Folklore

Anatomy of a Photo: Hunchbacks of the 81 Tour

My friend and trainee Velominata Rachel has a keen cycling eye and an inquisitive mind. While perusing the book Tour…

14 years ago

Old School

We, as cyclists, as Velominati, may share a common passion, yet invariably have our roots planted in differing turf.  Some…

14 years ago

Doping: The Acceptability of a Method

Performance-enhancing methods. This is a term we hear so often in cycling; it refers to the practice of using products…

14 years ago

Tino

The Kennett brothers have produced a series of great books on some of New Zealand's most successful, least successful, hardest,…

15 years ago

Flahute: The Hardest of the Hardmen

Few images inspire the Keepers more than those of hardmen grinding away large chainrings on roads of antiquity built as…

15 years ago

Rouleur, Issue 16

Getting each new copy of Rouleur is almost a religious experience. It is printed on heavy paper, and has a…

15 years ago

Periodic Table of Professional Cycling

I suppose cycling has always been flush with enthusiasts such as us, The Keepers, and readers such as yourselves.  One…

15 years ago

Il Pirata’s 1998 Bianchi: The Elusive Stallion

In 1998, Marco Pantani staged one of the most prestigious coups of cycling by winning the Giro-Tour double. He made…

15 years ago

Rouleur, Issue 15

Issue 15 just arrived on my doorstop, and it is especially good and is going to take a good long…

15 years ago

Badass by Association: Winter Riding

To me, there is nothing cooler than riding in awful weather. It automatically associates you with the Spring Classics, held…

15 years ago

Johnny T and The Lung

Things were always better in "the good old days". That's what my mate Johnny Klink always says, especially when we're…

15 years ago

La Volupte: I Was Flying Today

About a year and a half ago, as I was just starting to get really serious about cycling again after…

15 years ago

Stuff it

I spent Memorial Day weekend in Boise, and on the actual holiday I headed out for a big ride with…

16 years ago