Strangers in Paradise- CycleVentoux to The Rescue
Living in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and getting to Italy is not a quick or easy trip. Who’s going to keep the beasts…
Velominati Super Prestige
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2016
Cogal Report: Sussex Cogal 2016
Someone is taking this Cogal thing seriously, except for the malted recovery beverage drinking part. And maybe we need to remove the “casually deliberate” from…
Winter
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…
The Tangled Past
For more than three decades, I’ve been obsessed with Cycling. Not just the business of being in love with riding and training, but with following Professional…
Guest Article: The Longest Road
Let us thank @The Oracle for contributing this guest article. We haven’t been putting up many guest articles so it’s good to have something substantial…
The Justifier
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…
FFS Fridays: Sideburn Doping
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.…
Training for ‘Cross
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…
The Shower
As far as Cycling and racing iconography goes, Paris-Roubaix sits at the very zenith. It’s the most revered race among fans not only because of…
Awesome Danish Guys: Brian Holm
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…
La Vie Velominatus: The Joyride
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…
The Good Wolf
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…
Dialing in the Stable
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…
Waiting for the Man
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…
On Rule #33: The Sagan Clause
Rule #33 has to be one of the most discussed, deconstructed and divisive of all the Rules. I suppose there’s something about grown men who are…
An Open Letter to Drivers
I imagine that unless you’re a Cyclist, it is quite difficult to understand what it’s like to ride a bicycle on the open road amongst…
Non-Grimpeur’s Revenge
It’s a little late to be writing about the road races in Rio…but gawd damn, they were both so good that I can’t help it.…
FFS Fridays: Lost Friends and Blood Pipes
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…
Ebb and Flow
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…
Lights On Legs
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.…