Blueprint for The Rules
Every other Tuesday night, I put on my tweed jacket with the leather elbow patches, fill a Thermos with Earl Grey and drive the Rover 3500 to…
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Book Review: Domestique by Charly Wegelius
Who is Charly Wegelius? His name would float to the surface in races usually when the road went up. The Phil and Paul show never…
William Fotheringham: Racing Hard
It’s not a secret around these parts that William Fotheringham is my favorite Cycling journalist. Growing up as a budding Velominatus in the isolated island…
Book Reviews: Racing Through the Dark, The Secret Race
I must admit to not having read most of the cycling memoirs in the Works. I may eventually but the local public library doesn’t carry…
The Works: The Official Treasures Of Le Tour de France
If you’re looking for doping scandals, controversy, or lanky Brits with questionable dress sense calling people wankers, then this book is not for you. If…
Guest Article: Le Metier
The Velominati are proud to present the following guest article by our community member Steampunk, who splits his time between peppering the site with his…
r-EPO Man
It’s always a let down for a fan to realise his or her idol is not all that they were held up to be. And…
Book Review: Racing Weight
I know it’s a bit misleading to call this article a “Book Review”, but “Book Review” soundsbetter than “Jump To Conclusions After Reading One Chapter…
Tino
The Kennett brothers have produced a series of great books on some of New Zealand's most successful, least successful, hardest, most famous, infamous and iconic…
Rouleur, Issue 16
Getting each new copy of Rouleur is almost a religious experience. It is printed on heavy paper, and has a particular smell about it; the…
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…
La Volupte: I Was Flying Today
About a year and a half ago, as I was just starting to get really serious about cycling again after dabbling for about a decade,…