Training Properly clearly isn't everyone's bag, baby. Heart rate, power, cadence; it's all bollocks if you are being told to…
It is dark now when I rise. It is dark when I return home from the office. Leaves crunch under…
Aesthetics have always played a major role in my quest to become a better athlete. On the surface, this may…
Rule 31 was conceived out of necessity, aesthetics and plain good taste. Seeing an oversized saddle bag hanging limply by…
As described in Bar-o-Phelia, my bar obsession festered and grew over a period of a few years, and then was…
It starts with a casual observation. You hardly even noticed when it happened, but something shifted in your mind. A…
The Velominatus' machine is their own manifestation of personal taste and demonstration of adherence to The Rules. We each, in…
Robots. Automatons. Modern professional cyclists. I am tempted to say these three terms are interchangeable, but I know that's not right…
I've spent a lot of time of late looking at 'vintage' road bikes on the interwebs. It all started when…
Until I started wearing the sacred threads of the V-Kit, I believed firmly that Assos produced the finest clothes in…
Maybe it's my mountain bike background. It could be the brand's long association with Thomas Frischknecht, one of my all-time…
The Velominati would not exist if it weren't for The Rules. Of the current 79 Rules, only two, Rule 34…
Baxter Aftershave is one of the most important cremes I have in my arsenal, aside from the testosterone rub, the…
Every mechanic has encountered a tyre/rim combination that has just been a real pain in the ass to work with.…
Summer has been really slow to come to Seattle this year. I suppose that's what comes with living in a…
Each of us remembers how they became a Velominatus. For me, it was at Grimpeur Wielersport, in Zevenaar, The Netherlands.…
What motivates a Velominatus? It seems a simple question, but the answer is complicated and gets into various issues that…
I almost look forward to riding in bad weather because it means I have a perfect excuse to climb aboard…
If you've been paying close attention to my posts on other Keeper articles lately perhaps you've noticed my stable has…