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Baller.

Freddy effortlessly demonstrates Rules #80 and #82, the Three-Point System, and the Goldilocks Principle while his mechanic calmly swaps a mortal’s wheel for one that can withstand his ferocious sprint. All the while, a young Colonel Sanders looks on with bemused disapproval.

For anyone still wondering whether the 70’s was the coolest decade ever, it was.

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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unversio says:

Nov 21 2013 at 1:27 pm

Researching Coppi.

Silent newsreel footage of Fausto Coppi climbing Passo Sella during the 1953 Giro d'Italia and winning the 164km 19th stage from Auronzo to Bolzano ahead of race leader Hugo Koblet.
DCR says:

Nov 21 2013 at 1:45 pm

@unversio Thanks for sharing that! It's amazing to see footage from those days. It's also really cool to recognize the Dolomites in the footage. What an amazing backdrop for a race.
Carel says:

Nov 23 2013 at 8:44 am

@PeakInTwoYears If 'Karla' was male, yes then we may have met but not in Berlin. ;)
Rom says:

Nov 25 2013 at 1:34 am

@sthilzy

@frank

@kixsand

@DerHoggz

@scaler911

@Haldy

More 70"²s awesomeness V-Locus style....

Love love that photo!

My puny mortal brain cannot even begin to comprehend his position.

Yeah...having trouble wrapping my head around that paperclip like turn from back to leg - fuck me freddy.

That's pure flexibility of the hammies and lower back; no forward hip rotation going on there.

I strecth my hammies during the day. I think there's only two of us in the guys I know that are on the wrong side of 40 that can touch toes/palm plant flat on floor.

I'd really like to be much more flexible like this dude......

I'm on the wrong side of forty and my bike fitting physio who's worked with Sir Chris Hoy says I'm the least flexible person he's seen for ages. Doesn't bode well for my chosen discipline of TT.
sthilzy says:

Nov 25 2013 at 3:08 am

@Rom

@sthilzy

@frank

@kixsand

@DerHoggz

@scaler911

@Haldy

More 70"²s awesomeness V-Locus style....

Love love that photo!

My puny mortal brain cannot even begin to comprehend his position.

Yeah...having trouble wrapping my head around that paperclip like turn from back to leg - fuck me freddy.

That's pure flexibility of the hammies and lower back; no forward hip rotation going on there.

I strecth my hammies during the day. I think there's only two of us in the guys I know that are on the wrong side of 40 that can touch toes/palm plant flat on floor.

I'd really like to be much more flexible like this dude......

I'm on the wrong side of forty and my bike fitting physio who's worked with Sir Chris Hoy says I'm the least flexible person he's seen for ages. Doesn't bode well for my chosen discipline of TT.

Don't worry about what Sir Hoy's physio says, watch and learn and get flexi from one of our old favourtite's round here, Katie Sunshine!
wiscot says:

Nov 25 2013 at 5:57 am

@sthilzy

@frank

@kixsand

@DerHoggz

@scaler911

@Haldy

More 70"²s awesomeness V-Locus style....

Love love that photo!

My puny mortal brain cannot even begin to comprehend his position.

Yeah...having trouble wrapping my head around that paperclip like turn from back to leg - fuck me freddy.

That's pure flexibility of the hammies and lower back; no forward hip rotation going on there.

I strecth my hammies during the day. I think there's only two of us in the guys I know that are on the wrong side of 40 that can touch toes/palm plant flat on floor.

I'd really like to be much more flexible like this dude......

I think the lower pic is Dave Brailsford getting in some practice on his PR skillz for next year's UK Tour start and relations between Wiggo and Froomie.
TommyTubolare says:

Dec 5 2013 at 12:03 pm

@frank

Few more late photos can do no harm I guess.

F.M. first bike from 1966 and later one plus Flandria team bike which was repainted Gios
frank says:

Dec 5 2013 at 12:33 pm

@TommyTubolare Brilliant stuff. I hadn't realized until this very moment what the Dutch/Flemish word for toeclips is: voethaken.