Guest Article: Ride Like a Rock Star
Yes, this makes three Guest Articles in three weeks, but we run the show around here and we do what we want. Especially when it comes…
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2014
La Vie Velominatus: Transcension
When it comes to Rule Compliance, we have at our disposal three viable options. The first is to Obey the Rules. That one is pretty straight-forward because we…
Vive Le Tour
Maybe it’s the narcissist in me or maybe I never really learned how to share properly, but I prefer my birthday over Christmas. My birthday…
Guest Article: Joaquim Agostinho
Who learns of their cycling potential while in the military, serving in Africa? @wiscot is once again serving up some great cycling history in his…
Riding Tempo
Tempo means time in Italian. Riding tempo means riding steadily, like a metronome. It is an important skill to have and since it’s Italian, it…
Don’t Make Me ‘Cross
Cyclocross could be the most perplexing of all the cycling disciplines. To me it’s at once the most beautiful and the most unappealing. The beauty…
Guest Article: Saddle Sore Galore or Taint Misbehavin’
Chamois leather used in cycling shorts looked like this only once, before the first washing. After that one had to slather cream onto it to…
Rule#74 Conundrum
Maui Velominatus Dave is tapering for this Saturday’s Cycle to the Sun. It is more mass start, time trial to the sun as there is…
Sur La Plaque, Part Trois: Monkey in the Middle
Climbing is something I enjoy more than I am good at it; any time I see a new road pointing up to the heavens, I find…
Legal Doping: Musings from the V-Bunker
I’m not even talking about all the pseudo-asthmatics out there, vaping their way to better breathing. My breathing is just fine. It’s my little citron…
Motoman
Before Tomac and Ned, before LeMond and Big Mig, there was Bob Hannah. For a young lad obsessed with motorcycles as well as bicycles, the…
Urban Riding: The Sanctity of the Bike Lane
There was a time when the world was painted in hues of black and white. Right and Wrong were separated by lines painted in such…
Guest Article: On VMG
I hate to distract from Marko’s defense of his POC helmet and shades photo but @snowgeek is weaving cycling and sailing together here. It may…
The Cycle of Style
There are two ways in life to be good at something. The first way is the most obvious, which is to actually be good at…
In Memoriam: The LBS
There was a time when I held down ‘real jobs’. Jobs with (a little) stress, with (some) responsibility, but without soul. And while dealing with the…
Walk Don’t Run
That any cyclist can enter the same arena with the same equipment as the professional helps to make cycling an awesome sport. True, the same…
Reassessment
Maybe it’s the milestone of aging that I recently reached. It could be an awareness of the unique foibles of this sport/activity/pastime that I practice.…
The Curse of Four Millimeters
I don’t know how a guy who shows off the better part of a half meter of seat post comes to the conclusion that his…
Guest Article: Proposed New Rule #96, the Marcellus Rule
This note arrived to the Velominati Bunker back in April. It was a confession. It was a cautionary one. Everyone knows someone who has done…
The Fire and the Moth
In my journey through life, I’ve been struck by the near universal existence of the competitive spirit amongst people. Even people who claim not to…