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Riders on a Storm
Tyler Hamilton’s win in La Doyenne in 2003 was one of the highlights in what was generally a fantastic season. A great Spring campaign, a…
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Guest Article: Murray to Moyne, Part II
Back in March, Marcus teased us with his tale of marathon racing in OZ. While over on the sane side of the planet, 24-hour and other marathon-format…
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Reverence: Time iCLIC Pedals
If you’ve ever sold bikes for a living, (or even just ridden them), you’ll know that the biggest fear of the newbie, or the moderately…
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Gravé Diggers
Sometimes we need to be reminded that originality is paramount to leading a good and honest life. It took some home truths from a poster in…
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A Sunday in Well
It’s on like Donkey Kong! Welli-Roubaix: Hell of the North (Island) is recon’ed, the seal of approval has been licked and stamped and the gravé awaits. Oh,…
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Reverence: Chimay Ale
What better week is there to pay homage to one of the finest ales the world has ever known? Each year, Cycling Week in Belgium…
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Guest Article: Bikes to Rwanda
Occasionally, we find ourselves removing our proverbial tongue from cheek and getting a little bit serious. Try as we might, a good cause just can’t always…
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Pro Gravelling- Montepaschi Strade Bianche
The Strade Bianche. Now here’s a race who’s name change I can get behind. Strade Bianche sounds so much cooler than Eroica, no? Mind you…
Anatomy of a Photo: Phil Anderson
In honor of the first Australian to win KBK it seems appropriate to give a Chapeau to our mates down under. Congrats to perhaps the…
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…
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…
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Announcing New V-Features: Mentions/Replies and V-Mobile Site
We’ve been busy at work on some new features for the community. When we announced the last set of features, we got some great feedback…
Anatomy of a photo: The Merckx of the Mud
What can you say about this man that doesn’t include the words ‘tough as frikkin nails badass mofo’?
Reverence: Lobster Claw Gloves
Our Antipodean readers may want to skip this article and come back to it in June as the Austral winter begins. Anybody reading in the…
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We Wish You a Merckxy Christmas
From everyone here at Velominati, we wish you a very Happy Holidays, and temporarily suspend Rule 11 for December 24 and 25. Cheers, and thanks for…
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Anatomy of a Photo: Greg LeMan
Is it the shades? The W.C. Jersey? The Z kit? The d.t. shifters? Talk amongst yourselves. I just had to get a pic up that’s…
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Riders who put the “V” in Diva: Federico Bahamontes
Cyclists can be a twitchy lot. Able to both endure and dish out pain for weeks on end in a grand tour takes considerable fortitude,…
Gelukkig Sinterklaas
Today is a pretty important day in the Netherlands (and Belgium). It’s the day we pull rank on those who only celebrate Christmas. While the…
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Announcing New V-Features: The Works and The Bikes
We’ve been busy little bees over here at Velominati. While you may not have been seeing much “evidence” of actual “activity” on our end, we’ve…
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La Vie Northwest: socks, sandals, and snow
It’s snowing today in Seattle, which a full 78% of the population is not able to deal with, even though it happens every year. I…