Reverence

Motoman

Before Tomac and Ned, before LeMond and Big Mig, there was Bob Hannah. For a young lad obsessed with motorcycles…

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

Reverence: Pedro’s Bike Lust

I met a nice character a few weeks ago on a magnificent ride through the Bay Area. He rode a Colnago…

11 years ago

The Thin Black Line

Every time we get on our bikes, we are playing a game of Russian Roulette. We take care to maintain…

11 years ago

Reverence: LeMond Revolution

I read recently that a number of Pros like to ride the turbo for an hour or so before having breakfast…

11 years ago

Reverence: Park Tool Super Patch

The first tire patch kit I ever owned came in a big green box, had several patches of various sizes…

11 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

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

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

The Importance of Environment

While all evidence points to the contrary, the 20th century's greatest twatwaffle LE Gunderson may have got something at least…

12 years ago

Defining Moments: Hood Position

If I spent half a summer riding with one hand on the tops and one on the hoods, I spent…

12 years ago

Reverence: Malteni

Cyclists can (and usually do) go on for hours as to why they ride their bikes, and most of their…

12 years ago

Reverence: Campagnolo Tools

Exposure to religion in my youth was by way of a brief dose of sunday school at the local Unitarian…

12 years ago

Reverence: Lezyne Tyre Levers

Two summers ago my wife and I had the pleasure of visiting friends in Switzerland. The country is so expensive…

12 years ago

New Rule: 52 (Plus a Guest Reverence)

With the writing of our first book supposedly well underway (but in reality being discussed ad-nauseum in the Boardroom rather…

12 years ago

Reverence: Speedplay Pedals

I'm old as dirt. My first two race bikes employed toe clips and toe straps and that set-up was bad.…

12 years ago

Reverence: DeFeet Un-D-Shurt and Un-D-Lite

As indispensable and overlooked as the gilet, the undervest is the only piece of cycling kit that comes with me on every…

12 years ago

Reverence: Vittoria Open Pavé CG

Normally The Keepers reserve our Reverence articles for products we've used for years, or with new stuff that has had…

12 years ago

La Bicyclette

I love the shape of it. Aroma of it. The way it feels to be around it. It will catch my…

12 years ago