Saved By The Bike
Addiction is typically defined as a bad thing. Addiction to drugs, to alcohol, sex or even work is usually portrayed as a condition to be battled,…
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The Importance of Environment
While all evidence points to the contrary, the 20th century’s greatest twatwaffle LE Gunderson may have got something at least half right after all. Of…
Dirty Romantics
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…
Riding Ugly: Damien Gaudin
The simple art of riding a bicycle can be undertaken in many ways. Watching the stylish commuters of Amsterdam going about their business in the…
Cold Fact
Wellington isn’t renown for its great summers; a mate is always quick to remind me that if the weather was perfect all the time, everyone…
Anatomy Of A Photo: The Gents Of Wevelgem
If you ever doubted for a minute that the hardmen of yore drafted the blueprint for The Rules, you need only look at these fine examples…
Riding Ugly: Fernando Escartin
Sometimes, getting the job done means doing it by any means necessary. Football coaches, who have just seen their team scrape out a win by…
V Day
Ah, February 14 is here again. A very special day for all of us. A day you don’t want to forget. A day when you…
Reverence: Malteni
Cyclists can (and usually do) go on for hours as to why they ride their bikes, and most of their reasons can sound, well, a…
Il Progetto: The Bozzie Is Single
Let’s talk about bikes. Yeah, bikes are good. After all, they are “the central tool to our craft.” They are the reason we became Velominati,…
Not Really A ReView: ENVE SES 3.4 Wheelset
It was said by someone in the posts following Gianni’s excellent review of his tubeless system that an honest, long term analysis by a ‘real’ rider…
Return Of The Gumwall
If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed that ‘useful’ things like practicality and functionality can often take a back seat to more basic…
Anatomy Of A Photo: Professeur Pavé
Despite being a bald, visually challenged Velominatus, I envy only one other man from the peloton past. The only man who could pull off the…
Belgian Affirmations: Beer And Bloating On The Koppenberg
The memories still foment in my mind. They don’t keep me up at night, but they are there, hidden in the recesses of my recall…
Anatomy Of A Photo: Hamburger with Extra Sauce
The EPO Era threw up some surprise World Champions from the early ’90s to the mid ’00s. Riders juiced to the gills meant that the…
Breaking The Rules: #29
As we gingerly assembled outside the gite, the Belgian sun shining for the first time in the three days we’d been in the spiritual home…
Evanescent Riders: L.E. ‘Juan’ Gunderson
The name Laurence Ernest Gunderson is not one that the general public know too well, at least before the events of the past week. The…
The Works: The Official Treasures Of Le Tour de France
If you’re looking for doping scandals, controversy, or lanky Brits with questionable dress sense calling people wankers, then this book is not for you. If…
Evanescent Riders Of The 90s: Bjarne Riis
I know what you’re thinking. How can one label Bjarne Riis an Evanescent Rider? He was a champion, he won the Tour, and went on…
Reverence: Vittoria Open Pavé CG
Normally The Keepers reserve our Reverence articles for products we’ve used for years, or with new stuff that has had at least six months of…