Three days in, and it's already been a brutal opening week of the Tour. I've never heard of the Tour…
I rode with a rider I know from work a few weeks ago. The first time we sat in a meeting together,…
No pavé is smooth, and to ride them well the rider must enter them à bloc and keep pushing until…
Reality is always an unpleasant surprise; no one wants to see ourselves the way others see us, and that's for good reason,…
I think it would be hard for anyone to make the case that Eddy Merckx was Roger de Vlaeminck's Cycling Sensei, but I…
Stupidity is a powerful force never to be underestimated. Geese are a good example; a more stupid vertebrate one would be most challenged to…
Most great ideas in life are accompanied by an unforeseen consequence of equal or greater magnitude. For instance, no one…
Tempo means time in Italian. Riding tempo means riding steadily, like a metronome. It is an important skill to have…
I'm not even talking about all the pseudo-asthmatics out there, vaping their way to better breathing. My breathing is just…
There was a time when the world was painted in hues of black and white. Right and Wrong were separated…
That any cyclist can enter the same arena with the same equipment as the professional helps to make cycling an…
The divisive nature of Rule #29 is not to be underestimated. It is but a humble satchel, but our rejection of its use…
Physics tells us that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The conservation law extend beyond the physical world and…
Have you ever been told to take a good look at yourself? Usually it infers that you need to smarten…
Everyone knows you need at least three road bikes - two if you're absolutely determined to make a point about…
"Are you havin' a dig at me?" It's a good old phrase that one. I hear it occasionally, usually in…
I came strongly into the Fall, stronger than in other years thanks to a late-season objective to do well at…
The proclamation is heard in the office, on social media, at the bar with friends; "It's leg day." When someone…
My favorite feeling is perhaps the empty hollowness of hunger. That statement, in itself, is a declaration of the privileged…
The illusion of transparency is perhaps the most important tool the Velominatus has in their toolbox, apart from having some…