In the US on the Fourth of July, we drink shit beer and grill loads of meat to celebrate our…
While a good number of Velominati get all uppity around May and make rash statements like their preferred Grand Tour is…
Suspense. It defines the thrill of watching a bike race. Johan Van Summeren, his deflated rear tire clanging over the…
As Le Tour approaches rapidly, memories of Tours past come to the fore, and riders who may have gone unnoticed…
Tullio Campagnolo, an amateur racing cyclist, was racing on a classic Rule 9 day in Italy. The weather was cold, and…
We all have our obsessions, and principle among mine is the pursuit of silence when it comes to my machines.…
When you're wrong, you're wrong. I've whined about Thomas Voeckler on this site for years. After his yellow jersey escapade…
It's been said before, but it bears repeating: the shoes say an awful lot about the rider. More than they'd…
We tend to look at cycling through rose-tinted glasses; cycling-specific ones that not only give us a cheery outlook on…
If we were meant to fly, Merckx would have given us wings. But he did give us two wheels and…
The Tour de Suisse is the last warm-up race prior to the Tour, and the last chance to test your…
Has anyone heard? Jeff in PetroMetro has a Look. So does Marcus. So does Ron, and probably some others who…
There's not too much you can buy with $8 these days. A coffee and cake. A tube. Maybe a trashy…
We've been busy working away at some more features that will hopefully continue to strengthen the community here at Velominati.…
The Tour de France looms on the horizon, and those riders planning to race are putting the final touches on…
Weight. There are few segments of the population more obsessed with it than cyclists, apart from teenage girls and young…
Arms draped casually over the bars, wrists canted inward, knees tucked in neatly towards the top tube, bottom perched on…
The fact that the Giro's penultimate stage finishes atop the storied climb to Sestrieres is secondary to the fact that…
In May, Velominati wake up too early, brew espresso and open laptop computers to watch small streaming videos of the…
Tyler Hamilton's win in La Doyenne in 2003 was one of the highlights in what was generally a fantastic season.…