Anatomy of a Photo: 1995 World Championship road race
When I first feasted my eyes on this photo over at lagazzettadellabici.com, it was the steely stare of Il Pirata that commanded my attention. That…
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Old School
We, as cyclists, as Velominati, may share a common passion, yet invariably have our roots planted in differing turf. Some may be late bloomers, coming…
Love In A Box
Today was a good day. One of those stunning Wellington winter days, not a cloud in the sky, the wind more like a puff of…
Evanescent riders of the 90s: Franco Vona
One of the most enduring images in my mind of the Tour in the early 90s is of the monumental Stage 13 of the 1992…
Evanescent riders of the 90s: Piotr Ugrumov
To describe Piotr Ugrumov's professional career as fleeting may be a tad on the unfair side. While he enjoyed a good deal of success in…
Reverence: Mavic tyre levers
Every mechanic has encountered a tyre/rim combination that has just been a real pain in the ass to work with. Remembering back to my early…
r-EPO Man
It’s always a let down for a fan to realise his or her idol is not all that they were held up to be. And…
Evanescent riders of the 90s: Zenon Jaskula
While the talk of the week has been on the Fraud Landis Chronicles, whether he cheated (of course he did), whether or not he's telling…
Tino
The Kennett brothers have produced a series of great books on some of New Zealand's most successful, least successful, hardest, most famous, infamous and iconic…
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Franco Ballerini 1964-2010
Sad news today that two-time Paris-Roubaix winner Franco Ballerini was killed in a car rally accident. A man who lived for the cobbles, a true…
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Cult of the Bean
The aroma. The taste. The ritual of the preparation, and the anticipation. It’s more than just a drink. Coffee is an integral part of cycling…
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Reverence: Tan lines
Tan lines are to the Velominatus what a drug overdose is to a rock star, or a Victoria Cross is to a returned serviceman. It's…
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Nokon No More
Followers of the Keepers may remember a while back that the Head Keeper, Frank, was having a dilemna about whether or not to run Nokon…
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Can’t touch this…
When I went to bed last night, I thought about the World Road Race Championships, and whose name I would be reading this morning as…
There’s a couple of ‘roos loose in the top paddock…
What’s going on in Cadel’s head? Maybe the intense heat of Spain has melted his synapses, which were already near breaking point, or perhaps it’s just…
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Johnny T and The Lung
Things were always better in “the good old days”. That’s what my mate Johnny Klink always says, especially when we’re talking about mountain biking (which…
Breaking Away
Whenever anybody asks me “what are your favourite films”, when my answer is proffered I’m usually met with a blank stare akin to a dog being…
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Flandrian
Flandrian. While its real definition is a lot more complex than I’d ever imagined, it’s a word that is bandied about frequently here in relation…
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Maybe there is no ‘I’ in ‘team’, Lance…
…but there is a ‘you’ in ‘c*nt’…
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Next Year
The scorching sprint-dust and verbal detritus emanating from the Manx Mouth hasn’t even settled on the Champs Elysees, and already talk has turned to next…