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Announcing New V-Features: The Works and The Bikes

We've been busy little bees over here at Velominati.  While you may not have been seeing much "evidence" of actual…

15 years ago

Deference: Gianni’s Campagnolo Down Tube Shifter

It is dark now when I rise.  It is dark when I return home from the office.  Leaves crunch under…

15 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: I Will Eat You Where You Stand.

If ever there was a photo that illustrated why anyone would be given the monicker, "The Canibal", this is it. I…

15 years ago

Breaking the Rules: Graeme Obree

I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Innovation is ugly, inelegant. By it's very definition, it is…

15 years ago

Velominati Interview: Garmin’s Toby Watson

One of the great pleasures that comes from not belonging to the Press or any other credible or otherwise trustworthy…

15 years ago

Transcending the Rules: Group Ride with T-Bone

The question has been raised a number of times and the answer has always been vague: do the pros set The…

15 years ago

Look Pro, Part I: Three-Point System

Aesthetics have always played a major role in my quest to become a better athlete. On the surface, this may…

15 years ago

In Memoriam: Gleaming Metal Bits

I posted this picture as a joke in yesterday's Anatomy of a Photo piece, but I find myself going back to it…

15 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: Cycling-Specific Eyewear

Don't be distracted by the sweatband or the lame Bolle sunglasses; this man is a stud.  He came from a different…

15 years ago

Guest Article: Velominatus Budgetatus

The Velominati are proud to present the following guest article by our community member Cyclops. As if we needed more…

15 years ago

Ride Report: Bar-o-Phelia Operationalized

As described in Bar-o-Phelia, my bar obsession festered and grew over a period of a few years, and then was…

15 years ago

Velominati Challenge: Name that Climb

As cyclists, our legs bristle with anticipation at the sight of a hairpin turn.  Stitch a series of them together…

15 years ago

Bar-O-Phelia

It starts with a casual observation. You hardly even noticed when it happened, but something shifted in your mind. A…

15 years ago

Defining Moments: Sprinteur to Rouleur

As we grow older, humility takes it's chilling hold. The little nagging questions like, "Will this next activity kill me?"…

15 years ago

Tricky Dickie: Shopping in the Five and Dime

We recently trod into territory we simultaneously avoid and willingly dive headlong into: doping and the intrinsic hypocrisy therein. While on the subject…

15 years ago

Study of a Madman: Riding in the Rain

I awoke Sunday morning to the sound of the driving rain on the windows, buffeted by gusts of wind. I…

15 years ago

Reverence: Dumonde Tech BCL

We met by chance, or so it seems. I suppose there really is no such thing as "chance". I was…

15 years ago

Defining Moments: Radio Silence

Robots. Automatons. Modern professional cyclists. I am tempted to say these three terms are interchangeable, but I know that's not right…

15 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Men’s and Women’s World Elite Road Race Championships

Just add water.  It's true of dehydrated food and it's true of a dehydrated sport approaching the end of the…

15 years ago

Six Days of the Worlds – Anatomy of a Photo: Paolo Shoots to Kill

I remember two principle things from the 2007 Men's Elite Road Race.  First, my favorite rider at the time, Danilo…

15 years ago