Strangers in Paradise- CycleVentoux to The Rescue
Living in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and getting to Italy is not a quick or easy trip. Who’s going to keep the beasts…
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The Liberty of Suffering
The bicycle has always been a symbol of Freedom. Not just for us as children, extending the boundaries of our stomping grounds by an order…
On Rule #12: The Luxury of Passion
Rule #12 is a luxury of passion; the #1 for good weather and epic rides or races, the Nine Bike for bad weather, the Graveur…
Raining in My Heart
Not one to subscribe to the slew of text speak or acronyms that permeate the modern vernacular (well, not too much, I guess YJA is…
Mustache Monster Mash
My first bicycle opened a new world to me, one where range was measured by will and pedal revolutions, not steps; the only objective was…
Le Mont Ventoux: The Windy Mountain
Legends are central to any culture, ours perhaps more than most. The Ventoux is a French legend, rising 1912m above the rolling hills of Provence.…
Allez la Douze: Dropping Flies
An ancient Velominati legend states that when the The Prophet created the common fly, he gave it a maximum air speed of exactly 12 kilometers…
Festum Prophetae: The Impossible Hour
Update: You can watch the live stream (assuming it works from the velodrome) on the Velominati channel at USTREAM. When you log in, you’ll first…
Keepers Tour: Eat Properly
During last year’s Keepers Tour, the motor was fine for about two or three days until it suddenly sputtered and shut down completely on Wednesday.…
Keepers Tour 2012 Update, Part 3: Awesome, Kinda Weird, Awesome Again, and Solemn
With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 stitched up and in the history books, the challenge of documenting the trip became immediately obvious; how do you…
Keepers Tour 2012 Update, Part 2: The Lion Rides Today
With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 stitched up and in the history books, the challenge of documenting the trip became immediately obvious; how do you…
Keepers Tour 2012 Update, Part I: Roubaix & RVV
With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 stitched up and in the history books, the challenge of documenting the trip became immediately obvious; how do you…
Waiting for My Bike
Points of complication are usually both surprising and completely predictable. Take, for instance, international travel. We don’t really have trouble cramming a few hundred people who don’t…
Guest Article: My Journey from Milano to Sanremo
While the rest of us where bickering over the style in which the finale of one of the most exciting editions of Milano-Sanremo played out,…
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Velominati Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012
The Hardmen. They inspire us; we aspire to be one among them. They drive us to be better cyclists. They are the solitary voice among…
Where Angels Fly
When you’re digging deeper into Rock and Roll, you’re on a freight train headed straight for the blues. – Jack White The analog for this…
Frank vs. The Volcano: Haleakala, Part Deux
The French call it la fringale. It’s one of the worst conditions that can befall a cyclist, this, when our reserves are tapped dry and yet…
Frank vs. The Volcano: Haleakala 2011
Flying into Maui, the first thing you see are the tops of the volcanoes on each of the Hawaiian islands. An awesome sight, they appear…
Tales of a Cyclotourist: Beartooth Hwy
It's been called the most beautiful highway in the world. That, as with most things, can be left to debate. What's not debatable, however, is…
Tales of a Cyclotourist, Part III: 2006 Pla-de-Beret
This is the tale of the day I caused Paolo Savoldelli to crash out of the Tour de France. It happened in a flash, and…