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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: Sock &#038; Shoe Game</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/anatomy-of-a-photo/anatomy-of-a-photo-sock-shoe-game/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 06:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know as well as any of you that I&#8217;ve been checked out lately, kind of like Luke Skywalker hiding away on Ahch-To. But unlike Luke &#8211; who cut himself off from The Force &#8211; I haven&#8217;t cut myself off from The V, so I find myself compelled to take a moment out to celebrate...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Route Finding</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 04:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rides]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have memories of my life before Cycling, but as the years wear slowly on my mind their edges become less pronounced, like water wearing away at a sharp stone. My memories of Cycling, which start at the age of eight, remain somehow vivid. As Pedalwan learner to my father, one of the many arts...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weekend Competition: The Hardmen</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2017 15:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I said last week when we announced the new book, The Hardmen, we had a much harder time of it writing this one than we did with The Rules. There are a variety of reasons why this is true, not least the fact that we had to actually choose which Hardmen to include in the book,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Color White</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/the-color-white/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Belgian Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I saw the Black Crowes in concert some years ago, and as the band swung into their first number, Chris Robinson casually strolled onstage wearing head to toe white sequins. Later in the show, he remarked that nothing quite makes you feel like a virgin like wearing white. The color white is indeed a bold statement....]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Hardmen: Legends of the Cycling Gods</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/v-announcements/the-hardmen-legends-of-the-cycling-gods/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 21:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[V-Announcements]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s a big deal over here at VHQ; V-Pints are being clinked and backs are being slapped in celebration of our second book, The Hardmen, being released in the UK and Commonwealth countries today, June 1. (It is due out in the United States in the Fall as well as The Netherlands and Belgium in Spring...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #49: Keep the Rubber Side Down</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-rules-cat/on-rule-49-keep-the-rubber-side-down/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2017 23:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=104371</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Gobbles already violated Rule #95 this year when he became the first rider to celebrate winning a Monument by lifting his bike over his head as if he were some kind of savage; not a Belgian road Cyclist, the most civilized of the Cycling Breed. But Rule #49 is another matter altogether. It astounds me whenever I see...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: 1984 Paris-Roubaix</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/guest-article-1984-paris-roubaix/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[wiscot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2017 20:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=104236</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Roubaix is the biggest day of the year, as far as I&#8217;m concerned, because it is the proving ground of some of the greatest hardmen Cycling has ever known. And Sean Kelly fits that bill perfectly. This piece by @wiscot is a perfect primer for our upcoming book, The Hardmen, due out in the Commonwealth in...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Youth</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/youth/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 03:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=103336</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been afraid of imitating my heroes, they always seemed like the best examples available and as a student of life (as every child is) it seemed normal to me to copy every aspect of their lives that I had visibility into. I copied my dad&#8217;s handwriting as I was learning to write just as I...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dead Tired</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/general/dead-tired/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 03:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=98913</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Before I make this about me, as I always do, I want to give credit to Roberto Ballini, who is pictured here sunning himself against nothing less morbid than a gravestone during the 1971 Tour de France, presumably in protest to how much of a shitshow The Prophet was making of the race. But let&#8217;s...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Support Your Local Framebuilder</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/support-your-local-framebuilder/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2017 05:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I won&#8217;t hold liking cats against you, but if you don&#8217;t like dogs, you&#8217;re dead to me. Some things aren&#8217;t left to opinions, like whether Star Wars is good or not. You&#8217;re free to be an outlier &#8211; and I loves me some outliers and I loves me a rebel &#8211; but in some cases,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Merckxy Christmas and Coppi New Year!</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/merckxy-christmas-and-coppi-new-year-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another year come and gone, another pile of New Year&#8217;s resolutions out the door, done and dusted. It&#8217;s a good thing I don&#8217;t recall what they were; I have a feeling this period of reflection might loom a bit darker if I was in a position to appreciate just how short I&#8217;ve come up on them. I&#8217;m...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #3: Role Modelling</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-rules-cat/on-rule-3-role-modelling/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2016 03:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[What we do in life echoes in eternity. &#8211; Maximus, Gladiator We all make mistakes. We can only hope that they are not repeated by our disciples. It is only for the sake of this lesson that I expose you visually to this truth.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Inanimate Objects</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/inanimate-objects/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2016 01:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have a love-hate relationship with inanimate objects. I appreciate them for their utility, but I genuinely have no patience for their insubordination. Take, for example, bungee cords. By far the most mischievous object in existence, the only thing you can be sure to hook with them is your pant leg. The second-most misbehaving inanimate object,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Patience</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/patience/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been about a month since I&#8217;ve last been on the bike; I can&#8217;t recall the last time I went for such a dry spell. The reasons don&#8217;t matter; life and work have been hectic, I moved, the bikes were just out of order and inaccessible enough to make it easy to find an excuse not to...