I've spent my adult life believing that Mario Cippolini was the first rider to soil the Rainbow Jersey with matching bibshorts.…
I'm trying my best to stay thin this winter, but I'm nowhere near where I was when it was warm…
Ever heard of Bert Oosterbosch? No, neither had I until I came across this excellent (and comprehensive) account from @ErikdR. A…
Whenever you see one of those yellow cars or motorcycles laden with spare wheels and manned by efficiently deliberate young…
A great unknown awaits the young men, bound by a common entity of steel, flesh and passion rolled together. Do they…
Watching the Jensie set a "new" record was somehow not-that-interesting and riveting at the same time. One guy going around…
If @steampunk can't take much credit here I guess we can't take any. We can take pleasure is seeing someone's…
Brad Wiggins is sitting at home, watching his team implode at a Tour de France he was not invited to.…
"You ruined a heap of photos!" Not the words you want to hear when the photos in question are ones…
If Lance won seven Tours then maybe Tyler Hamilton did win a Monument after all, or not. Finally Hamilton had…
Even though in today's mountain bike world the bikes are better, the clothing more appropriate, and there are more trails…
Guido went to extraordinary lengths to shield young Joshua from the horrors of the war. On the way to the…
Freddy effortlessly demonstrates Rules #80 and #82, the Three-Point System, and the Goldilocks Principle while his mechanic calmly swaps a…
They don't call it the race of truth for nothing, and Ferdi ain't no liar. There's no hiding when your…
As surely as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, if you ride a bicycle you…
This has to be one of the best photos of the 2013 Tour: Nairo Quintana at the finish on the…
André had spent the last ten years working underground, yet he had only just turned 24. His face, skin hardened…
André Leducq was a complete French Badass, with a capital B. He was third, below Merckx and Hinault for Tour…
If you ever doubted for a minute that the hardmen of yore drafted the blueprint for The Rules, you need only…
Every night I pray to Merckx that in the morning when I wake up I'll have a Campagnolo Free Candy…