Riding Ugly

Look Pro: Rollin’ Dirty

When it comes to training, no one loves riding outside and loathes riding inside more than I do. On the…

8 years ago

The Quitter

The truth is that I'd been thinking about quitting for the best part of forty-five minutes. Round and round I…

8 years ago

The Climber in a Gorilla Suit

There is a force upon this world which governs all manner of voodoo and wizardry. This force ensures the streak…

9 years ago

Anticipation Shift

I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength…

9 years ago

La Vie Velominatus: Standing Grace

We are bipedal creatures. Fact. Bipedal locomotion sucks. Also a fact. This makes being a human somewhat challenging in the sense…

9 years ago

There Ought to be a Rule…

We all know where I stand in the cycling sock department, white and not too tall, any color sock as…

10 years ago

Musings from the Darkness

Reality is always an unpleasant surprise; no one wants to see ourselves the way others see us, and that's for good reason,…

10 years ago

The Shaving

[rule number=50] Back when this Rule was coined, it seemed to have little meaning or relevance at all to Cycling.…

10 years ago

Guest Article: Joy Ride

I hesitate to file this in the Guest Article category. It would be better filed under fellow un-rewarded pirate cycling-site…

10 years ago

Guest Article- An Invitation to Suffer: The Rapha Manchester to London Challenge

I have met @chris on the original Keepers Tour. He seemed like a reasonable person at the time. Then again,…

10 years ago

Look Pro: The Whale Shark

The Whale Shark is the biggest nonmammalian vertebrate* on the planet, rivaling the dinosaurs for size. How do you feed yourself when you're that…

10 years ago

Guest Article: Saddle Sore Galore or Taint Misbehavin’

Chamois leather used in cycling shorts looked like this only once, before the first washing. After that one had to…

10 years ago

Getting Dropped

I can can feel his cold breath on my back, like a shadow drifting through an alleyway. He's not yet…

11 years ago

The Mirror

Have you ever been told to take a good look at yourself? Usually it infers that you need to smarten…

11 years ago

The Hail Mary Shift

The grade is long and I am climbing away. I'm not going to Pantani this: I am not out of…

11 years ago

Frame Job

Last year we read that Philippe Gilbert is riding a 50cm (top tube of 535mm) BMC frame and he is…

11 years ago

A More Perfect Union-Phase One

Hear ye, hear ye, get thee, and a mirror, to your indoor trainer. This is going to be a multi-part…

11 years ago

Riding Ugly: The Spider

There are lots of things to like about Vroomie Froomie, like his willingness to accept the fact that people are…

11 years ago

Defining Moments: Resistance is V-tile

There are many paths to learning lessons, many of which have their merits. Reading a book, for instance, is a…

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