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rule #12 and the Cascade Effect</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-rules-cat/rule-12-and-the-cascade-effect/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 06:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Bikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[[rule number=12/] That is a very reasonable opening salvo for the Rule about bike ownership. Three is good and certainly a minimum, and we are talking road bikes here, if there was any doubt. They naturally become ordered: the #1 is ichi-ban, top dog, go-to bike for every and all rides. #2 was the old...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Look Pro: Rollin&#8217; Dirty</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/look-pro-rollin-dirty/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 dangerous, especially with something like the Tour de Trump running the show. So I&#8217;ve been working on my road safety by not riding on the road and riding my rollers instead. The...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: Full Gas</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/anatomy-of-a-photo/anatomy-of-a-photo-full-gas/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 03:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are just about done with our next book, The Hardmen. At its core is the question: how hard is hard enough when it comes to effort. None of us really know the answer, but when you can&#8217;t stand up after winning a Tour de France stage, even with the help of several adoring fans...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: Black Is Not The New Black</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/guest-article/guest-article-black-is-not-the-new-black/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KogaLover]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 18:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Bikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rides]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[ @kogalover is singing my song here. Bikes are beautiful. &#8217;nuff said. VLVV, Gianni With all those posts on riding in winter and being visible, either by putting Eyes of Sauron or other car melting devices on one&#8217;s steed, or by even considering a YJA instead of donning plain black kit, it was about time to...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shifting Sands</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/shifting-sands/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2016 03:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite stories in Cycling is of the 1989 World Championships. It was a very lumpy parcours, with a particularly tough climb near the end of the circuit. Sean Kelly had a brilliant sprint but could get over the climbs handily enough that he fancied his chance to finally win the rainbow bands. With...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strangers in Paradise- CycleVentoux to The Rescue</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/cyclotourism/strangers-in-paradise-cycleventoux-to-the-rescue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2016 21:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cyclotourism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Living in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and getting to Italy is not a quick or easy trip. Who&#8217;s going to keep the beasts alive? Are we fit enough? Do we bring our bikes? What is the least painful way to get there, in coach? This can go on and on, depending on the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cogal Report: Sussex Cogal 2016</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/cogal-report/cogal-report-sussex-cogal-2016/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Teocalli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cogal Report]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Someone is taking this Cogal thing seriously, except for the malted recovery beverage drinking part. And maybe we need to remove the &#8220;casually deliberate&#8221; from route pace description. One person&#8217;s casually deliberate is another person&#8217;s lactate threshold. I know this from personal experience. Well done here, from start to finish, even you Alex.  VLVV, Gianni...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Winter</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/winter/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2016 01:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=75990</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[As Cyclists, we are uniquely subjected to the changing of seasons. The green canopy of forest that we ride through in Summer gives way in Fall to one of orange and yellow that mimics the fire of sunset. Just as those hues give notice to the changing from day to night, so do they now signal...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Tangled Past</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/the-tangled-past/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 05:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=75271</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[For more than three decades, I&#8217;ve been obsessed with Cycling. Not just the business of being in love with riding and training, but with following Professional Cycling as well. When I was young, I pored over the photos in Winning and other magazines that made their way into my possession; their spines were cracked to pieces...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: The Longest Road</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/guest-article/guest-article-the-longest-road/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oracle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 07:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73787</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Let us thank @The Oracle for contributing this guest article. We haven&#8217;t been putting up many guest articles so it&#8217;s good to have something substantial to begin with again. I don&#8217;t think cyclists are any more or any less addictive or OCD than anyone else. We are just humans who love to ride the bike....]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Justifier</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/the-justifier/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2016 23:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73796</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I kind of like the fact that I still have to look up what number certain Rules are. Some stick in my mind, usually due to their relevance to my everyday riding and living situation. That&#8217;s how I could justify hairy legs over a ride-barren winter, loose-fitting (I refuse to call them baggy) shorts for gravé...]]></description>
		
