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The Rule #5 Talk

by frank / May 16 2012 / 477 posts

Have a look around to see who you find occupying your immediate vicinity. Presently, I am surrounded by a pleasant-seeming bunch. Some are even going so far as to appear happy or at least not displeased; all of them are pale and none of them fit. My attention is drawn, however, to a a portly mustached gentleman who strode into the hotel lobby with...

La Vie Velominatus: The Goldilocks Principle

by frank / Apr 25 2012 / 144 posts

The Rules are about cultivating a passion for riding our bikes to gain the maximum enjoyment possible. This requires humility, for one thing, and devotion, for another. It requires a balance between focusing on progress and enjoying the journey. It demands a reverence for our history paired with a hunger for evolution. The Rules teach us balance, t...

Guest Article: Anti-Reverence? The Spin Bike.

by The Oracle / Mar 9 2012 / 107 posts

Our balaclava wearing friend, @Oracle, submitted this winter reflection on The V. The article is a little ripe, but for many, spring is still a long way off and the gym or a balaclava are the only solutions to some tough questions. Yours in Cycling, Gianni Continue reading...

New Rules

by Gianni / Feb 5 2012 / 261 posts

The Rules – They were never expected to become this well known. Nor was the list ever going to get this long or be taken this seriously. The Rules were first suggested as a few basic guidelines just to keep some basic civility and decorum on the road. But we took it too far (as we do everything) and now The Rules somehow define the Velominati...

Rule #5: Racing Hoogerland-Style

by frank / Dec 2 2011 / 46 posts

Johnny Hoogerland, on receiving the Tour de France Rule #5 Award:I normally don’t drink that much beer anymore but having my first off-season beer in this glass makes it taste great. I moved to my new home and will find it a great place because it honors my way of racing. Continue reading...

Rule 8: It’s Gotta Be The Shoes

by Marko / Nov 15 2011 / 208 posts

What Gianni humbly omitted from his last article is that once he finishes ranting about sock color (actually, the lack of need for any color other than than white), he recovers quickly and we wrap up the Keepers executive board meeting with him tearing our legs off on the ride home from the bar with his Magnificent Stroke.  Because after all, he i...

Rule 28: Dissenting Opinion

by Gianni / Nov 13 2011 / 204 posts

Rule #28: “White is old school cool. Black is cool too, but were given a bad image by a Texan whose were too long.  If you feel you must go colored, make sure they damn well match your kit.”You bet white is old school and for good reason, it is the only color of cycling socks that is truly acceptable. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,...

On Rule #9: Love the Work

by frank / Oct 31 2011 / 338 posts

Fitness. The rhythm, the feeling of precision in our movement, the sensations of The Ride. The temptation of knowing we might in some way control our suffering even as we push harder in spite of the searing pain in our legs and lungs. The notion that through suffering, we might learn something rudimentary about ourselves – that we might f...

Guest Article: The Ride Starts On Time. No Exceptions.

by gmoosh / Oct 20 2011 / 66 posts

In light of the first North American Cogal (a Cogal is a gathering of Velominati just like a Cabal was a gathering of Illuminati); this Guest Article by community lurker @gmoosh seems apropos. Except that obviously every ride starts at V past the hour. In this spirit, we have added Rule #87.Message from the Keepers to @gmoosh, it is precisely V p...

Where Angels Fly

by frank / Sep 2 2011 / 99 posts

When you’re digging deeper into Rock and Roll, you’re on a freight train headed straight for the blues. - Jack WhiteThe analog for this in Cycling is that as we dig deeper into cycling, we’re headed for The Mountains. Suffering is the altar of our sport, and Rule VV emphasizes the experience: the pain never lessens; the only indication we hav...
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