Merckxy Christmas and a Coppi New Year

Meeeeerckxy Chriiiisstmas!

As 20VVV comes to a close, we’d like to once again thank each and every one of you for your readership and participation in this amazing community. Each of you are what makes Velominati the most exciting (if divisive) community in the Cycling world, and none of it would mean a thing if not for your contributions. From the bottom of our hearts: thank you.

At this time of year, I reflect on the amazing opportunity that you have given me and the other Keepers to take our hobby, passion, talents, and lifestyle and to share in this incredibly diverse group of people, opinions, and views. Over the years since our founding in 2009, you have become something of an extended family, complete with the squabbles, tears, and laughter. But mostly laughter. To those of you whom I have met in person, we have become personal friends. To the rest of you with whom I await the opportunity to meet: I look forward to that day with great eagerness.

Thank you for helping make Velominati what it is today.

We wish you and your families a Merckxy Christmas, and a Coppi New Year.

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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Major VVald says:

Dec 24 2015 at 8:51 pm

Zalig Kerstfeest all! So glad to have discovered fellow chasers of rule V. I suspect Kerstman is also one of us - always looks sharp, rides everyone off his runners, doesn't give a damn about how cold/wet it is.....yep, definitely Velominatus.
Gianni says:

Dec 24 2015 at 9:18 pm

@Chipomarc

Have a good Christmas everyone and don’t F-up your training plan with that silly strava 500 thing that’s going on.

Oh, and as the saying goes ‘ Life’s too short to drink bad beer ‘ pick a *Blue Ribbon Winner*:

Is this a trap?

Are you seventeen years old? That is some woeful piss right there.

And Merry Merckxmas too...
Veni, vidi , et cecidi birota says:

Dec 25 2015 at 1:57 am

Have been a voyuer on this site for a while now. Finally decided to post having felt unworthy of your attention, but xmas brings out the best in some of us. I read this site daily and find it more addictive than a good beer.

Keep up the grea t work one n all. A merry Merckxmas to all and an Oppy new year.
Teocalli says:

Dec 25 2015 at 2:31 am

Merry Christmas to each and every one.
chuckp says:

Dec 25 2015 at 9:35 am

Merry Christmas everyone! Our dog, Cooper, was very excited about opening presents this morning.
chuckp says:

Dec 25 2015 at 9:37 am

Sharing the PEZ crew's "Best of 2015" list. Three of us picked the Worlds/Sagan. My category was a nod to the V.

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/features/pez-awards-best-of-2015/#.Vn19PDZki_U
ErikdR says:

Dec 25 2015 at 11:56 am

Merry Christmas everyone - and best wishes for a happy, healthy, high-mileage New Year.

@veni, vidi et cecidi birota: Welcome.
chuckp says:

Dec 25 2015 at 1:09 pm

Skip the beer. Go straight to making Negronis.
gilly says:

Dec 25 2015 at 2:24 pm

Merry Christmas to one and all
wilburrox says:

Dec 25 2015 at 3:05 pm

Cheers all! btw @chuckp I'm with ya on Sagan/Worlds. And this afternoon I watched a good slug of Gent-Wevelgen for good fun. And I think most understated performance of year was Sagan's climb of Mt Baldy.