The Ancients dedicated a Velomiskrit prayer to the Prophet, who cast into the rock of Mount Velomis, The Rules.
It is customary for a Velominatus to repeat this prayer prior to embarking on each ride in order to ensure safe passage and laying down of The V. The prayer should be closed by a moment of silence and flashing the Secret Sign of the Merckx.
Our hardman who art in Belgium
Eddy be thy name
Thy cobbles come, thy hands are numb
From pavé
As it isn’t heaven.
Give us this day our daily V,
And forgive us our Rule violations,
As we drop those who attack against us,
Lead us not off our line
But deliver us from Anti-V.
For thine is the big ring,
And the power, and the glory,
For Eddy and ever.
A-Merckx.
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An alternative (Crank of England?) that I crafted some time ago.
"The Cyclist's Prayer":
Our Bike, which art on Road, Hollowed be thine crank.Thy Frame carbon. Thy wheel be round on Road, As it is in Shop.
Give us this day our daily sweat.
And forgive us our climbing curses,As we forgive those that pass us uphill. And lead us not into potholes, But deliver us from Diesel.
For thine is the Carbon,The powermeter, and the Garmin, For ever and ever. Allez
@Thomas
Amen brother! Let Jesus take the hanlebars!
@Thomas
If Eddy rode steel, that is all we need. Not another blacked out carbon everything.
@Dan_R
I rode with the prophet on my birthday on January 20th 2012. He was in the big ring as thy should be..