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		<title>FFS Fridays: Sideburn Doping</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/ffs-friday/ffs-fridays-sideburn-doping/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2016 02:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[FFS Friday]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73654</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[They say hindsight is twenty-twenty; it is only with the knowledge gained through experience that we are able to reframe the past in its proper context. Bike racing in the 2000&#8217;s will forever be known as the blood-transfusion era, the 90&#8217;s the EPO era, and the 80&#8217;s that of steroids and amphetamine. Hopefully we don&#8217;t let...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Training for &#8216;Cross</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/technique/training-for-cross/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 02:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyclocross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technique]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73593</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I recently upgraded my phone, tablet, laptop, and TV to their most modern respective operating systems. These devices are now are so interconnected that they know what I want long before I do. In fact, I might not want it all, but no one can tell because I&#8217;m already doing what they told me I want...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Shower</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/the-shower/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73477</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[As far as Cycling and racing iconography goes, Paris-Roubaix sits at the very zenith. It&#8217;s the most revered race among fans not only because of the pavé and the punishment it hands out, but there&#8217;s also the traditional finish of the race in the old velodrome, and what are possibly the most photographed showers anywhere in...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Awesome Danish Guys: Brian Holm</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/awesome-danish-guys/awesome-danish-guys-brian-holm/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2016 02:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Danish Guys]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73457</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Or as Bob Roll keeps calling him Bri-ann Holm?! I have three reasons right off the top of my head as to why Bri-ann Holm is a badass. The first is he offered to cut off Dan Martin&#8217;s ears if he didn&#8217;t finish in the top ten of this year&#8217;s Tour de France. Martin finished...]]></description>
		
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		<title>La Vie Velominatus: The Joyride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/la-vie-velominatus-the-joyride/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 18:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73401</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[There are very few experiences as incredible as riding a bike; the wind in your face, the sensation of generating speed under your own power, the balance of forces that almost magically hold the bike suspended upright. It is the closest we humans will ever come to feeling the miracle of flight; it is the closest...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Good Wolf</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/the-good-wolf/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 18:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73335</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[One evening, an elderly Cherokee brave told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “my son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dialing in the Stable</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-bikes/dialing-in-the-stable/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2016 22:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bikes]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73275</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This was going to be an article about Rule #45. It is amazing how much time is wasted and matches burned when professionals stop for that second bike change to get back on their #1. With all the jigs available to team mechanics it would seem they could set up five bikes exactly the same....]]></description>
		
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		<title>Waiting for the Man</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/waiting-for-the-man/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73217</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[You have three questions going through your mind: How far to go? How hard am I trying? Is the pace sustainable for that distance? If the answer is “yes”, that means you’re not trying hard enough. If it’s no, it’s too late to do anything about it. You’re looking for the answer “maybe”. Chris Boardman,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #33: The Sagan Clause</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-rules-cat/on-rule-33-the-sagan-clause/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Slovakian Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73178</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Rule #33 has to be one of the most discussed, deconstructed and divisive of all the Rules. I suppose there&#8217;s something about grown men who are non-professional cyclists taking a razor to their pins that brings out some strong emotions and it never fails to generate conversation and opinion. But really, who cares what someone else does...]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Open Letter to Drivers</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/an-open-letter-to-drivers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2016 19:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73112</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I imagine that unless you&#8217;re a Cyclist, it is quite difficult to understand what it&#8217;s like to ride a bicycle on the open road amongst traffic. It is a vulnerable feeling to be riding along a road with limited or no escape routes, surrounded by vehicles who outweigh you by several orders of magnitude. Particularly when you take into consideration...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Non-Grimpeur&#8217;s Revenge</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/non-grimpeurs-revenge/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=73051</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a little late to be writing about the road races in Rio&#8230;but gawd damn, they were both so good that I can&#8217;t help it. Chapeau to the designer of the course, especially the finale. A very tough climb followed by an equally tough descent followed by an utterly flat but long run-in to the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>FFS Fridays: Lost Friends and Blood Pipes</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/in-memoriam/ffs-fridays-lost-friends-and-blood-pipes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2016 00:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome American Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FFS Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In Memoriam]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=72959</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[FFS. It is Friday, finally, and this is what this week has felt like: I kid, I kid. We actually have no idea whether T-Rex was actually that color. The wine, well, depending on your poison. Today marks the third anniversary of our fallen comrade and community member Jon Lennard&#8217;s passing. His memory rides with me still...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ebb and Flow</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/ebb-and-flow/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2016 05:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=72346</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[As Tyler Farrar rode by in the other direction, we gave each other a subtle wave; not the wave between friends, but between brothers of the road. On another day, I might have turned around and chased him down, like the first time I&#8217;d seen him riding locally. Not so much to bother him or to ride with...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lights On Legs</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/lights-on-legs/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=63233</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Cycling is made up of hundreds of minute details, forming a larger entity which is generally simplified and viewed as the intrinsically simple act of riding––or racing––a bicycle. Getting on and pedalling, fast, may be the crux of winning the Tour, Roubaix, or the local B grade crit, but if it is held as the most important aspect, then...