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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>
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					<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>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>
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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>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>
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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>Anatomy Of A Screen Shot: The Ghost Of Fons Vanacker</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/folklore/anatomy-of-a-screen-shot-the-ghost-of-fons-vanacker/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awesome Belgian Guys]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Outside of East Flanders, little is known of Bart Vanacker&#8217;s elder half-brother Fons. Around the streets of Ronse, however, The Fons was a regular sight, well-dressed, perfect hair with a beaming smile and &#8220;hallo!&#8221; for everyone whose path he would cross on his daily walk to Fons&#8217; Flandrien Farming outlet, the business he&#8217;d established in 1974 in...]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
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					<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>La Vie Velominatus: Gun Envy</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/la-vie-velominatus-gun-envy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2015 18:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Evanescent Riders]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three things define a Cyclist: their ability to crush fools, their ability to Look Fantastic, and the Magnificence of their Guns. If you are lacking in one, it is mandatory that the other two are increased in compensation. In the immortal words of Paul Fournel, &#8220;To Look Good is already to go fast.&#8221; Thank Merckx for that, because...]]></description>
		
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		<title>De Vlaamse Disco</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/de-vlaamse-disco/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a good dancer. I&#8217;ve come to this conclusion not through study but through ridicule and injury. Apparently it demands the ability to exhibit control over your limbs in some rhythmic capacity where &#8220;rhythmic&#8221; is defined both as &#8220;not chaotic&#8221; and &#8220;not stationary&#8221;. To make matters worse, this extends to all your limbs, not...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #43: Shaming the Sensei</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/on-rule-43-shaming-the-sensei/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 04:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think it would be hard for anyone to make the case that Eddy Merckx was Roger de Vlaeminck&#8217;s Cycling Sensei, but I think we can all agree that De Vlaeminck was a student of Merckx, if only a student of his domination. But every student at some point becomes the master, and the driven student will always challenge...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy Of A Photo: Mad Jacques, Pioneer Of Neutral Service</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/anatomy-of-a-photo-mad-jacques-pioneer-of-neutral-service/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whenever you see one of those yellow cars or motorcycles laden with spare wheels and manned by efficiently deliberate young professionals with no allegiance or favour to any one rider, take a moment to reflect on the oft-overlooked pioneer of the neutral service as we know it today, M. Jacques Mavic. Usually only sighted once a year in...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Three Points in Space</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/three-points-in-space/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most great ideas in life are accompanied by an unforeseen consequence of equal or greater magnitude. For instance, no one predicted that the Industrial Revolution would pollute our air and set off climate change on a global scale. Similarly, no one realized that when placing unfathomable computing power in the palm of our hands in...]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Memoriam: The LBS</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/retaining-the-legacy-of-rule-58/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Folklore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In Memoriam]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There was a time when I held down &#8216;real jobs&#8217;. Jobs with (a little) stress, with (some) responsibility, but without soul. And while dealing with the great unwashed never held much appeal, I always envied the guys who worked at my preferred LBS. They seemingly had it all&#8211;an endless supply of cheap bikes and parts, hanging out...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy Of A Photo: Point And Shoot</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/anatomy-of-a-photo-point-and-shoot/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2014 20:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=29935</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You ruined a heap of photos!&#8221; Not the words you want to hear when the photos in question are ones you didn&#8217;t shoot, but were in. &#8220;How?&#8221; &#8220;You&#8217;re too low, too compressed.&#8221; At least he didn&#8217;t say I was ugly. &#8220;And you&#8217;re ugly.&#8221; When you work with professional photographers, you pick up a few tricks...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Convergence of the Two Fives</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/folklore/convergence-of-the-two-fives/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Physics tells us that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The conservation law extend beyond the physical world and into mystical where the V and Anti-V are also in a constant fight for balance. The Ancients on Mount Velomis understood this well, and taught that the Anti-V expresses itself within the universe as two...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hunger</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/hunger/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 22:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My favorite feeling is perhaps the empty hollowness of hunger. That statement, in itself, is a declaration of the privileged life I&#8217;ve led; it is borderline obscene to boast of such a thing in a world where 842 million people don&#8217;t have enough to eat. Nevertheless, being lucky enough to have been raised in America...