Etiquette

The First Weak

Three days in, and it's already been a brutal opening week of the Tour. I've never heard of the Tour…

9 years ago

The Book and the Cover

I rode with a rider I know from work a few weeks ago. The first time we sat in a meeting together,…

10 years ago

La Vie Velominatus: The Holy Land

No pavé is smooth, and to ride them well the rider must enter them à bloc and keep pushing until…

10 years ago

Musings from the Darkness

Reality is always an unpleasant surprise; no one wants to see ourselves the way others see us, and that's for good reason,…

10 years ago

On Rule #43: Shaming the Sensei

I think it would be hard for anyone to make the case that Eddy Merckx was Roger de Vlaeminck's Cycling Sensei, but I…

10 years ago

The Lowest Common Denominator

Stupidity is a powerful force never to be underestimated. Geese are a good example; a more stupid vertebrate one would be most challenged to…

10 years ago

Three Points in Space

Most great ideas in life are accompanied by an unforeseen consequence of equal or greater magnitude. For instance, no one…

10 years ago

Riding Tempo

Tempo means time in Italian. Riding tempo means riding steadily, like a metronome. It is an important skill to have…

10 years ago

Legal Doping: Musings from the V-Bunker

I'm not even talking about all the pseudo-asthmatics out there, vaping their way to better breathing. My breathing is just…

11 years ago

Urban Riding: The Sanctity of the Bike Lane

There was a time when the world was painted in hues of black and white. Right and Wrong were separated…

11 years ago

Walk Don’t Run

That any cyclist can enter the same arena with the same equipment as the professional helps to make cycling an…

11 years ago

European Posterior Tubular (EPTB)

The divisive nature of Rule #29 is not to be underestimated. It is but a humble satchel, but our rejection of its use…

11 years ago

Convergence of the Two Fives

Physics tells us that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The conservation law extend beyond the physical world and…

11 years ago

The Mirror

Have you ever been told to take a good look at yourself? Usually it infers that you need to smarten…

11 years ago

The Reflective Bike of Authority

Everyone knows you need at least three road bikes - two if you're absolutely determined to make a point about…

11 years ago

The Dig

"Are you havin' a dig at me?" It's a good old phrase that one. I hear it occasionally, usually in…

11 years ago

The Janus of Suffering

I came strongly into the Fall, stronger than in other years thanks to a late-season objective to do well at…

11 years ago

Every Day is Leg Day

The proclamation is heard in the office, on social media, at the bar with friends; "It's leg day." When someone…

11 years ago

Hunger

My favorite feeling is perhaps the empty hollowness of hunger. That statement, in itself, is a declaration of the privileged…

11 years ago

The Illusion of Transparency

The illusion of transparency is perhaps the most important tool the Velominatus has in their toolbox, apart from having some…

11 years ago