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Merry Christmas
Oh behalf of the Keepers, I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Here’s to a great 2010;…
Velominati Super Prestige
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Rouleur, Issue 15
Issue 15 just arrived on my doorstop, and it is especially good and is going to take a good long time to work through all…
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Folklore
Badass by Association: Winter Riding
To me, there is nothing cooler than riding in awful weather. It automatically associates you with the Spring Classics, held in wet, wind, and rain,…
Sur la Plaque: Mechanics of the Big Ring
I’ve been riding for long enough to know that what “feels” good and and what “is” good in terms of technique are two independent sets…
Tales of a Cyclotourist, Part II: 2003 Alpe d’Huez
It is probably the most famous mountain in cycling. Almost 14 kilometers, 21 numbered hairpin turns. It lies in the the Isère valley, which is…
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Racing
Bruyneel’s Bad Year
For most directors, winning Le Tour for the billionth time would make for a successful season, but not for Johan Bruyneel. It turns out that…
Tales of a Cyclotourist, Part I: 1994 LBL
I could see it from where I was sitting on the terrace outside the cafe. The street dropped off towards the valley where the river…
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Racing
VDB: 1974-2009
Every now and then, I see a headline that I know won’t soon drift from my memory. Frank Vandenbroucke was found dead today in his…
Expect The Unexpected
Unless you spend a lot of time with the Dutch, you probably don’t realize how awesome we are. We can pretty much walk into any…
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Racing
Second Place: The Agony of Winning at Losing
After narrowly losing Milan San-Remo to Mark “The Manx Mounth” Cavendish, Heinrich Haussler was in agony. Many people might have been delighted with his accomplishment; he…
Decisions, Decisions
I am facing a major problem; one not easily solved. One of our principal Keepers – Brett – had made mention of the most important…
Framebuilding: Subcontractors and Big Names
I’ve made mention before of Rouleur magazine and their amazing, in-depth articles. In one of the past issues, they had a wonderful piece on frame…
Championship Jerseys and the Rainbow Turd
Mario Cipollini, if nothing else, did one crucial thing for cycling. For better or worse, he turned cycling into a Business. His business sense was…
Fixie Challenge: Matching Aptitude to Confidence
I think it goes without saying that riding a fixie properly takes quite a bit of skill and finesse; the pedals being directly connected to…
Project Zero: Zip Rebuild
Phase I of Project Zero is complete. Stock, the Zip wasn't a bike that i was going to be able to ride. First of all,…
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General
On Location: Performance
I posted SpandX’s excellent and funny cycling-centric music video for “Performance” here the other day. Watching it again recently, I noticed the that the character…
Middle Fork Taneum River
Last weekend, Michelle and I drove out over the Cascades and into the arid region on the other side of the pass. It’s amazing the…
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Di Luca Confidential
I’ve been a fan of Danilo Di Luca a long time, and to tell the truth, was much more suspect of Menchov’s performance at the…
The Golden Era: Downtube Shifters and Delta Brakes
I miss downtube shifters. I miss them in the same way I miss the days before the widespread use of race radios, when races were…
Can I Nod Snob a Kid?
I am a nod snob. The fact is, I’m a bit of a cycling snob all-around. I am not a “biker” and I do not…