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Post-Ride Recovery Ales</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/post-ride-recovery-ales/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The most important moment in a man&#8217;s life is the first time they have a beer. I place it on the list above sex and having a child because sex usually only happens as a direct result of drinking beer. As for having children, I&#8217;m given to understand they are poop factories at first, then...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy Of A Photo: Screen-grab From A Golden Age</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/anatomy-of-a-photo-screen-grab-from-a-golden-age/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Even though in today&#8217;s mountain bike world the bikes are better, the clothing more appropriate, and there are more trails to ride, there&#8217;s no denying the early 90s were the Golden Age of Mountain Biking. Just look at these fellas, and tell me I&#8217;m wrong. Tomac knew what was up. You don&#8217;t get such a badass...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Les Choix</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/les-choix/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been able to decide if choices are a gift or a curse; a lack of choices introduces simplicity but also with it the risk that the simple choices do not meet the demands of a complex world. An abundance of similar choices, on the other hand, often reduces the impact of getting things...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Of Course, But Maybe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a naturally loud and weird person who expresses excitement through volume. Also, alcohol is supposed to be a depressant, but it doesn&#8217;t appear to work for me; all it does is make me happier (and louder) &#8211; until I have a little too much at which point I get weirder (a too-happy, too-loud kind of...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy Of A Photo: Life Is Beautiful</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/anatomy-of-a-photo-life-is-beautiful/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Guido went to extraordinary lengths to shield young Joshua from the horrors of the war. On the way to the camp, a bicycle race passed their truck. As the riders, themselves escaping a life of grim toil, dirty and sweaty from the effort of heaving their heavy steel bikes up the col, rode by, Guido...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Elements</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/technology/the-elements/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Water is an asshole, at least when it comes to bicycles. So is wind, now that I think of it; I don&#8217;t love it, unless its at my back, but that rarely seems to happen even on out-and-back routes. Fire&#8217;s not winning any prizes either, unless you&#8217;re talking about the hunk-a-hunka burnin&#8217; V. Even le soleil...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can&#8217;t Do That</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/folklore/cant-do-that/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2013 18:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pity our cyclist, it&#8217;s Saturday and he won&#8217;t shave his face, it might sap his strength but he has to shave his legs or he won&#8217;t look serious. He certainly can&#8217;t have sex, more strength stealing there, and kissing his wife, whoa, slow down, that could spread some germs. He doesn&#8217;t want to get sick...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Asthmatics</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/folklore/asthmatics/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Having asthma is kind of like winning the lottery, except it happens to more people and instead of money you win a chronic difficulty in breathing. I wouldn&#8217;t say I&#8217;m proud to be an asthmatic, but it&#8217;s not information I&#8217;m ashamed to share. In doing so, I often discover others who are similarly afflicted, and upon...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rouleur</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/rouleur/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 22:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Growing up, I imagine my dad did his fair share of worrying about me getting into trouble with chemicals and girls. Like with most problems in life, the solution lay in Cycling; training encouraged healthy behavior and once my dad convinced me to shave my legs, no one needed to worry about the girls anymore....]]></description>
		
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		<title>Photo Contest: The Ever-Present V</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/photo-contest-the-ever-present-v/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2013 23:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Five is an important number. Assuming nothing has gone amuck in our development or our usage of cutlery, we each boast five digits on both our hands and both our feet. Most of us have five senses. Most miraculously, any number multiplied by five and then divided by five gives you the same number you...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Full Circle: The &#8216;Evolution&#8217; of Mountain Biking</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/full-circle-the-evolution-of-mountain-biking/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Think back to the early days of mountain biking. A bunch of friends, getting to the top of the hill any way they could, not needing to ride up at any great pace, saving themselves for the real buzz, the ride back down. It didn&#8217;t matter who got tot the top first, as long as...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Allez la Douze: Dropping Flies</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/allez-la-douze-dropping-flies/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An ancient Velominati legend states that when the The Prophet created the common fly, he gave it a maximum air speed of exactly 12 kilometers per hour. When he created the common Cyclist, on the other hand, he gave us a maximum climbing speed of 11.9 kilometers per hour. The worst flies on the planet...