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Il Progetto: Nederaap CX-V

Building a frame has been, since childhood, a dream which always seemed a little bit out of reach. Aside from…

14 years ago

Ride Like a Girl: Marianne Vos

While it took seven Belgians to dominate the Men's Cyclocross World Championship race on Sunday, it only took a single…

14 years ago

Awesome Dutch Dudes: Hennie Kuiper

We're an under-appreciated people, the Dutch. As a society, we have led the European standard of civilization. Always ahead of…

14 years ago

The 2011 Anti-V Moment of the Year: Paris Roubaix

While the The V Moment of the Year is the moment during the season when the sport demonstrated the most pure…

14 years ago

The 2011 V Moment of the Year: Paris Roubaix

The V Moment of the Year isn't an award so much as acknowledgment of the moment during the season when…

14 years ago

La Vie Velominatus: Building Wheels

Self-awareness is a non-optional ingredient of leading a fulfilling life; while we should always push ourselves to explore new things, we should…

14 years ago

Reverence: Gilet

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who own a properly-fitting, lightweight gilet and those who don't.…

14 years ago

La Vie Velominatus: Romanticization

I'm often told I romanticize Cycling's past, that the days gone by weren't quite as rosy as I make them out to…

14 years ago

We Wish You a Merckxy Christmas, and a Coppi New Year

From the bottom of our hearts, and on behalf of everyone at Velominati, we wish you a very Happy Holidays…

14 years ago

Unforgettable Rides: 1993 Paris-Roubaix

In 1993, before the UCI put a stranglehold on the means by which riders sought to go faster, innovation flowed…

14 years ago

In Memoriam: Unsafe Headgear

I appreciate my helmet. I treat it with respect. I never leave for a ride without it. I replace it…

14 years ago

Look Pro: Flandrian Best

To Look Pro is to strive to Look Fantastic and to be at our ease on a bicycle. It is…

14 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: Looking Fantastic

Steel Gazelles, check. Monster fork rake, check. Hairnets, check. North European monsoon, check. Flemish Mirror, check. Chain welded to the Big Ring,…

14 years ago

The Seduction of Symbols

There was a time when bicycles were lovingly handmade by artisans who themselves loved the sport more than those for whom they…

14 years ago

On Rule #5: Not Minding That It Hurts

In my favorite scene from Lawrence of Arabia, T.E. Lawrence, after lighting a colleague's cigarette, allows the match to burn down to his…

14 years ago

Rule #5: Racing Hoogerland-Style

Johnny Hoogerland, on receiving the Tour de France Rule #5 Award: I normally don't drink that much beer anymore but…

14 years ago

Belgian Affirmations: Kapelmuur

There isn't a lot about a climb several kilometers long ending in a sustained 20% cobbled gradient that communicates 'Attack'…

14 years ago

Keepers’ Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 Update

It's referred to as the Hell of the North not for the misery the race causes on its riders, but…

14 years ago

Q1 2012 V-Kit Order

It hasn't always been this way, where we thoughtlessly disembogue 140 characters or less in messages sent into a medium…

14 years ago

Announcing New V-Features: The Rides and The Cogals

I peer into my V-Pint, seeking out the V-Cog in its base as the hoppy taste of a local IPA…

14 years ago