Merry Festum Prophetae
This photo is perhaps the greatest of all time; it shows The Prophet riding in the 1969 Ronde van Vlaanderen, kit and machine perfect. Rule…
Velominati Super Prestige
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On Rule #43: Notes for Bike Inspectors
This week’s Guest Article comes from our friend, @blacktoolpower (l) and our editor Drummond Moir (r). In anticipation of our book’s imminent release, these two…
La Fleur de V
We have the kind of poor judgement that allows us to have a puppy. She’s half pit, half something, and half something else and boasts a lilliputian-sized head.…
Sur La Plaque: Rule #33
We’re heaping coals on the Giro frenzy that’s burning in all corners of the Cycling world by issuing the second installment of the monthly BigRingRiding Sur la…
Cultural Immersion
I’ve been lucky enough to do quite a bit of travelling in my life. As a family, we travelled all over Europe when I was…
Sur la Plaque: Rule #9
As many of you know, there’s been a lot of synergy between BIGRINGRIDING and Velominati for several years now. Though BRR and Velominati have very…
Look Pro: Éclatant de Panache
The Prophet was very clear on how best to ride an individual Time Trial; start as fast as possible and finish as fast as possible.…
La Vie Velominatus: A Rule #25 Reasoned Decision
There was no clear indication that Rick’s car had actually come to a complete stop. It wasn’t that the car hadn’t stopped its forward trajectory…
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…
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…
La Vie Velominatus: Perched Eyewear
There is something supremely Fantastic about a precisely manicured set of sunglasses, particularly when they’re not being used for their intended purpose. Certainly, there are…
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…
Confessions of a Keeper: Descension
The only thing worse than being two months from peaking and too fat to climb is being two months past peaking and in the middle…
Meditations on the V-Meter
There was no need for Rule 74 until the cyclometer showed up on our handlebars. According to the late Sheldon Brown, the cyclometer has been…
La Vie Velominatus: Flemish Tan Lines
Clouds hang heavy in the sky, plump with a rain which contemplates the opportunity to hurl itself towards the Earth below. I get the sense that…
The New V-estament
During the birth of The Rules, just like the Big Bang, there was a flurry of new activity, too much expanding and not enough contracting;…
Anatomy Of A Photo: Professeur Pavé
Despite being a bald, visually challenged Velominatus, I envy only one other man from the peloton past. The only man who could pull off the…
New Rule: 52 (Plus a Guest Reverence)
With the writing of our first book supposedly well underway (but in reality being discussed ad-nauseum in the Boardroom rather than actually committed to text),…
Changer de Braquet
Some people are supremely good at it, reducing complex situations into matters of simple black and white. This isn’t my particular area of expertise; I…
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Climbing Weight
When it comes to weight and body dysmorphia, we cyclists can go toe-to-toe with any thirteen year old tween who has done their time flipping…