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: Rules Pioneer</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/folklore/anatomy-of-a-photo-rules-pioneer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As surely as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, if you ride a bicycle you can bet your ass against an apple that you are going to get a flat. Not if, but when. Death and taxes, and all that. This could be Pierre or Antonio or Jean-Michel, most likely...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Look Pro: The Flemish Compact</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/look-pro-the-flemish-compact/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 20:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that the quality of one&#8217;s character is measured by the size gear they can push, particularly when going uphill. It is also a well-established fact that no self-respecting Flemish Pro would ever ride a Compact, no matter what condition their knees are in or how ferocious the gradient. Which, by extension, means that...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Constant Companion</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/the-constant-companion/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 23:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A friend recently asked my advice for how to prepare for the longest ride he&#8217;d ever done. My approach is somewhat unorthodox when it comes to this sort of thing; I like to train to ride a lot farther than the event itself, and whenever possible, throw in a handful of sessions with my old...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Look Pro: Keep a Lid on It</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/technology/look-pro-keep-a-lid-on-it/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cycling has been suffering a crisis every since the use of a helmet became compulsory. This crisis is rooted in the simple fact that cycling peaked aesthetically with the cycling cap perched casually deliberate atop a sweaty cranium. It was only after mandatory helmet dictum spread its tentacles into all UCI-sanctioned races in 2003 that...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Respect the Jersey</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/respect-the-jersey/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 02:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Domination, at least from the spectator&#8217;s point of view, can quickly wring the suspense and excitement out of watching an event. In most cases, the sporting events we look back on most fondly are those most closely fought; even in recalling my own competitions, those where my winning margin was smallest feature most prominently in...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Great Escape</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/the-great-escape/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a sense of weightlessness that accompanies speed; a strange feeling for any Earthbound creature who temporarily breaks Gravity&#8217;s relentless grip &#8211; an intoxicating blend of liberty and a sense impeding doom. The day I learned to ride a bike, I felt this sensation spread through me like a virus; immediately my eyes cast...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy Of A Photo: Front Row Seat At The Gun Show</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/folklore/anatomy-of-a-photo-front-row-seat-at-the-gun-show/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 21:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[André had spent the last ten years working underground, yet he had only just turned 24. His face, skin hardened and cracked from a cocktail of sweat, coal dust and intense labour, gave him the appearance of a man decades older. He had grown up quickly, but had aged even more rapidly in the physical...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Festum Prophetae: The Impossible Hour</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/festum-prophetae-the-impossible-hour/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Update: You can watch the live stream (assuming it works from the velodrome) on the Velominati channel at USTREAM. When you log in, you&#8217;ll first see my little test video of my puppy eating grass. Please disregard me yelling at it. That never happened. I have always considered myself to have a good imagination, something...]]></description>
		
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		<title>La Fleur de V</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/la-fleur-de-v/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have the kind of poor judgement that allows us to have a puppy. She&#8217;s half pit, half something, and half something else and boasts a lilliputian-sized head. As her Life Coach, I&#8217;ve instructed her to focus on growing her head because, as her Uncle Gianni says, no one gets anywhere in this world with a tiny head....]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Weight of a Moniker</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/the-weight-of-a-moniker/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Young riders rise through the ranks with such promise. We all know the story; the rider who borrows a bicycle and enters a local race and wins. He decides he might be good at going batshit fast on a bike. Mom and Dad buy him a klunker for his birthday and he takes out a...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Look Pro: The Hunchbacks of Notre V</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/look-pro-the-hunchback-of-notre-v/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The flat back position is perhaps the greatest lie ever told in sport, provided you ignore any of the racing we&#8217;ve seen in the last decade or two. It is possible, I suppose, that when we talk about a flat back, what we really mean is that on an elementary level, all curves are really...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: Evanescent Riders of the 1890s: The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/general/evanescent-riders-of-the-1890s-the-25th-infantry-bicycle-corps/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=12141</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Joshua &#8211; of Beer in the Bidon fame &#8211; returns from the depths of doing something scholarly in Montana. I hadn&#8217;t realized that Montana even had schools, but apparently they have loads of them. And, based on the fact that they awarded him a Ph.D., they are apparently prone to poor judgement. Josh deposited this...]]></description>
		
