Keepers Tour

Roubaix: Anatomy Of A Shithole

One of the best, most memorable (and repeated) lines from the movie In Bruges is "it's a shithole". Of course…

10 years ago

Something from Nothing

If the only kind of wind they have in Belgium is a headwind, then the only kind of flats they have…

10 years ago

The Real Diel

Europe is full of history, ancient buildings filled with original masterpieces of art that you can spend days discovering. Looking…

10 years ago

On Rule #3: The Apocalypse

[rule number=3/] With The Rules being officially published in three languages (English English, American English, and soon Dutch) and now also…

10 years ago

Brush Strokes On The Soul

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. -Vincent Van Gogh Poor old Vinnie may have been Dutch,…

10 years ago

Guest Article: Clean Livin’

Cyclists need the carrot and the stick. It's all we understand. Do you want to perform well or not be…

10 years ago

The Curse of Hell

Northern Europe is supposed to have crap weather in the Spring. By crap, of course, I mean wet. I call…

10 years ago

The Torch Song

Live music is better than recorded music. It's a given. Having that connection, where you're sharing the same space as the…

10 years ago

Dry Rot

It's not difficult to understand that climate change, global warming, call it what you will, is real. If you're still…

10 years ago

The Past and the Future

I'm struggling with how to open this conversation without sounding like what I'm assuming my grandparents did when I was…

10 years ago

Riding Beautifully Ugly

The cobbles are not for everyone. Peter van Petegem said it best, that you have to really love the stones…

10 years ago

On the Road Again: Keepers Tour 2015

We want to look like Pros, sure, but what we're really after is feeling Pro. All the aesthetics are just a…

10 years ago

(Re)Discovery

I've lost a lot of things that were, at some point or another, dear to me. At times, I've even…

10 years ago

The Goalden Fleece

Happy living in our stressful lives is all about organization. For instance, I like to sort the tasks first by priority…

10 years ago

Made By Hand

It wasn't so long ago that the majority of bicycles were made by hand, from raw materials, in places that…

11 years ago

Theatres Of Dreams

The home ground of Manchester United Football Club, Old Trafford, is colloquially known around the world as the Theatre of…

11 years ago

Reverent: Ravito

There are many revered places in Cycling, places that are instantly recognisable, places that command their own special page in…

11 years ago

Cobbles, Carbon, Silk, and Dust

I hadn't planned to ride them every day. In fact, I had planned to only ride them once and let…

12 years ago

Keepers Tour: Eat Properly

During last year's Keepers Tour, the motor was fine for about two or three days until it suddenly sputtered and…

12 years ago

Cultural Immersion

I've been lucky enough to do quite a bit of travelling in my life. As a family, we travelled all…

12 years ago