You Can’t and You Don’t and You Won’t Stop
Failure and success are destinations not often visible to the traveller. This is why it is nice to focus instead on the beauty of the…
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Unsung Heroes: Erik “Gavia” Breukink
I do love my Dutchmen. That much I admit. I also admit my love for the Americans with whom I share a passport. These affections…
Weight Weenies
My bike weighs about 6 kilos. It is no waify little thing either, with it having a 61cm frame and and three stories of seatpost. It has beefy…
On Rule #9: The Badass Within
The rain is coming down in sheets, blowing sideways out from the coast. I hear its intensity more than I feel it; the drops reverberate through my…
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…
Anatomy Of A Photo: Point And Shoot
“You ruined a heap of photos!” Not the words you want to hear when the photos in question are ones you didn’t shoot, but were…
La Vie Velominatus: The Gifts of Rule #9
We’re not really supposed to have favorites, but everyone does. Just ask your parents. So while I’m not supposed to have a favorite, I do,…
2013 London Cogal Report or the Shipping Forecast
I realise that I may never live this down, and that my reputation within the Velominati community will be damaged irreparably, but I’m out. –…
Le Mont Ventoux: The Windy Mountain
Legends are central to any culture, ours perhaps more than most. The Ventoux is a French legend, rising 1912m above the rolling hills of Provence.…
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.…
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Descendeur
We close out the 6 Days of the Giro with our sixth and final installment. A body at rest, stays at rest. A body in…
Riding Ugly: Fernando Escartin
Sometimes, getting the job done means doing it by any means necessary. Football coaches, who have just seen their team scrape out a win by…
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…
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Velominati Photo Contest: Season 2012
Truth be told, how many of us can resist a photo of ourselves Looking Fantastic on the bike? How many of us can resist the…
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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…
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Guest Article: Ride 542 – the Mt. Baker Hill Climb
@eightzero is throwing down the sweaty gauntlet here. He has a vision of a V-kitted, Rule compliant freight train of pain. Normally this post would…
Keepers Tour 2012 Update, Part 4: A Ronde Ride and Paris-Roubaix
With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 stitched up and in the history books, the challenge of documenting the trip became immediately obvious; how do you…
Keepers Tour 2012 Update, Part 2: The Lion Rides Today
With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 stitched up and in the history books, the challenge of documenting the trip became immediately obvious; how do you…
Keepers Tour 2012 Update, Part I: Roubaix & RVV
With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 stitched up and in the history books, the challenge of documenting the trip became immediately obvious; how do you…
Guest Article: Edric’s Windy, Wet, Wild Wiggle
One of the cairns on the unknowable path to Cyclist is riding one’s first unimaginable distance. In the non-metric world it would be the first…