Nostalgia

Phobias

I'm not too proud to admit to having multiple phobias against various things. That's phobia multiplicity. Having a phobia against…

11 years ago

William Fotheringham: Racing Hard

It's not a secret around these parts that William Fotheringham is my favorite Cycling journalist. Growing up as a budding…

11 years ago

Festum Prophetae: The Impossible Hour

Update: You can watch the live stream (assuming it works from the velodrome) on the Velominati channel at USTREAM. When…

11 years ago

La Fleur de V

We have the kind of poor judgement that allows us to have a puppy. She's half pit, half something, and…

11 years ago

La Vie Velominatus: The Sound of Silence

In most situations, silence is an ominous thing that signals impending doom. Having never been in any danger myself, I base this largely…

12 years ago

Dirty Romantics

We're into day three of the Six Days of the Giro series, and it's time to hit the dirt. If…

12 years ago

Self-Chosen: Il Pirata & Il Giro

We continue our Six Days of the Giro series with a look at the troubled bond between Marco Pantani and…

12 years ago

The Weight of a Moniker

Young riders rise through the ranks with such promise. We all know the story; the rider who borrows a bicycle…

12 years ago

Guest Article: Bernard Hinault’s 1980 Liege-Bastogne-Liege

Unfortunately the weather for 2013 L-B-L looks a lot nicer than the 1980 episode.  Then again, if the weather looked…

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

Cobbled Classics 2013 Forecast: Hardman’s Valmanac

As many of you know, one of my specialties is examining events, imagining trends in them, and then predicting future…

12 years ago

Sur La Plaque: Café Roubaix Haleakala Climbing Wheels

I'm not going to lie to you, friction is an asshole. In the bottom bracket, in the bending of every…

12 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: Campagnolo Candy Van

Every night I pray to Merckx that in the morning when I wake up I'll have a Campagnolo Free Candy…

12 years ago

Training: The Fourth Bridge

Before the New Year, it was my ride up Haleakala. At present, it's Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2013. Before Haleakala,…

12 years ago

The Phoenix

As a dyed-in-the-wool Northerner, my time living in the South was a mixed bag. Southerners think differently, speak differently, eat…

12 years ago

Look Pro: The Hunchbacks of Notre V

The flat back position is perhaps the greatest lie ever told in sport, provided you ignore any of the racing…

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

The Eye of Sauron

Aside from wheels staying in one piece and the frame holding together, the thing we take most for granted when…

12 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: Casually Deliberate Masterclass

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I'd need a thousand just to describe the carefully disheveled cap placement.…

12 years ago

The Thin Boundary Between Casual and Deliberate

Cycling and crashing are the kinds of things that come together whenever you liberally combine Newtonian Physics, skill, and overconfidence.…

12 years ago