2012 Anti-V Moment of the Year: Bullies are really just pussies
As referenced in the 2012 V-Moment of the year article and ensuing discussion, it was a most Vawesome year for cycling. It’s been hypothesized here…
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2012
2012 V-Moment of the Year: Boonen Goes Long
Yes, I know, I have a major thing for Boonen. But come on, wouldn’t you? Look at those guns. Look at that position on the…
Merckxy Christmas, and a Coppi New Year
It has been a crazy year, this, with our first annual Keepers Tour sorted, partnerships with the industry’s leading icons including Johan Museeuw, Pavé Cycling…
Velominati Photo Contest: Season 2012
Truth be told, how many of us can resist a photo of ourselves Looking Fantastic on the bike? How many of us can resist the…
Reverence: Lezyne Tyre Levers
Two summers ago my wife and I had the pleasure of visiting friends in Switzerland. The country is so expensive that I took home only…
Peer Pressure
Eight point V bar. From the moment I bought my first set of high quality road clinchers, I’ve ridden at that pressure. I started with…
Guest Article: What The Bike Means to Me
It is less than a week from the longest night of the year for us lucky cyclists in the Northern hemisphere. Articles about lighting systems…
Not Really A ReView: ENVE SES 3.4 Wheelset
It was said by someone in the posts following Gianni’s excellent review of his tubeless system that an honest, long term analysis by a ‘real’ rider…
Confessions of a Keeper: Descension
The only thing worse than being two months from peaking and too fat to climb is being two months past peaking and in the middle…
Anatomy of a Photo: Six Days are for Closers
What do you do during the off-season when your name is Roger de Vlaeminck and you’re a certified organic free-range studmuffin? You roll down to…
Gelukkig Sinterklaas
December 6th is possibly the biggest holiday of the year for the Dutch. We put out our shoe, we write gedichten, we play pranks on…
The Tubeless Enigma
There must still be a few readers out there who have not followed the Dutch Monkey down the merry tubular path; for them I offer…
Look Pro: The Hunchbacks of Notre V
The flat back position is perhaps the greatest lie ever told in sport, provided you ignore any of the racing we’ve seen in the last…
Guest Article: Racing, Not Riding
Is anyone else in need of some bike racing? I’m strung out and need a fix. @chrisO has come to the rescue by actually racing…
Return Of The Gumwall
If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed that ‘useful’ things like practicality and functionality can often take a back seat to more basic…
Product Review: Bont Vaypor and Vaypor XC
I have weird feet, apparently. It’s not really something you normally come to realize without asking questions that one rarely has reason to ask. I might…
In Memoriam: The Proper Head Badge
The days of the proper head badge, I’m afraid, are numbered. It seems it used to be that any road bike with a pedigree that…
Anatomy of a Photo: V-Bank Line of Credit
Economics, in its most simple form, follows the Conservation of Mass as defined in physics. Basically, everything goes according to plan so long as outflow is…
The Eye of Sauron
Aside from wheels staying in one piece and the frame holding together, the thing we take most for granted when riding a bike is how…
Guest Article: Evanescent Riders of the 1890s: The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps
Joshua – of Beer in the Bidon fame – returns from the depths of doing something scholarly in Montana. I hadn’t realized that Montana even…