  In a world of rising obesity, I am thrown stra...

Tino

by brett / Apr 3 2010 / 4 posts

 Up until a week ago, I’d never heard the name Tino Tabak. Tonight, I’m brimming with anticipation about reading his life story. Continue reading...

Rouleur, Issue 16

by frank / Feb 12 2010 / 23 posts

Getting each new copy of Rouleur is almost a religious experience. It is printed on heavy paper, and has a particular smell about it; the pages are printed with a mat finish, so the heavy, rough pages feel a certain way in your hands as you turn them. There is no other periodical that I’m aware of that has the same feel to it; reading each...

Rouleur, Issue 15

by frank / Dec 21 2009 / 12 posts

Issue 15 just arrived on my doorstop, and it is especially good and is going to take a good long time to work through all the way to the back cover. But I can tell you about the beginning, which was particularly captivating. It started with a great piece on Jeremy Hunt (written by Domestique/Journalist extraordinaire Michael Barry), then slid into...

La Volupte: I Was Flying Today

by frank / Aug 19 2009 / 16 posts

About a year and a half ago, as I was just starting to get really serious about cycling again after dabbling for about a decade, Michelle bought me every past issue of Rouleur and got me a two-year subscription.  This is not a bike magazine.  This is a quarterly publication for cyclists.  It is printed on thick, heavy paper, and each issue is ri...