Dead Tired
Before I make this about me, as I always do, I want to give credit to Roberto Ballini, who is pictured here sunning himself against…
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Evanescent Riders of the 90s: Laurent Dufaux
The Skype conversation went like this: Brett: “Remember Laurent Dufaux?” Frank: “How can I forget? Twat.” Brett: “What was that fucker on? Always hanging on…
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.…
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Merckxy Christmas, and a Coppi New Year
It has been a crazy year, this, with our first annual Keepers Tour sorted, partnerships with the industry’s leading icons including Johan Museeuw, Pavé Cycling…
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Gelukkig Sinterklaas
December 6th is possibly the biggest holiday of the year for the Dutch. We put out our shoe, we write gedichten, we play pranks on…
Guest Article: Evanescent Riders of the 1890s: The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps
Joshua – of Beer in the Bidon fame – returns from the depths of doing something scholarly in Montana. I hadn’t realized that Montana even…
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The Lexicon: A Retraction
The recent headlines being made in the cycling world have honestly not garnered a whole lot of attention at V-HQ, at least where a certain…
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V-Announcements: The Way of the Cycling Disciple
We interrupt the current programming for the following announcement: The more clever among you might have noticed slight shiftings of the sands, a new scent…
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In Memoriam: Olympic Tandem Match Sprint
The Olympic track racing fires off tomorrow and it’s time to remember an event discarded to the bin of noble sports. The Olympic roster of…
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V-nnouncements: Summer V-Kit Order and The Apostle Worlds
As I gaze across my living room and see the final packages of the Spring Order’s V-Kit ready for shipment, I’m reminded that the time…
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Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Olympic Road Race 2012
What a difference four years can make. In Beijing, Nicole Cooke was the dominant rider in Women’s Cycling, taking wins in every important race on the…
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La Femme à Pois
“Becky? Yeah, its Jean-Paul with the Podium Girl Selection Committee. No, I don’t know how I landed this job either, and I’m not about to…
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Spitting Image
When I was but a young Velominatus, my poor mother was often horrified/embarrassed/disgusted by my typical boy’s habit of sucking back the mucous from the…
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…
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Guest Article: Oude Kwaremont Beer
Longtime Velominati Jarvis is camping down the road from us in Kemmel. He came by last night to visit and added to the list of…
Keepers Tour Update: Contact Point Supplier: fi’zi:k
It’s crazy to me how fast two months from peaking goes by. At Christmas time I remember thinking how distant the Keepers Tour 2012 felt…
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Look Pro(phetic): Muck Around with Your Seatpost
I have a friend who is borderline OCD. He’ll sometimes wash his hands dozens of times a day, doesn’t like sticky stuff, cats drive him…
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2012 Velominati Super Prestige: New Riders, New Races, New Rules
Focus groups are forced marches out of the safety of our locked and darkened offices to delve into group work that would certainly be accomplished…
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Announcing New V-Features: Rule V-Compliant Servers
Anyone who has happened by Velominati this past week will know our site has been in a serious breach of Rule 5; we had a…
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We Wish You a Merckxy Christmas, and a Coppi New Year
From the bottom of our hearts, and on behalf of everyone at Velominati, we wish you a very Happy Holidays and as such issue a…