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Matching the drapes to the rug</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-bikes/matching-the-drapes-to-the-rug/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 21:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Bikes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a longtime titanium bike owner, I&#8217;ve always been jealous of a beautiful painted frame but Ti and carbon frames don&#8217;t need paint like a steel frame needs paint. But I want some painted beauty. It&#8217;s like buying a white car; I can&#8217;t do white, need some color. So between a Ti frame and a...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hello Operator</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/hello-operator/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 00:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FFS Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=69120</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Marco Pantani had Armstrong on the ropes. It was the Col de Joux Plane in the 2000 Tour de France and the only time Pharmy was in real, genuine difficulty during any of his &#8220;seven&#8221; Tours. So he did what any reasonable rider would do: he got on the radio with his team boss and demanded...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: An Open Letter</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/guest-article/guest-article-an-open-letter/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Artie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rides]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear readers, let us take a break from the almighty Tour for a few minutes. I am the least qualified Velominatus to introduce an open letter concerning Strava as I&#8217;m too shame-based to post my rides to Strava. I have a Garmin on the bike for no particular reason, ok, maybe to occasionally see how...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tough Boys</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/awesome-french-guys/tough-boys/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome French Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awesome German Guys]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Forget the skinny climbers for a moment. Let&#8217;s talk about these two on Stage 16 and appreciate just why they are the professionals and we are not. Young Alaphilippe has already proven himself to be a monster in his Tour debut. If not for a jammed chain on the final descent of stage 15 he...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #42: Running is Balls, Even for the Maillot Jaune</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/on-rule-42-running-is-balls-even-for-the-maillot-jaune/</link>
					<comments>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/on-rule-42-running-is-balls-even-for-the-maillot-jaune/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2016 01:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FFS Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=58132</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[[rule number =42/] Alright people, we heard you. Chris Froome ran. But he was going to lose the Tour de France. I&#8217;ve got news for you: Cyclocrossers run, too. So do convicts, burglars, children, footballers, and triathletes. And anyone who has ever seen a Grizzly Bear up close. And all of them ran because they...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Of Mother or Limb: First Week Wrap-Up</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/of-mother-or-limb-first-week-wrap-up/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=53644</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[As I sit here watching the Tour de France while resting comfortably in my armchair, I find myself ruminating on the risks of the modern professional Cyclist. Even from my perch of steel and cowhide, I find myself recoiling in fear as traffic islands are navigated at speed, shoulders and bumped on wobbly bikes, and the boney elbows...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Spiderman and His Climbing Monkey</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/musings-from-the-v-bunker/spiderman-and-his-climbing-monkey/</link>
					<comments>https://www.velominati.com/musings-from-the-v-bunker/spiderman-and-his-climbing-monkey/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 20:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=51580</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[How can anyone be such a great cyclist and look so ungainly on a bike? Does this not violate a basic tenet of V-philosophy? Would he not be faster if his knees and elbows were tucked in neatly, aligned with his forward motion? On riding style alone Quintana has a huge edge, he just looks...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Quitter</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/the-quitter/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cogals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riding Ugly]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=50817</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The truth is that I&#8217;d been thinking about quitting for the best part of forty-five minutes. Round and round I went on that track, every lap hurting a little bit more than the previous; every lap taking a little bit longer to complete, every lap that voice inside my head getting a little bit louder....]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: Winter Sweat Box Ride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/anatomy-of-a-photo/anatomy-of-a-photo-winter-sweat-box-ride/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2016 05:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awesome Belgian Guys]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=48989</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I spent the entire winter doing morning Spanish Interval Sessions, wherein one dons all their winter riding kit (including wooly hat) before climbing aboard the turbo in a hopeless attempt to sweat themselves thin. The flaw in the method is less in its commitment and more in its lack of effectiveness, although the magnitude of the commitment feels...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #28: The Case for Black Socks</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/kit/on-rule-28-the-case-for-black-socks/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2016 01:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=48751</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[[rule number=28/] Science has proven that people who wear crazy socks are smarter than those boring snooze factories who wear simple plain socks. I know the data supporting the claims is legitimate because I read it on LinkedIn. Also, when I say &#8220;read&#8221;, I mean that I glanced briefly at the title while simultaneously performing several...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Festum Prophetae: Waiting for the Hour</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/look-pro/festum-prophetae-waiting-for-the-hour/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bikes]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=48343</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. &#8211; Mike Tyson The one thing everyone should always plan for is that however well-conceived a program might be, things will never go to plan. The high level plan for my Festum Prophetae Hour Ride was as follows: Have a custom Hour Bike built by Don Walker. Because...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy Of A Photo: The Battle Of The 13th Bunker</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/anatomy-of-a-photo/anatomy-of-a-photo-the-battle-of-the-13th-bunker/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2016 19:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=48035</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Sylvester wasn&#8217;t happy with his second shot at the 13th. &#8220;I say, I&#8217;ve blimmin well hooked that one tewwibly to the left, old chap.