Racing

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

V-nnouncements: Summer V-Kit Order and The Apostle Worlds

As I gaze across my living room and see the final packages of the Spring Order's V-Kit ready for shipment,…

12 years ago

Zoo Hill Time Trial: Triple Dip into the Pain Pool

You can't teach an old dog new tricks but you can grab a beer and watch that old dog do…

12 years ago

Evanescent Riders Of The 90s: Bjarne Riis

I know what you're thinking. How can one label Bjarne Riis an Evanescent Rider? He was a champion, he won…

12 years ago

The Team Car

With the Tour underway there are many things to envy. One that always gets me is the team cars. This,…

12 years ago

Guest Article: Ride 542 – the Mt. Baker Hill Climb

@eightzero is throwing down the sweaty gauntlet here. He has a vision of a V-kitted, Rule compliant freight train of…

12 years ago

Peter Van Petegem: A Lesson in Rule #9

Rule 9-Fair-weather riding is a luxury reserved for Sunday afternoons and wide boulevards. Those who ride in foul weather -…

12 years ago

Twistin Banged and Felled. And Got Back Up.

As a byproduct of brakes being strictly for ornamental purposes, cyclists are often forced to find alternative means of stopping…

12 years ago

Gianni’s Carbon Ball: Sir Twiggo

The glow from the Giro is still visible, everything is still pink but I'm jumping ahead of all the Wilcocksons…

12 years ago

Ride Like a Leader: Ivan Basso

Everyone knows that things like "tactics" and "thinking" are for the weak. After all, if you're strong enough, loud enough,…

13 years ago

Rule 43: Don’t be a Jackass

Not being a jackass seems simple enough in spirit but can be difficult to operationalize. Waving to another cyclist because…

13 years ago

Guest Article: Giro d’Italia in Denmark

Morten Okbo joins us on the second rest day of il Giro (even though it really feels like only the…

13 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: You Can Leave Your Hat On

Sometimes, when there's a job to be done, you just don't care what you look like. As with gardening, changing the…

13 years ago

Guest Article: The Fine Art of Pedaling

Keeper Jim and I came across Meg Fisher during an icy-rain Rule 9 training ride on Mercer Island in March. The…

13 years ago

Guest Article: The Most Beautiful Race in the World

Finally we can speak to this Paris-Roubaix mythology. The Keepers Tour group rode twenty-one sectors at something much slower than…

13 years ago

Guest Article: My Journey from Milano to Sanremo

While the rest of us where bickering over the style in which the finale of one of the most exciting…

13 years ago

Tubulars: Art, Science, and Ritual

As Keepers Tour crossed from dream to reality and routes over the cobblestones of Northern Europe were sketched out, with…

13 years ago

Ride Like a Girl: Meg Fisher

This is Meg. Keeper Jim and I found Meg spinning loops around Mercer Island, big-ringing the rollers in the pouring rain. Meg…

13 years ago

Ride Like a Girl: Marianne Vos

While it took seven Belgians to dominate the Men's Cyclocross World Championship race on Sunday, it only took a single…

13 years ago

The 2011 Anti-V Moment of the Year: Paris Roubaix

While the The V Moment of the Year is the moment during the season when the sport demonstrated the most pure…

13 years ago