I would have put this under the new "Belgian Affirmations" category, but was overcome with fear that King Kelly would…
Andrei Tchmil got so tired of the palpable disappointment of not being Belgian that he decided to become one. Envision…
No double wraps of bar tape. No arm warmers or bandages for an injured left arm; just some wrappings borrowed…
We spend a small enormity of time waiting. We wait for lights to turn green. We wait for riders to…
Fitness. The rhythm, the feeling of precision in our movement, the sensations of The Ride. The temptation of knowing we might in…
The corollary of Rule 12 is that one focusses the bulk of their energies on upgrading Bike #1 with the result that upgraded gear…
On October 15, 2011, a select team of Velominati gathered in Langley on Whidbey Island to go for a ride…
I can't understand the American obsession with finger food in general and sliders in particular. Finger food, in its strict…
No event of the year is more likely to provide piles of Rule #9 in the Five and Dime than…
Evolution is a slow, gradual process, punctuated by sudden change. For the first 80 years of our sport, riders rode contra la montre on…
One of the most wonderful things about living in a climate with four distinct seasons is that each one comes…
This photo of Phil Anderson's genuine surprise at the gap between himself and the guy who won at losing reminds…
Hardly a bike can pass through my gaze without invoking a visceral reaction; admiration for a well-manicured machine regardless of…
As I sat down to write this article, I noticed that the battery on my laptop needed charging. I stood…
Whenever The Keepers disappear a bit and our postings become sporadic and pointed, you can bet we're either out riding our bikes…
Google Image Search Marianne Vos and you will turn up a mountain of photos of her throwing her arms aloft in…
One of the most magnificent things about Cycling is that not only does it represent different things to different people,…
A mechanical of any kind thrusts a professional cyclist into a kind of paradoxical isolation; swarmed by cars and motorcycles, yet…
One score and seven years ago, I first swung my leg over my bike with a specific training objective in…
Mimic those who are better than you; this is the underlying principle of nearly everything I do in life, whether…