&#8221; &#8220;Oh yes, made a right hash of it, a real dog&#8217;s breakfast&#8221; chimed in Roderick, his live-in help, part-time caddy and full-time lover. &#8220;Let me get that for you, I don&#8217;t...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Works: It&#8217;s All About The Bike, Sean Yates</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-works/the-works-its-all-about-the-bike-sean-yates/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Works]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been awhile since a book has been reviewed on Velominati. Who has time to read books? I needed some background on Sean Yates and was surprised to know he had written an autobiography back in 2013. This book is a real beauty. The book is stitched together with his own accounts of life and...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #93: The Throw Down</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/nostalgia/on-rule-93-the-throw-down/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2016 07:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The human mind is designed to forget how much things suck. That is a fact. If women had the capacity to retain meaningful data on how horrible things can be, there would be exactly zero families on the planet with more than one child. This has nothing to do with how wonderful children are; it has to do with...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: The Forgotten Prize</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/guest-article/guest-article-the-forgotten-prize/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Mc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2016 20:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Article]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are all coming down from another Giro. There were very few mass pile ups, not too many dressed up idiots getting in rider&#8217;s ways, no scandals. There was not an epic snow day but the annual race across beautiful Italy with a few quality days in the Dolomites, the winner not appearing until the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Aesthete&#8217;s Choice: Boyaux Naturel</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/the-aesthetes-choice-boyaux-naturel/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=46153</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Tradition and innovation are the two opposing edges that cut our evolution through the fabric of our sport. Tradition grounds us, while innovation ensures we advance ever forward. The problem with tradition is that it is comforting and familiar, often shielding us from adopting newer, improved practices and technology. The trouble with innovation is that its freshness can blind...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: The Joy of the Ride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/anatomy-of-a-photo-the-joy-of-the-ride/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2016 06:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Being the youngest in my family meant I spent a few long years staring at my older siblings&#8217; bikes, wishing for the opportunity to grow up too fast and get to the prescribed age of being allowed to ride a bike. When the time finally came, my brother took me to the trail behind the house and...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Rule #74: The Targeting Computer</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/on-rule-74-the-targeting-computer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 03:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=43043</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I could feel the power in my body as I breathed in the warm Spring air and pulled lightly on the handlebars; strength flowed from my lungs and shoulders into my chest, through my hips and down to my legs which churned over with alarming ease. With every change of gradient, I either stood on the pedals to maintain the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>When the Wheels Come Off</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/musings-from-the-v-bunker/when-the-wheels-come-off/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2016 03:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=44548</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This is perhaps painfully obvious to everyone but me and if so, sorry I&#8217;ve yet again wasted  your time. The other day, after falling off another floating board in the ocean I had to admit my balance might suck. And my coordination too or I might have been good enough at baseball to actually like...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: Snowy Mountain Stages</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/anatomy-of-a-photo/anatomy-of-a-photo-snowy-mountain-stages/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 17:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=43470</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Vittorio Adorni taught Merckx how to manage himself during a Grand Tour. I wasn&#8217;t a part of any of those conversations, but I&#8217;m betting there were heavy conversations about not being a little bitch about bad weather, gravel roads, and high snowy mountain passes. This photo proves the entire modern peloton needs a giant Rule #5...]]></description>
		
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		<title>London-Chilterns Cogal Report</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/cogal-report/london-chilterns-cogal-report/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ChrisO]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2016 01:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cogal Report]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Attention all hands, we have a cogal report! Thanks to @ChrisO for pulling this all together. We have no photos of the pint drinking but we&#8217;ll overlook that. Here is a link to the photo album. Chapeau lads. VLVV, Gianni Gladoe (Greg) A highlight for me was the transition that occurs between folks when you...]]></description>
		
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		<title>FFS Friday: Rule #95 Violations</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-rules-cat/ffs-friday-rule-95-violations/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 19:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[FFS Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=43217</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[[rule number=&#8221;95&#8243;/] This festering blight on the Cycling landscape seemed to start with cross-country mountain bikers, who often finish their race alone and have time to stop at the finish line, look around to see if there are any spectators in attendance, then bend over like a shaved praying mantis to struggle with the 7...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Quick Zip Salute</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/the-quick-zip-salute/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2016 19:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Italian Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Diego Ulissi did us all a service on stage 4 of the Giro. Not only did he win in the best way possible for a rouleur with a sprint &#8211; by not having to sprint &#8211; he timed his attack so perfectly that he only had time for a split-second salute, and an even quicker...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The All-Red Onesie</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/the-all-red-onesie/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2016 21:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome German Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When it comes to personal style and charisma, Marcel Kittel is at the top of the food chain. Only a certain kind of genius admits on live television that the most stressful thing about racing a Grand Tour is having your hair gel confiscated by airport security. He also clearly has a mystical, Samsonesque power to his hair;...