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		<title>La Vie Velominatus: Ritual</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/folklore/la-vie-velominatus-ritual/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=20553</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Along the lines of what Bruce Dickinson famously decreed while espousing the medical benefits of cowbell in the remedy of rare types of influenza, I put my shoes on one at a time &#8211; just like you. But after I&#8217;ve got my shoes on, I ooze fluidly harmonic articulation. As Cyclists, we wield the mighty...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Eternal Seconds: Heroes or Villians?</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/the-eternal-seconds-the-hardest-dumbest-or-both/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=20524</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Joop Zoetemelk was a hard man, a tough nut to crack. He specialized in getting second place, a talent he developed under the doctrine of Eddy Merckx and mastered via the harsh tutelage of Bernard Hinault. It&#8217;s very seductive to lean back in our armchairs and draw the conclusion that our sport&#8217;s Eternal Seconds, as...]]></description>
		
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		<title>La Bicyclette, Part II: Scars</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/la-biciclette-part-ii-scars/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=20196</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[We meticulously care for our bicycle, stopping only just short of pampering it. Through ages spend coveting, building, and riding it, we become attached to it and its beautiful finishing details &#8211; the luster of the frame&#8217;s finish, the angle and sweep of the bars, the gleaming white tape, the tires, the wheels &#8211; all...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Imprecise Precision: L&#8217;Heure</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/imprecise-precision-lheure/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why would any sane person choose to suffer? The answer to this question is a primal one and of particular relevance to society in the current age: control. With chaos and uncertainty creeping from every corner of life, cycling provides us with control over physical suffering; to suffer at our own will provides us the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Keepers Tour 2012 Update, Part 2: The Lion Rides Today</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/general/keepers-tour-part-2-the-lion-rides-today/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cyclotourism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=15479</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 stitched up and in the history books, the challenge of documenting the trip became immediately obvious; how do you take the myriad impressions, experiences, and perspectives and put them down in a meaningful way &#8211; let alone in a way that can somehow be digested. Surely, to document even...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: The Most Beautiful Race in the World</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/guest-article-the-most-beautiful-race-in-the-world/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[il ciclista medio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 05:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=14492</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Finally we can speak to this Paris-Roubaix mythology. The Keepers Tour group rode twenty-one sectors at something much slower than race speed. After the first sector we regrouped and we were all stunned by how bad it was. Twenty more sectors of that? That was horrendously tough. The first sectors are the easy ones. The...]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Flanders Fields</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/folklore/in-flanders-fields/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=15253</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t have to be in Flanders very long before you start to breathe in the history of the area. Horrible things have happened in the fields across Northern France and Belgium, like the Battle of Waterloo and the Battle of the Bulge. These are the kinds of things that hang in the air for...]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Memoriam: The Tricolore</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/in-memoriam-the-tricolore/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[In Memoriam]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=15180</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[It was a simple time. Team kit was understated, with black shorts and a few colored panels on the jersey. Race Leader and National Championship jerseys were plain, and often even lacking in the name of the sponsor. National Championship jerseys in particular were a matter of national pride more than sponsorship; it was an honor...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tubulars: Art, Science, and Ritual</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/tubulars-art-science-and-ritual/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=15101</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[As Keepers Tour crossed from dream to reality and routes over the cobblestones of Northern Europe were sketched out, with it came the familiar tingling in my fingertips and uneasy sensation at the base of my spine as my mind starts its irrevocable journey towards categorizing as mandatory an unnecessary indulgence. I was going to need a wheelset and...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Belgian Affirmations: Andrei Tchmil</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/andrei-tchmil-belgian-affirmations/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=10379</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Andrei Tchmil got so tired of the palpable disappointment of not being Belgian that he decided to become one. Envision the world the way you want it to be, then make it so. People are cynical when I talk about Belgium. They think I&#8217;m only Belgian on paper. That is not true. Yes, I was...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Language of the Peloton</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/the-language-of-the-peloton/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=9919</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t understand the American obsession with finger food in general and sliders in particular. Finger food, in its strict interpretation, should be food for your fingers, not food which is eaten with one&#8217;s fingers. While &#8220;finger food&#8221; is inaccurate as a generality, sliders are basically just hamburgers that never got the Rule #5 Talk....]]></description>
		
