Defining Moments: Hood Position
If I spent half a summer riding with one hand on the tops and one on the hoods, I spent the other half riding with…
Velominati Super Prestige
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Truth and Reconciliation
First off, cycling needs a different term for what it would like to convene. To equate cycling’s past with South Africa’s and Liberia’s dark histories…
La Vie Velominatus: Ritual
Along the lines of what Bruce Dickinson famously decreed while espousing the medical benefits of cowbell in the remedy of rare types of influenza, I…
In Memoriam: The Tricolore
It was a simple time. Team kit was understated, with black shorts and a few colored panels on the jersey. Race Leader and National Championship…
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,…
Look Pro: Souplesse
Souplesse. Only the French would have such a word; one you can sink your teeth into, chew on. It begs to be spoken over a plate…
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Cogals
Portland Cogal v1.1 Post Ride Report
“My teeth are famous!” exclaimed Fränk while Mrs. Scaler was running around with her shiny new camera, documenting the day. This happened quite a few…
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Awards
The 2011 Anti-V Moment of the Year: Paris Roubaix
While the The V Moment of the Year is the moment during the season when the sport demonstrated the most pure example of spirit of The V,…
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Awards
2011 Broken Chain Award
Brought back to life by reader demand, the Broken Chain Award is considered for any person or thing that protrudes above the surface of cycling’s…
The Seduction of Symbols
There was a time when bicycles were lovingly handmade by artisans who themselves loved the sport more than those for whom they built the machines. Lugs were…
Rule 28: Dissenting Opinion
Rule 28: “White is old school cool. Black is cool too, but were given a bad image by a Texan whose were too long. If…
A Study in Casually Deliberate: Wait Properly
We spend a small enormity of time waiting. We wait for lights to turn green. We wait for riders to arrive to the ride. We…
Look Pro, Part IX: Proper Cycling Caps
Rule #22 is perhaps the most complicated Rule amongst the (currently) 85. Part of the complexity springs from the fact that we are all very…
Look Pro, Part V: The Power of Hair
The power of hair is not to be underestimated. Especially when it comes to having it carefully disheveled, with little bits poking out of the vents of…
Lexicon Edit: Velominata
Without a doubt cycling is dominated by males. Stop for a second and make two lists. One list including all the male pro cyclists you…
Don’t Be An Ass: Just Say No To Bad Lycra
I didn’t think this article would ever need to become reality. I thought we could safely file this one in the “Obviously Not Allowed, Fucktards”…
Spectating 101
You think the riders in the Tour of Wellington are doing it tough? Spare a thought for us, the poor spectators, forced to sit in…
On Rule 2: Cycling Sensei
My buddy Chris wants to buy a road bike. His primary reason for this is to improve his fitness after splitting his patella in half…
Defining Moments: Alexi Grewal-1984 Olympic Road Race
Alexi Grewal's version of his win in the '84 LA Summer Olympics
Look Pro, Part II: Casually Deliberate
Looking Pro is a delicate art rife with paradox and enigma. Aesthetics in a sport as difficult as cycling is itself a contradiction; surely anything…