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Hinault in his element

Why is it that all the greatest riders look strangely happy when they are suffering the most? Hinault says he still hasn’t regained the feeling in some of his fingers from racing off the front that day in Liege in 1980. He wanted to get someplace warm as quickly as possible, he said. That’s why he went off the front so far from home. Seems to me the 151 riders who climbed in the bus found a more expedient way of doing it.

And I’ll tell you something else: it would have been a crime to cover up those guns. Respect.

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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Mikael Liddy says:

Feb 22 2015 at 5:27 pm

@Harminator

@therealpeel

Read about the rider protest at the Tour of Oman today. Can’t say that I blame them. Hinault, Hampsten, et al. had to be some crazy bastards.

Heat and cold are one thing but a sandstorm is something completely different. Rule #9 doesn’t quite cover it. That shit gets in everywhere. Stay inside.

even once they'd escaped the sandstorms, when it's that hot that you're blowing 11 tires across a team during the neutral section, it's probably time to pull the pin.

http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/movistar_in_oman_we_had_11_punctures_in_the_neutral_section/