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General
Announcing New V-Features: Updated Posting Badges
We’ve been busy working away at some more features that will hopefully continue to strengthen the community here at Velominati. This is just a small…
Velominati Super Prestige
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La Vie Velominatus, Part I: Finding the V-Locus
Arms draped casually over the bars, wrists canted inward, knees tucked in neatly towards the top tube, bottom perched on the saddle’s rivet, chin dropped…
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General
Riders on a Storm
Tyler Hamilton’s win in La Doyenne in 2003 was one of the highlights in what was generally a fantastic season. A great Spring campaign, a…
Anatomy of a Photo: Col de la Croix de Fer
Today’s stage of the Giro finished on a steep dirt road. But when we talk about dirt roads – even the ones in of the…
Anatomy of a Photo: Cannibals Eat Badgers, Too
I’m not quire sure which climb this is, but I’m certain the race is Liége-Bastogne-Liége and I’m guessing the climb La Redoute. On the surface, we…
The Experienced Mr. Hincapie
Experience is something that we can only develop over time. We take it to imply there is some associated wisdom, garnered principally through those experiences that contributed that wisdom through…
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Look Pro
Look Pro, Part VII: Sur la Plaque, Part Deux
Our last Look Pro edition discussed moving Sur la Plaque as you approach the top of the climb, thereby reducing your riding companions to withering leaves…
Triumph and Tragedy
Balance. It can be achieved by never deviating from the middle, or it can be achieved by violent swings to and fro. It is said,…
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Kit
Updated V-Kit Ordering Process
If I was going to describe to you what our order management process for the V-Kit has been like, I might start by likening it…
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Look Pro
Look Pro, Part VI: Move Sur la Plaque
There’s something not quite the same about how the Pros climb and how we climb. They go faster, I suppose. There’s that. They’re skinnier, too,…
Anatomy of a Photo: Fausto Coppi
A lot has been made lately of the fact that riders today are lacking a little bit of the V. It’s not so much a…
Evolution of a Plan, Part II: Record Hubs
Before my dad bought his C-Record Merckx in the late 80's, the family stable consisted of mostly Shimano bits, with a light smattering of Suntour.…
Look Pro, Part V: The Power of Hair
The power of hair is not to be underestimated. Especially when it comes to having it carefully disheveled, with little bits poking out of the vents of…
Unforgettable Rides: Gavia 1988
I suppose it's just a sign of how rich our sport is and how enthusiastic we are about it that some of the most iconic…
Here Stands a Man: Johan Van Summeren
Here stands a man. A quiet man. A hard working man. A Belgian man. A man from a life of grit, cold, and rain. Here stands…
Evolution of a Plan: Bianchi TSX
It wasn't created from nothing by the concentrated will of an obsessive Velominatus, nor by the grace of Merckx out of pure ether. No, as…
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Cogals
Ever-Prescent V: Ronde van “V”laanderen
There is something about Northern Europe in general and Flanders in particular that exudes The V; you feel it in the air the moment you set foot into the…
Anatomy of a Photo: The Bowels of Spectating
Perusing the Velominati Archives of Cycling Photos Liberated from the Interwebs (VACPLI), I stumbled across this little gem. I’m sure they are lovely people on…
Defining Moments: Daylight Savings Time
Daylight Savings always represents a turning point for my cycling season. In Fall, it represents leaving my season’s goals behind as I find once again…
Anatomy of a Photo: Badgers Are As Badgers Do
I’m not particularly fond of this photo, but it certainly tells you a thing or two about Le Blaireau. A man more comfortable speaking with his…