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 neutralizing part of the stage…
Velominati Super Prestige
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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, we immediately pegged one another…
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 one of two things happen: the…
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, too: depression would be much…
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 think we can all agree…
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 come across yet should you…
Three Points in Space
Most great ideas in life are accompanied by an unforeseen consequence of equal or greater magnitude. For instance, no one predicted that the Industrial Revolution…
Riding Tempo
Tempo means time in Italian. Riding tempo means riding steadily, like a metronome. It is an important skill to have and since it’s Italian, it…
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 fine. It’s my little citron…
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 by lines painted in such…
Walk Don’t Run
That any cyclist can enter the same arena with the same equipment as the professional helps to make cycling an awesome sport. True, the same…
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 sends people completely out of…
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 into mystical where the V…
The Mirror
Have you ever been told to take a good look at yourself? Usually it infers that you need to smarten up your ideas, get your…
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 minimalism. Bike Number One is…
The Dig
“Are you havin’ a dig at me?” It’s a good old phrase that one. I hear it occasionally, usually in response to some jest, part…
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 my first Heck of the…
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 utters “it’s leg day” the…
Hunger
My favorite feeling is perhaps the empty hollowness of hunger. That statement, in itself, is a declaration of the privileged life I’ve led; it is…
The Illusion of Transparency
The illusion of transparency is perhaps the most important tool the Velominatus has in their toolbox, apart from having some measure of competence, being Casually…