Velominati Super Prestige:
Giro D'Italia 2013
Archive for the ‘Le Graveur’ Category

Dirty Romantics

by brett / May 8 2013 / 43 posts

We’re into day three of the Six Days of the Giro series, and it’s time to hit the dirt.If ever a Keepers Tour goes to Italy, then we’re doing this climb. No doubt. Climbing on gravel up a real mountain, what’s not to love? Continue reading...

Velominati Super Prestige: L’Eroica/Strade Bianche 2013

by frank / Feb 27 2013 / 287 posts

Until the 70′s it was common to race on gravel roads, but the Paving of the Planet has led to nearly every road being graced by smooth, black tarmac. As is the case with most things, once we are shown the easy path, it is difficult to return to more arduous ways. So it is with gravel roads; we take measures to avoid unpaved roads and in doi...

Le Graveur: Pain-o-nomics 101

by Marko / Oct 10 2012 / 68 posts

I’ve taken exactly one economics course in my life. If the fog of time isn’t too thick, I recall two theories that account for value. These theories posit value as being either (A) intrinsic or (B) subjective. That is to say that commodities are valuable in and of themselves and that value can be established objectively by the market. O...