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Climber in a Gorilla Suit</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/la-vie-velominatus/the-climber-in-a-gorilla-suit/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 16:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riding Ugly]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 always precisely at eye level. It ensures that the phone call goes to voicemail just as you touch the &#8220;answer&#8221; button. It ensures that a product which you endlessly encountered but...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: Prim and Proper</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/guest-article/guest-article-prim-and-proper/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[wiscot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 2016 Giro d&#8217;Italia looms and everyone with a pulse is excited, or should be. The Italian Grand Tour has always been more innovative, ready to shake it up, and we love them for it. And yes, some ideas work out better than others; time bonuses for every stage, including time trials, fuggetaboutit. Wiscot has...]]></description>
		
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		<title>And the 39 Was Clean as a Whistle</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/and-the-39-was-clean-as-a-whistle/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=42508</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[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 the artifice of a derailleur? We are getting soft… As for me, give me a fixed gear! — Henri Desgrange I like to think that any time a rider running a...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Son of a Gun</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/musings-from-the-v-bunker/son-of-a-gun/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have gone off before about choosing your parents wisely. I wish I had been paying more attention as a youth when those options were discussed. When I saw Bjorn Thurau in the break in Amstel Gold I thought, damn, that kid is tall, he is like mini-Phinney. He is in more ways that one;...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cut Like a Buffalo</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/on-rule-9-cut-like-a-buffalo/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2016 06:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35338</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Gladwell&#8217;s 10,000 Hour Rule suggests that mastering a skill comes down to an incredible amount of practice; however talented you might be, it is the cultivation of raw talent into skill that distinguishes between success and failure. To train is to practice, and every hour we spend devoted to our craft is one spent...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: Second Arrow</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/guest-article/guest-article-second-arrow/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[PeakInTwoYears]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2016 23:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Article]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A god I use expletives with, that is a god I can work with; the Buddha, the bikes, the cosmic circle of life, FFS. VLVV, Gianni I think of myself as a sort of casual, armchair Buddhist. I make a little ritual of sitting down to meditate in the morning&#8211;but only most mornings and only...]]></description>
		
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t and You Don&#8217;t and You Won&#8217;t Stop</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-hardmen/you-cant-and-you-dont-and-you-wont-stop/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2016 02:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 journey and try not to be become overly fixated on any particular outcome. It is with some regret that I admit I didn&#8217;t invent this idea; there might be a few religions...]]></description>
		
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		<title>How To Watch Paris-Roubaix</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/how-to-watch-paris-roubaix/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2016 18:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In order of preference: Hang out with William and Alex of Pavé Cycling Classics. You will see the race at three different locations, all the while portaging coolers of Malteni beer and baguette sandwiches. The final location will be Carrefour de L&#8217;Arbre where the shit will hit the fan and the final can be watched...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Test Drive Dummies</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/test-drive-dummies/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cogals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows it&#8217;s a great idea to change out pieces of equipment the day before a group ride, especially an honorary Ronde van Vlaanderen Cogal involving steep, cobblestone climbs. There is obviously also no need to test-ride the equipment after making said change. I remark at this point that it is rather unexpected to find an 11 speed...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Awesome Dutch Nerds</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/musings-from-the-v-bunker/awesome-dutch-nerds/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2016 23:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finally the Dutch are showing their true potential. No one is going to read the Friday-before-De-Ronde post unless it is an exclusive interview with Tommeke and he is not answering our IMs. Four years ago at KT2012 we were there when Boonen took Ballan and Pozzato to the line. Who would have bet against him...]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Motors and Bikes: The Next Ride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/on-motors-and-bikes-the-next-ride/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every time I go riding, I know I subject myself to masses of cars and motorcycles, each of which has the potential to momentarily occupy the same space my bicycle and I are occupying, a physical impossibility that Nature will resolve via a messy process involving my death. I don&#8217;t know very much about the vehicles...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Velominati&#8217;s Sock Height Calculator: Refining the Goldilocks Principle</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/rantings-from-the-v-bunker/velominatis-sock-height-calculator-refining-the-goldilocks-principle/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2016 00:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Firstly, all you kids, kindly get off my lawn. Especially you kids who wear too tall black socks with white cycling shoes. Get off my lawn and stop racing in my favorite bike races. There&#8217;s no call for that. Why should my Milan-Sanremo enjoyment be ruined by this? It&#8217;s a sunny day, no snow, no...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Window Shopping</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/window-shopping/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2016 01:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the great dichotomies of being a Cyclist is that of our commitment to suffering paired against our fastidious attention to our appearance. We sacrifice endlessly for the sake of our craft, suffering hours on end in horrendous weather and diverting any money saved on depriving ourselves of food into maintaining and improving our equipment....]