The Rules Goes on the Road-NYC
Here are a few lessons learned while in New York City. I’m sure leaving a bar at one o’clock in the morning is not how…
Velominati Super Prestige
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Anatomy of a Photo: The Look 2003
If Lance won seven Tours then maybe Tyler Hamilton did win a Monument after all, or not. Finally Hamilton had a chance to measure up…
Rule #94 and The Evolution of the Pedal Wrench
Given the fact that everyone over-tightens their pedals to the crank arms, one needs a long lever to get too much torque. Rule #94 decrees…
The Hail Mary Shift
The grade is long and I am climbing away. I’m not going to Pantani this: I am not out of the saddle, not in the…
Terroir of the Bike
This winter Shimano showed up on Maui with a flotilla of Colnago C-59s set up with disc brakes. The lucky Shimano people tested the bikes…
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Racing
Let the Season Begin
Omloop het Nieuwsblad is fast approaching on March 1st, Strade Bianche goes off the next weekend; finally, ladies and gentlemen, we have a season. For…
Climbing Tips for the Non-Climber
I’m a non-climber who enjoys climbing. I’d enjoy it more if I was good at it. And “enjoy” might be too strong a word, “tolerate”…
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Kermis
The Perfect Amount of Dumb
Welcome to the Kermis. It’s not a recycling, it’s a reintroduction. The idea is to repost an old article that still resonates today and see…
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Look Pro
Frame Job
Last year we read that Philippe Gilbert is riding a 50cm (top tube of 535mm) BMC frame and he is 1.79m (5’10”) tall. Now it’s…
Beyond The Rules
Rules! Hear me fools: The Rules mark the beginning of the path to enlightenment, not the end. There are higher planes, expanding dimensions. Beyond the…
Midwinter Cogal Report: Amsterdam-Utrecht 2013
@Marco’s take Somewhere midway, I realized: looking fantastic while riding batshit fast through unknown territory in Rule #9 conditions in mid-December is hard. The shortest…
Rolling with Rule #80
Always be casually deliberate, even when riding. You have just attacked off the front to take a town line sprint. It was a just-the-perfect-amount-of-dumb yet…
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Look Pro
A More Perfect Union-Phase One
Hear ye, hear ye, get thee, and a mirror, to your indoor trainer. This is going to be a multi-part series on getting the rider…
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Folklore
Can’t Do That
Pity our cyclist, it’s Saturday and he won’t shave his face, it might sap his strength but he has to shave his legs or he…
Beppe Saronni: Patron Saint of Rule #22
The cycling cap was part of any kit: nearly black shorts, team jersey and cap. It would be matching, it would be cotton. In the…
Riding Without Data
I’m compliant with Rule #74: no Garmin, no cyclometer, just an uncluttered cockpit. I’m not anti-data, if I could generate some awesome data I’d like…
Front Chainrings and The Theory of Relativity
Disregarding my Schwinn Typhoon, I started keeping score with my 1976 Peugeot PX 10 LE. It came with a Stronglight 52 x 45 and a…
Dogs I Have Known
Flies and dogs, two things that we don’t need on a climb. I had descended down this street many times, but I had never before…
Book Review: Domestique by Charly Wegelius
Who is Charly Wegelius? His name would float to the surface in races usually when the road went up. The Phil and Paul show never…
Rule #29: When is an EPMS not an EPMS?
Saddle bags have no place on a road bike, and are only acceptable on mountain bikes in extreme cases. Saddle bags: how do we define…