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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 the local Six Day in your Chick Magnet^TM tweed suit and bring the ladies in for your pals while you stay Pre-Race Kelly, that’s what.

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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CanuckChuck says:

Jan 7 2013 at 8:12 am

@the Engine

@Deakus

Mmm on 3 on todays quiz, I am claiming I am too young to remember....even it it is not true!

http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/trivia/triviaindex.htm

I got 8 - woo hoo - I'm ahead on something (colon, hyphen, close brackets)

12 for me! (colon, hyphen, capital 'D') Does that make me a old fart (despite missing the question about the year)?
the Engine says:

Jan 7 2013 at 8:14 am

@Deakus

Oooo your attempts to hide a desperate desire to use emoticons are thinly veiled...you may wind up in hot water!

Well done on the score!

Semi-colon, hyphen, close brackets - you'll recall Victor Borges "phonetic punctuation" of course...
the Engine says:

Jan 7 2013 at 8:14 am

@CanuckChuck

@the Engine

@Deakus

Mmm on 3 on todays quiz, I am claiming I am too young to remember....even it it is not true!

http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/trivia/triviaindex.htm

I got 8 - woo hoo - I'm ahead on something (colon, hyphen, close brackets)

12 for me! (colon, hyphen, capital 'D') Does that make me a old fart (despite missing the question about the year)?

Yes
Chris says:

Jan 7 2013 at 8:23 am

First time out. 15 points. I suspect this won't happen again.
Deakus says:

Jan 7 2013 at 8:40 am

@Chris

First time out. 15 points. I suspect this won't happen again.

Git! Nobody likes a smartarse!!
CanuckChuck says:

Jan 7 2013 at 10:23 am

@Deakus

@Chris

First time out. 15 points. I suspect this won't happen again.

Git! Nobody likes a smartarse!!

As long as this doesn't become a trend... if it does, we may need to place a call to Travis Tygart...

Travis Tygart
Chris says:

Jan 7 2013 at 10:31 am

@CanuckChuck

@Deakus

@Chris

First time out. 15 points. I suspect this won't happen again.

Git! Nobody likes a smartarse!!

As long as this doesn't become a trend... if it does, we may need to place a call to Travis Tygart...

Travis Tygart

Fuck Tygart! I'm outwith his jurisdiction.

I will however confess. I have had several doses of Lemsip Max and a Strepsil today. If you told me that doing a Ricco on myself would make me feel better I'd give it a go.