Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen 2017

A year ago, you'd have gotten strange looks if you picked anyone other than Lizzie Deignen (Armistead) for the win.…

9 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Ronde Van Vlaanderen 2017

Some things come, some things go. On Sunday in Flanders, there will be a mix of joy and melancholy as…

9 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Gent Wevelgem 2017

Well shit. Our new book, The Hardmen, which is due to go to print any day now, has us so…

9 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Milano Sanremo 2017

Well, that didn't go as expected. It was over a month ago the last time I wrote an article and…

9 years ago

Youth

I've never been afraid of imitating my heroes, they always seemed like the best examples available and as a student of…

9 years ago

Dead Tired

Before I make this about me, as I always do, I want to give credit to Roberto Ballini, who is…

9 years ago

Support Your Local Framebuilder

I won't hold liking cats against you, but if you don't like dogs, you're dead to me. Some things aren't…

9 years ago

Merckxy Christmas and Coppi New Year!

Another year come and gone, another pile of New Year's resolutions out the door, done and dusted. It's a good thing…

9 years ago

On Rule #3: Role Modelling

What we do in life echoes in eternity. - Maximus, Gladiator We all make mistakes. We can only hope that…

9 years ago

Inanimate Objects

I have a love-hate relationship with inanimate objects. I appreciate them for their utility, but I genuinely have no patience…

9 years ago

Patience

It's been about a month since I've last been on the bike; I can't recall the last time I went…

9 years ago

Rule #12 and the Cascade Effect

[rule number=12/] That is a very reasonable opening salvo for the Rule about bike ownership. Three is good and certainly…

9 years ago

Look Pro: Rollin’ Dirty

When it comes to training, no one loves riding outside and loathes riding inside more than I do. On the…

9 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: Full Gas

We are just about done with our next book, The Hardmen. At its core is the question: how hard is…

9 years ago

Guest Article: Black Is Not The New Black

 @kogalover is singing my song here. Bikes are beautiful. 'nuff said. VLVV, Gianni With all those posts on riding in…

9 years ago

Shifting Sands

One of my favorite stories in Cycling is of the 1989 World Championships. It was a very lumpy parcours, with…

9 years ago

Strangers in Paradise- CycleVentoux to The Rescue

Living in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and getting to Italy is not a quick or easy trip. Who's…

9 years ago

Cogal Report: Sussex Cogal 2016

Someone is taking this Cogal thing seriously, except for the malted recovery beverage drinking part. And maybe we need to…

10 years ago

Winter

As Cyclists, we are uniquely subjected to the changing of seasons. The green canopy of forest that we ride through…

10 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Men’s World Championship Road Race 2016

Three riders stand out in this photo: Sagan, Van Avarcan't*, and Deggencobble in the drops, crushing it up the stupid-steep cobbled…

10 years ago