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		<title>Look Pro, Part IX: Proper Cycling Caps</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/folklore/look-pro-part-ix-proper-cycling-caps/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=9113</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Rule #22 is perhaps the most complicated Rule amongst the (currently) 85. Part of the complexity springs from the fact that we are all very attached to this small cotton cap. Off the bike, it was once a badge used to recognize one of our own; now it has been taken over by the hipster crowd which...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Notes from Post-Apocalyptica: A Beer in the Bidon Field Test Update (from Phoenix)</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/general/notes-from-post-apocalyptica-a-beer-in-the-bidon-field-test-update-from-phoenix/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=8774</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I did not expect the test to go well.  To begin with, no beer holds up well at 96 degrees, and the Fahrenheit mercury outside of the light rail station at Arizona State University in Tempe read 96 degrees.  96 degrees stands far too close to 98.6 degrees, familiar to us all as body temperature,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Look Pro, Part V: The Power of Hair</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/look-pro-part-v-the-power-of-hair/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The power of hair is not to be underestimated. Especially when it comes to having it carefully disheveled, with little bits poking out of the vents of your helmet. Indeed, hair sticking out of your helmet vents can be thought of as a conduit to The V; the strands reaching into the Ether, channeling its power like...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Unsung Hardmen: Herman Van Springel</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/the-unsung-hardmen-herman-van-springel/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marko]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Making a name for yourself in the pro ranks during the heyday of Merckx, De Vlaeminck, and Maertens would have been tougher than making a name for yourself in the pro ranks during the heyday of Merckx, De Vlaeminck, and Maertens.  Especially, I would think, if you also happened to be Belgian. But with somewhere...]]></description>
		
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		<title>V Ride of the Year: Strada Bianca</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/v-ride-of-the-year-strada-bianchi/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are not hard. We may espouse the values of the mythical hardman, but we are merely pretenders to the throne of the Kings of V. While it is ok to talk about hardness, suffering and toil on the bike, when it really comes down to it we are mere mortals who would rather be...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Riders who put the &#8220;V&#8221; in Diva: Federico Bahamontes</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/riders-who-put-the-v-in-diva-federico-bahamontes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marko]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cyclists can be a twitchy lot.  Able to both endure and dish out pain for weeks on end in a grand tour takes considerable fortitude, or what we call The V.  The cyclist must know their body and measure out its effort carefully.  The pros we look to as the Giants of the Road, the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: I Will Eat You Where You Stand.</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/folklore/anatomy-of-a-photo-i-will-eat-you-where-you-stand/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If ever there was a photo that illustrated why anyone would be given the monicker, &#8220;The Canibal&#8221;, this is it. I devoted a full seventeen seconds to &#8216;finding out the history&#8217; of this picture, and came up empty.  G&#8217;Phant sent this my way with a short but clear note, &#8220;This photo looks like it was taken...]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Memoriam: Gleaming Metal Bits</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/in-memoriam-gleaming-metal-bits/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I posted this picture as a joke in yesterday&#8217;s Anatomy of a Photo piece, but I find myself going back to it over and over, captivated by the way the light gleams off the peloton as they race by. Gleaming metal bits &#8211; hubs, cranks, spokes, handlebars, stems, frames, toe clips, all reflecting light from a thousand...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Velominati Challenge: Name that Climb</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/velominati-challenge-name-that-climb/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=5972</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[As cyclists, our legs bristle with anticipation at the sight of a hairpin turn.  Stitch a series of them together in close succession, and we lose the ability to speak in complete sentences.  Show us a road that resembles a goat path, and we start to wonder aloud in fragmented sentences what it might be...]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Memoriam: The Cycling Cap</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/in-memoriam-the-cycling-cap-and-the-origin-of-rule-22/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=5328</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[We gather here today to pay our respects to one of the icons of our great sport, the cycling cap.  The perfect union of form and function and an excellent example of why the former follows the latter, and why together they are beautiful.  The brim is just long enough to shield the eyes from the elements,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Defining Moments: 1990 Luz Ardiden</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/defining-moments-1990-luz-ardiden/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=4883</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[There are several moments in my childhood when I realized the bike held a more meaningful place in my life than the other fancies and desires one experiences growing up; those instants that somehow stand out from the others in the endless stream of memories that hold greater significant than the rest. One such moment...