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Suit Lining</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/musings-from-the-v-bunker/the-suit-lining/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 00:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A fine suit is only as good as its lining&#8221; once said someone more versed in the art of the clothier than me. They didn&#8217;t actually, I just made that up. But it sounds like it could be something that an Italian tailor would say, but I&#8217;ve never met one of those either. The point...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article- Number Crunching</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-rules-cat/guest-article-number-crunching/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bea]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[@Bea contributed this Guesty with the note below excerpted.  I know The Rules since before I started riding a bike. I mocked my cyclist-friend, asked him why he didn’t do triathlon and he answered with “Rule #42” and sent me the link to the website. Too bad I got that email while watching students during...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Drive Side/Non-Drive Side</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/drive-sidenon-drive-side/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have a hard time with labels, which is why I am terrible at remembering people&#8217;s names. I remember the person and the conversation, but I rarely remember their name; the person had meaning, the label did not. I also can&#8217;t tell my left from my right which similarly feel like labels for &#8220;this way&#8221; or...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reverence: Straight Round Tubes</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/reverence-straight-round-tubes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Reverence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35606</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Tradition and innovation sit mostly comfortably alongside each other in Cycling. The bicycle itself is inherently a very simple machine, the basic design of which has remained the same for centuries; frame, two wheels, cranks, saddle, handlebars. It&#8217;s what has been done to these elements along the way that has shaped what the modern road...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rule #43</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-rules-cat/rule-43/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=36055</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I wonder if Rule #43 should be sublimated on our bibs too. It might be my most favorite Rule. Don&#8217;t be a jackass. But if you absolutely must be a jackass, be a funny jackass. Always remember, we&#8217;re all brothers and sisters on the road. As a Keeper on the Velominati site, it irritates me...]]></description>
		
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		<title>This Spells Rain</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/this-spells-rain/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 06:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=36007</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[For those of you with an interest in the subtle art of Paying Attention, you may have noticed a few things about my writing technique: apart from the inescapable fact that it is untrained and terrible, I make a habit of overusing the semicolon, a practice I started when I heard my third grade teacher tell...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: The Bike Likelihood Equation</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/guest-article/guest-article-the-bike-likelihood-equation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Bywater]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2016 20:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Article]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why do we love the cycling equation here? For me, applying equations to deal with the passion we feel for cycling is just always funny. Reducing one&#8217;s love to some numbers and square root signs doesn&#8217;t work but the attempts to quantify always bring a smile. So sharpen your pencils and break out the slide...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oversharing on the Group Ride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/oversharing-on-the-group-ride/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 19:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35810</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[My dog greets every dog on the street as though it were her long lost best friend. As soon as the customary butt-sniffing has been sorted out, the two dogs will wrestle each other endlessly, stopping only after an owner-forced separation. Any human that falls within her gaze is a viable candidate for a new home...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Goldilocks Principle: The Golden Ratio</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/accessories-and-gear/goldilocks-principle-the-golden-ratio/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 01:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35691</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[There is a disturbance in the V. I have felt it for some time, and I suspect many of you have as well. The matter has to do with the ever increasing length of bibshorts and socks, approaching the knee like two lionesses stalking their prey in the savanna. Tracing back to the origin of this trend,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shit Gets Real</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/racing/shit-gets-real/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35516</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Can you feel that? That itchy, twitchy feeling&#8230; that&#8217;s anticipation, it&#8217;s expectation, it&#8217;s Belgian fucking racing fever! You know you&#8217;ve got it, and you can&#8217;t fight it, you don&#8217;t want to fight it, you need it bad because it&#8217;s been way too long. Some may call it Spring Fever, Cobblebone, or Kassientitis. It manifests itself deep in...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Fasting Ride</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/the-fasting-ride/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Folklore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hardmen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35394</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing fasting rides on the weekend, before breakfast and maybe also before lunch, depending on how long the ride is. The longer the ride, the lower the intensity. Also the more likely I am to meet my old friend, the Man with the Hammer. I might bring an Emergency Gel, in its glass tube, but I...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fendangelism</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/tradition/fendangelism/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories and Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35418</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Mudguards (fenders) and saddlebags are two subjects that are sure to get our collective ire up as Cyclists. When I wrote in one of my columns for Cyclist that saddlebags should never be used, my editor told me that he received a record number of emails threatening to cancel their subscription on the basis that my column was a...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: Workstands and Toolkits</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/guest-article/guest-article-workstands-and-toolkits/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Teocalli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 01:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Article]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35352</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Without the workstand, where would we be? Working on a bike while it leans against the wall is no way to work. Yes, we all put off even buying the first poor excuse for a stand for much too long because those Campagnolo upgrades came first. That would have been another benefit of working in...