La Vie Velominatus

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…

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

Anatomy of a Photo: Bike Love

I got new wheels last week and got them mounted with tires by the weekend. Then @Haldy had to help me…

10 years ago

On Rule #9: The Badass Within

The rain is coming down in sheets, blowing sideways out from the coast. I hear its intensity more than I feel…

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

Reverence: Daylight Saving Time

Not too many people espouse the virtues of Daylight Saving Time, much less chose to write about it every bloody year.…

10 years ago

On Rule #10: The Mandlebrot Set of Pain

My training hasn't gone as I'd like it to be going. My days keep getting loaded up with things that…

10 years ago

On Rule #12: The Luxury of Passion

Rule #12 is a luxury of passion; the #1 for good weather and epic rides or races, the Nine Bike…

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

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…

10 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

The Dark Side

White is a troublesome color; hard to keep clean. I have a white dress shirt that I never wear because…

10 years ago

How Soon Is Now?

Waiting has never been my strong point. I'm anxious, but don't really suffer from anxiety. Good things come to those…

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

The Hum

One of the things that strikes me most about the English is they don't appear to have developed any sort…

10 years ago

Find What You Love And Let It Kill You

"My dear, Find what you love and let it kill you. Let it drain you of your all. Let it…

10 years ago

Places to Ride: Cape Town, South Africa

I've never been to Africa before, although I'm not sure Cape Town counts as "Africa". One thing I noticed is…

10 years ago

Truth and Fiction

There is nothing more disappointing than discovering the truth behind a myth or spotting the mortal behind a legend. This is why I…

10 years ago