Look Pro: Rollin’ Dirty
When it comes to training, no one loves riding outside and loathes riding inside more than I do. On the other hand, riding outside is…
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The Quitter
The truth is that I’d been thinking about quitting for the best part of forty-five minutes. Round and round I went on that track, every…
The Climber in a Gorilla Suit
There is a force upon this world which governs all manner of voodoo and wizardry. This force ensures the streak in your windshield wiper is…
Anticipation Shift
I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by…
La Vie Velominatus: Standing Grace
We are bipedal creatures. Fact. Bipedal locomotion sucks. Also a fact. This makes being a human somewhat challenging in the sense that we don’t have opposable…
There Ought to be a Rule…
We all know where I stand in the cycling sock department, white and not too tall, any color sock as long as it’s white. If…
Musings from the Darkness
Reality is always an unpleasant surprise; no one wants to see ourselves the way others see us, and that’s for good reason, too: depression would be much…
The Shaving
Back when this Rule was coined, it seemed to have little meaning or relevance at all to Cycling. The only beard we’d ever witnessed on…
Guest Article: Joy Ride
I hesitate to file this in the Guest Article category. It would be better filed under fellow un-rewarded pirate cycling-site writer, if we had such…
Guest Article- An Invitation to Suffer: The Rapha Manchester to London Challenge
I have met @chris on the original Keepers Tour. He seemed like a reasonable person at the time. Then again, @rob passes himself off as…
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Look Pro: The Whale Shark
The Whale Shark is the biggest nonmammalian vertebrate* on the planet, rivaling the dinosaurs for size. How do you feed yourself when you’re that huge without loading up on…
Guest Article: Saddle Sore Galore or Taint Misbehavin’
Chamois leather used in cycling shorts looked like this only once, before the first washing. After that one had to slather cream onto it to…
Getting Dropped
I can can feel his cold breath on my back, like a shadow drifting through an alleyway. He’s not yet upon me, but the Man…
The Mirror
Have you ever been told to take a good look at yourself? Usually it infers that you need to smarten up your ideas, get your…
The Hail Mary Shift
The grade is long and I am climbing away. I’m not going to Pantani this: I am not out of the saddle, not in the…
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Frame Job
Last year we read that Philippe Gilbert is riding a 50cm (top tube of 535mm) BMC frame and he is 1.79m (5’10”) tall. Now it’s…
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A More Perfect Union-Phase One
Hear ye, hear ye, get thee, and a mirror, to your indoor trainer. This is going to be a multi-part series on getting the rider…
Riding Ugly: The Spider
There are lots of things to like about Vroomie Froomie, like his willingness to accept the fact that people are inclined to question his performances. Aside…
Defining Moments: Resistance is V-tile
There are many paths to learning lessons, many of which have their merits. Reading a book, for instance, is a popular way of learning something.…
Festum Prophetae: The Impossible Hour
Update: You can watch the live stream (assuming it works from the velodrome) on the Velominati channel at USTREAM. When you log in, you’ll first…