The Importance of Environment
While all evidence points to the contrary, the 20th century’s greatest twatwaffle LE Gunderson may have got something at least half right after all. Of…
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On Rule #64: The Sudden Drop
The severity of a crash exists on two planes, the physical and psychological. The physical is the most obvious and one we busy ourselves with in…
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Cogals
Cogal Report: East Maui Loop 2013
I didn’t want to climb the Eiger, I wanted to have climbed the Eiger. – Jon Krakauer, Eiger Dreams Gianni’s Take This Cogal seemed like…
Voices and Echoes
Doubt. It speaks in whispered tones but echoes in our actions and lingers heavy on the mind. It is a thing that weaves itself into…
Frank vs. The Volcano: Part Trois
At some point, I reckon the idea may dawn on me that I’m not a climber. Eighty kilos and standing something just shy of two…
The Sunday Morning Reasonable Ride
I rousted Frank early. The Sunday morning group ride rolls out at 6:30 am from Twin Falls. As I put bikes in the truck I…
V And V Makes VV: Haleakala Round IIV
I can’t really call it an obsession. If it was an obsession, I would have commissioned a bloke I’ve never met to build me a…
Solitude
The task spreads out before me like molasses poured onto a tabletop, indulging in its viscous immensity. Its growing breadth makes it a kind of enigma, the sort…
Come the Rain
The northwest has just experienced a spell of dry weather over two months long. It’s been enough to make a man sick. That’s all over…
Le Graveur: Pain-o-nomics 101
I’ve taken exactly one economics course in my life. If the fog of time isn’t too thick, I recall two theories that account for value.…
Old Blewett Pass
Last week, I rode through a bit of history and came out thinking of the future. I rode over Old Blewett Pass, which used to…
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Cogals
Cogal Report: The Alpine Ride
@936adl loves a Cogal and he didn’t mess around with this one. Later today the San Francisco Cogal report and next week the much awaited…
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 is life and it’s amazing…
Listen to your body – Sensations from l’Alpe d’huez
When we announced Keepers Tour 2012, one of the first to put up his hand and pony up for the Cobbled Classics experience was my…
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Racing
Rule 43: Don’t be a Jackass
Not being a jackass seems simple enough in spirit but can be difficult to operationalize. Waving to another cyclist because they are on a bike…
Guest Article: Amy’s Century…
One couldn’t get much further from Shropshire, England than Adelaide, South Australia (in more ways than just lat-long) and yet here is another Velominatus, shaving…
Guest Article: Joe vs The Mountains
Last week we announced a new section on Velominati devoted to the great cathedral of our sport, The Rides. More than just a listing of the must-do…
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Cogals
Velominati Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012
The Hardmen. They inspire us; we aspire to be one among them. They drive us to be better cyclists. They are the solitary voice among…
Frank vs. The Volcano: Haleakala, Part Deux
The French call it la fringale. It’s one of the worst conditions that can befall a cyclist, this, when our reserves are tapped dry and yet…
Frank vs. The Volcano: Haleakala 2011
Flying into Maui, the first thing you see are the tops of the volcanoes on each of the Hawaiian islands. An awesome sight, they appear…