Anatomy of a Photo: Six Days are for Closers
What do you do during the off-season when your name is Roger de Vlaeminck and you’re a certified organic free-range studmuffin? You roll down to…
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Anatomy of a Photo: V-Bank Line of Credit
Economics, in its most simple form, follows the Conservation of Mass as defined in physics. Basically, everything goes according to plan so long as outflow is…
Anatomy of a Photo: Casually Deliberate Masterclass
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I’d need a thousand just to describe the carefully disheveled cap placement. I’d need another grand just…
Anatomy Of A Photo: Professeur Pavé
Despite being a bald, visually challenged Velominatus, I envy only one other man from the peloton past. The only man who could pull off the…
Anatomy of a Photo: Cornering on Cobbles
A lot of things taken for granted in Cycling go swiftly out the window when cobblestones are introduced to bicycle and rider. The notion that…
Anatomy Of A Photo: Hamburger with Extra Sauce
The EPO Era threw up some surprise World Champions from the early ’90s to the mid ’00s. Riders juiced to the gills meant that the…
Awesome Dutch Guys: Erik Breukink
Erik Breukink, pictured here on the far right in the 1987 Giro, was on the upswing of what seemed to be very bright future. From…
Anatomy of a Photo: The Shoulders of Giants
The question tackled here is of carrying the bicycle, should it require carrying. The non-cyclist is perhaps more inclined to consider carrying their bicycle than…
Anatomy of a Photo: 1986 Milan-San Remo
It’s a classic tactic. The day’s break is caught and before anyone has time to decide what to do about it, you counter-attack. Already tired…
Guest Article: Anatomy of a Photo – The Perfect Personification of Rule #5
We are lucky to have @wiscot as a contributor of guest articles. He eschews the carbon ball for real research and his love of cycling…
Anatomy of a Photo: You Can Leave Your Hat On
Sometimes, when there’s a job to be done, you just don’t care what you look like. As with gardening, changing the oil or building that new…
Anatomy of a Photo: Sean Yates V. 2.0
Sweet Jesus, here is a DS you can’t bluff. Having Raas, Tchmil or Sean Yates as a director must make you a better rider; you…
Anatomy of a Photo: Things That Are Hard To Come By
Museeuw rockin’ the bands riding with Cipo decked out in yellow as he twists one up. There are only two things cooler than this and…
Anatomy of a Photo: Take a Look While You Still Can
FDJ guy: Is that the new fizik Kurve in Bull? Fast Phil: Oui. FDJ guy: Mind if I have a look? Fast Phil: Do it…
Anatomy of a Photo: Depletion
One eye open and dreaming; were the building on fire, I suspect this shell of a man could hardly be bothered to move from his…
Guest Article: Anatomy of a Photo-1994 Paris-Roubaix
Duck and cover! Our guest article series rolls on with @scaler911’s Anatomy of a Photo. Photo, words, enough said. Yours in Cycling, Gianni — Ah,…
Anatomy of a Photo: Looking Fantastic
Steel Gazelles, check. Monster fork rake, check. Hairnets, check. North European monsoon, check. Flemish Mirror, check. Chain welded to the Big Ring, check. WTF Leggins affixed to…
Anatomy of a Photo: Sticks and Stones
It’s no secret that the cobbles are the domain of the big men. Look through the list of winners in Flanders and Roubaix, and you…
Anatomy of a Photo: Drifting Stones
I would have put this under the new “Belgian Affirmations” category, but was overcome with fear that King Kelly would hunt me down and strangle…
Anatomy of a Photo: And He Parted The Waters
No double wraps of bar tape. No arm warmers or bandages for an injured left arm; just some wrappings borrowed from an Egyptian mummy he…