In Memoriam

FFS Fridays: Lost Friends and Blood Pipes

FFS. It is Friday, finally, and this is what this week has felt like: I kid, I kid. We actually have…

8 years ago

Guest Article- In Memoriam: ‘Iron Man’ Mick Murphy

Where to begin with this Guest Article? When you start talking about a person who makes Fiorenzo Magni sound like,…

8 years ago

In Memoriam: The Headband

Like the Spinaci bars, the headband was cool, effective and disappeared quickly. While the Spinaci was outlawed by the UCI…

8 years ago

A Shift In Time

Returning to your roots can be both a rewarding and sobering experience. The nostalgia one feels for the halcyon days…

8 years ago

In Memoriam: Erik de Vlaeminck

Sad news today that Erik de Vlaeminck, older brother to Flemish Cycling legend Roger de Vlaeminck, passed away today at…

8 years ago

In Memoriam: The Straight Block

Disc brakes and 1x drivetrains. These are the sort of things that belong on mountainbikes, are questionable on cross bikes,…

9 years ago

In Memoriam: Loose Ball Bearings

The darker months bring out the macabre in each of us; for Gianni it was the extinction of his beloved…

9 years ago

In Memoriam: The Original Park Adjustable Linkage Clamp

There are certain bicycle tools that once owned, signify much more than just ownership. For me, it was this Park…

9 years ago

In Memoriam: The LBS

There was a time when I held down 'real jobs'. Jobs with (a little) stress, with (some) responsibility, but without soul.…

10 years ago

RIP: Jim Oberstar

This week we mourn the loss of a true Velominatus, Jim Oberstar. The vast majority of you will have never…

10 years ago

In Memoriam: Il Pirata, Ten Years Gone

I don't know if it's because I see something of myself in them or if it awakens some kind of…

10 years ago

In Memoriam: Jon Lennard, aka @itburns

Each of us throw a leg over our top tubes and submit ourselves to the open road in recognition of…

11 years ago

2012 Anti-V Moment of the Year: Bullies are really just pussies

As referenced in the 2012 V-Moment of the year article and ensuing discussion, it was a most Vawesome year for…

11 years ago

In Memoriam: The Proper Head Badge

The days of the proper head badge, I'm afraid, are numbered. It seems it used to be that any road…

11 years ago

In Memoriam: Leather and Brass

Composites, microfibers, synthetics. They amaze in their qualities; light, strong, durable - unyieldingly stiff or unimaginably suple, depending on our whim. When…

12 years ago

In Memoriam: Fiorenzo Magni, December 7, 1920 – October 19, 2012

The Velominati mourn today the passing of Fiorenzo Magni, perhaps one of the Cycling world's greatest living example of the…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

Guest Article: Velo Love

Even Wiggo said it's just a bike race. Bike racing may be just that but Cycling is life. And Love…

12 years ago

In Memoriam: The Funny Bike

We gather here today to pay our respects to one of the most exciting developments the Cycling world has ever…

12 years ago

In Memoriam: The Tricolore

It was a simple time. Team kit was understated, with black shorts and a few colored panels on the jersey.…

12 years ago