Reverence: Velox Fond de Jante Rim Tape
The very first time I ever pulled a tire and tube off of a rim it made an impression on me and it still does.…
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Announcing New V-Features: The Rides and The Cogals
I peer into my V-Pint, seeking out the V-Cog in its base as the hoppy taste of a local IPA washes over my tongue and…
Rule 8: It’s Gotta Be The Shoes
What Gianni humbly omitted from his last article is that once he finishes ranting about sock color (actually, the lack of need for any color…
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Training with the Pros
Training with the Pros, it sounds like fun but it can’t be. Pros are genetic freaks; they put more kilometers on their bikes than any…
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Guest Article: The Ride Starts On Time. No Exceptions.
In light of the first North American Cogal (a Cogal is a gathering of Velominati just like a Cabal was a gathering of Illuminati); this…
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Announcing New V-Features: Community Page and VVallpapers
Whenever The Keepers disappear a bit and our postings become sporadic and pointed, you can bet we’re either out riding our bikes or we’ve been busy working…
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Velominati Super Prestige: 2011 Men’s Elite Worlds Road Race
A clatter of the metal grate rolling up signals another opening of the Velominati Bookmaker’s Office. The gaggle of skinny (and not so skinny, you…
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Reverence: Velib-The Paris Free Bicycle System
Before arriving in Paris I kept hearing, “Oh the best way to see Paris is on foot, walk the whole city, it's really the only…
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Velominati Super Prestige: 2011 La Vuelta a España
Spain is an awesome country. It has amazing scenery, culture, cities and chicas… oh, the chicas. Its football competition features the world’s best players, their…
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Haleakala, Rematch: Some People Just Don’t Learn
When Icarus flew too close to the sun, it was more than just the heat from the sun that caused his mighty fall; it was…
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Biography of a Velominatus: Gert-Jan Theunisse
The last Dutchman to win the KoM in le Tour was Gert-Jan Theunisse. He was also the last Dutchman to win atop Alpe d'Huez. The…
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Il Profeta Progetto
Mates are supposed to be just that; mates. They are meant to be supportive, to help you out when you need them, to make your…
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La Vie Velominatus, Part III: Urban Riding
There is little in life that compares to a ride along a quiet country road. This surely is the altar of our sport, where all…
Who’s your Poppy?
You’d think that with such an historical event taking place in France overnight that the Australian newspapers would be a sea of yellow and ‘we…
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Look Pro, Part VIII: The Phantom Menace
Casually Deliberate is at the core of Looking Pro; it’s something that comes from a lifetime spent on a bike, becoming one with the machine.…
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Notes from Post-Apocalyptica: A Beer in the Bidon Field Test Update (from Phoenix)
I did not expect the test to go well. To begin with, no beer holds up well at 96 degrees, and the Fahrenheit mercury outside…
Evanescent Riders of the 90s: Ãlvaro Mejia
As Le Tour approaches rapidly, memories of Tours past come to the fore, and riders who may have gone unnoticed for the remainder of the…
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Ill Pro-ghetto: IT lives…
There's not too much you can buy with $8 these days. A coffee and cake. A tube. Maybe a trashy tabloid magazine (certainly not the…
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Announcing New V-Features: Updated Posting Badges
We’ve been busy working away at some more features that will hopefully continue to strengthen the community here at Velominati. This is just a small…
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Lo Sceriffo
In May, Velominati wake up too early, brew espresso and open laptop computers to watch small streaming videos of the Giro d’Italia. We notice how…