In Memoriam

FFS Fridays: Lost Friends and Blood Pipes

FFS. It is Friday, finally, and this is what this week has felt like: I kid, I kid. We actually have…

8 years ago

Guest Article- In Memoriam: ‘Iron Man’ Mick Murphy

Where to begin with this Guest Article? When you start talking about a person who makes Fiorenzo Magni sound like,…

9 years ago

In Memoriam: The Headband

Like the Spinaci bars, the headband was cool, effective and disappeared quickly. While the Spinaci was outlawed by the UCI…

9 years ago

A Shift In Time

Returning to your roots can be both a rewarding and sobering experience. The nostalgia one feels for the halcyon days…

9 years ago

In Memoriam: Erik de Vlaeminck

Sad news today that Erik de Vlaeminck, older brother to Flemish Cycling legend Roger de Vlaeminck, passed away today at…

9 years ago

In Memoriam: The Straight Block

Disc brakes and 1x drivetrains. These are the sort of things that belong on mountainbikes, are questionable on cross bikes,…

9 years ago

In Memoriam: Loose Ball Bearings

The darker months bring out the macabre in each of us; for Gianni it was the extinction of his beloved…

10 years ago

In Memoriam: The Original Park Adjustable Linkage Clamp

There are certain bicycle tools that once owned, signify much more than just ownership. For me, it was this Park…

10 years ago

In Memoriam: The LBS

There was a time when I held down 'real jobs'. Jobs with (a little) stress, with (some) responsibility, but without soul.…

10 years ago

RIP: Jim Oberstar

This week we mourn the loss of a true Velominatus, Jim Oberstar. The vast majority of you will have never…

11 years ago

In Memoriam: Il Pirata, Ten Years Gone

I don't know if it's because I see something of myself in them or if it awakens some kind of…

11 years ago

In Memoriam: Jon Lennard, aka @itburns

Each of us throw a leg over our top tubes and submit ourselves to the open road in recognition of…

11 years ago

2012 Anti-V Moment of the Year: Bullies are really just pussies

As referenced in the 2012 V-Moment of the year article and ensuing discussion, it was a most Vawesome year for…

12 years ago

In Memoriam: The Proper Head Badge

The days of the proper head badge, I'm afraid, are numbered. It seems it used to be that any road…

12 years ago

In Memoriam: Leather and Brass

Composites, microfibers, synthetics. They amaze in their qualities; light, strong, durable - unyieldingly stiff or unimaginably suple, depending on our whim. When…

12 years ago

In Memoriam: Fiorenzo Magni, December 7, 1920 – October 19, 2012

The Velominati mourn today the passing of Fiorenzo Magni, perhaps one of the Cycling world's greatest living example of the…

12 years ago

In Memoriam: Olympic Tandem Match Sprint

The Olympic track racing fires off tomorrow and it's time to remember an event discarded to the bin of noble…

12 years ago

Guest Article: Velo Love

Even Wiggo said it's just a bike race. Bike racing may be just that but Cycling is life. And Love…

12 years ago

In Memoriam: The Funny Bike

We gather here today to pay our respects to one of the most exciting developments the Cycling world has ever…

13 years ago

In Memoriam: The Tricolore

It was a simple time. Team kit was understated, with black shorts and a few colored panels on the jersey.…

13 years ago