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anatomy of a Photo: The Eyes of March</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/anatomy-of-a-photo/anatomy-of-a-photo-the-eyes-of-march/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Photo]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35342</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Some riders lose before they even arrive at the start line, questioning their form or their health, or allowing themselves to be demoralized by the weather or the distance of the day&#8217;s racing. Other riders win the race just by showing up. Jan won the moment he threw his woolly jumper over his flowery, collared shirt, and casually...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Half Man, Half Couch</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/musings-from-the-v-bunker/half-man-half-couch/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2016 02:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35314</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I never used to get injured. I could ride all day on hardly any water or food, under the Australian sun with nary a squirt of sunscreen, drink four beers directly after and then go and DJ and dance til the wee hours of the next morning without stretching or any form of &#8216;warming down&#8217;. To me,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rule #33 Dilemmas</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/the-rules-cat/rule-33-dilemmas/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2016 01:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rules]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35274</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[As I write this, Rule #33 is being hammered on over in The Rules. This is a hell of a Rule, demanding legs be kept shaven at all times. I believe for most Velominati &#8220;at all times&#8221; is a tough ask. No one is saying you have to shave the guns everyday, unless you have...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Breathing Through Your Ears</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/breathing-through-your-ears/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2016 01:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35256</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Suffering is part of Cycling the way alcohol is part of liver failure: they are obviously connected but it&#8217;s too much fun to stop and think about why you do it. Grace finds us through La Volupté, but her touch is rare and we generally are far better acquainted with her husband, The Man with the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dream Job</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/etiquette/dream-job/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2016 07:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Dutch Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35221</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I love working on my bikes. I feel closer to them, like a samurai sharpening their blade or a soldier cleaning their pistol; this simple act of preparation prepares us for the suffering that is to come, with the notable distinction that a Cyclist chooses this suffering with no tangible consequence while the warrior faces probably...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article- In Memoriam: ‘Iron Man’ Mick Murphy</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/guest-article/guest-article-in-memoriam-iron-man-mick-murphy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Mac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2016 19:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In Memoriam]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35166</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Where to begin with this Guest Article? When you start talking about a person who makes Fiorenzo Magni sound like, maybe he wasn&#8217;t so tough, that is saying a lot! Who needs an inner-tube? On the sliding scale of Hardmen there are a few outliers, a few data points way out past the crowd. Mick...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Body Language</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/look-pro/body-language/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 04:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Belgian Affirmations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vie Velominatus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=35058</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[A true leader rarely asks someone to do something for them; the best leaders inspire through their own example those around them to follow suit and join them in their cause. The leader is fueled by something that is not externally driven, it is born from within and appears in this world as passion and conviction. These...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Motorhead</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/defining-moments/motorhead/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 21:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyclocross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings from the V-Bunker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Motherfucker. I honestly don&#8217;t like swearing in an Article, much less using such a word to open an article, but seriously. Motherfucker. A motor discovered in an U23 rider&#8217;s bike at the Cyclocross World Championships has to be the lowest of the low that anyone can go. I&#8217;m so pissed off, I&#8217;m rhyming. Which itself makes me...]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Argument About Gloves</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/kit/an-argument-about-gloves/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gianni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Kit]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=34899</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Points-of-contact, these are three areas of scrutiny and argument for Velominati; saddles, chamois creme, shoes, socks, handlebar tape so why not gloves? Picking grit out of your palms is bad. Yes, it is very bad. The fear of this might be the number one reason people get into the habit of wearing gloves, and it...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gunslinger</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/look-pro/gunslinger/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 21:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking The Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Pro]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=34873</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[It is well known that knee warmers look better than leg warmers. Which isn&#8217;t to say leg warmers can&#8217;t look the business as well, but they will never look as good as knee warmers. The science is very clear on this. Nevertheless, I&#8217;ve been enjoying wearing full leg warmers even when the weather doesn&#8217;t necessarily require them. Something about...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Guest Article: Awesome British Women &#8211; Beryl Burton</title>
		<link>https://www.velominati.com/guest-article/guest-article-awesome-british-woman-beryl-burton/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[RobSandy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome British Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest Article]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velominati.com/?p=34677</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[@RobSandy has done us a real favor with this article. The old gits among us remember Ms. Burton as a force-of-nature cyclist. She loved her bikes, she loved keeping her bikes working perfectly and she loved hauling ass on her bike. What&#8217;s not to love?  VLVV, Gianni There is a lot talked on this website...]]></description>
		
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