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: Hunchbacks of the 81 Tour</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/anatomy-of-a-photo-hunchbacks-of-the-81-tour/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=4858</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[My friend and trainee Velominata Rachel has a keen cycling eye and an inquisitive mind. While perusing the book Tour de France/Tour de Force she happened upon this image of The Badger, Bernard Hinault, sprinting for a stage win in the 1981 Tour. We know this because the caption says so. And that is pretty...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Old School</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/general/old-school/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Il Progetto]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=4641</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[We, as cyclists, as Velominati, may share a common passion, yet invariably have our roots planted in differing turf.  Some may be late bloomers, coming to flower in our adult years, when we decide that a sedentary lifestyle, an expanding waistline or the realisation cycling is indeed more than just a sport or an activity,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Doping: The Acceptability of a Method</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/technology/doping-the-acceptability-of-a-method/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Performance-enhancing methods. This is a term we hear so often in cycling; it refers to the practice of using products or processes that elevate your performance beyond what you could naturally do. It is a terribly complicated matter for the fans, and I can only speculate as to how complicated it is for the professionals...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tino</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/tino/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=2704</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Kennett brothers have produced a series of great books on some of New Zealand&apos;s most successful, least successful, hardest, most famous, infamous and iconic cycling heroes. Their latest offering, written by Jonathan, looks at arguably the most naturally talented of all the subjects, the often-times controversial Tino Tabak. This evening I was lucky enough to...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Flahute: The Hardest of the Hardmen</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/flahute-the-hardest-of-the-hardmen/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marko]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Few images inspire the Keepers more than those of hardmen grinding away large chainrings on roads of antiquity built as cattle paths in northern Europe. Throw in some grey skies, hordes of beer soaked Belgians lining the way, windmills in the background, and of course, Flandrian Mud, and the first word that comes to mind...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rouleur, Issue 16</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/rouleur-issue-16/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&apos;m...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Periodic Table of Professional Cycling</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/general/periodic-table-of-professional-cycling/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I suppose cycling has always been flush with enthusiasts such as us, The Keepers, and readers such as yourselves.  One of the greatest things about the web is that it lets us, the irrationally-impassioned, freely speak our voice should we want to, and freely share our ideas and work with others.   This blog, for example,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Il Pirata&#8217;s 1998 Bianchi: The Elusive Stallion</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/il-piratas-1998-bianchi-the-elusive-stallion/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 1998, Marco Pantani staged one of the most prestigious coups of cycling by winning the Giro-Tour double. He made this run aboard what I believe to be the most beautiful bike in history, a Celeste steed with a yellow section of frame starting at the seat collar and spreading out down the tops of...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rouleur, Issue 15</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/rouleur-issue-15/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=1684</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Badass by Association: Winter Riding</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/badass-by-association-winter-riding/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To me, there is nothing cooler than riding in awful weather. It automatically associates you with the Spring Classics, held in wet, wind, and rain, over the the worst roads you can imagine. There is no image of cycling that I love more than of a tough Belgian Pro dressed in knickers, arm warmers, cycling...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Johnny T and The Lung</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/johnny-t-and-the-lung/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Things were always better in &#8220;the good old days&#8221;. That&#8217;s what my mate Johnny Klink always says, especially when we&#8217;re talking about mountain biking (which is 99% of our conversations). We were turned on to the sport around the same time in the early 90&#8217;s, and even though we didn&#8217;t meet until the latter part...]]></description>
		
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		<title>La Volupte: I Was Flying Today</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/la-volupte-i-was-flying-today/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=795</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stuff it</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/routes/stuff-it/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jim]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I spent Memorial Day weekend in Boise, and on the actual holiday I headed out for a big ride with my brother-in-law. We started at 2800&#8243;² elevation, and ended up at the local ski area, Bogus Basin- where the parking lot is a mean 6200&#8243;². It was a great ride, until the skies opened up...]]></description>
		
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