I'm not going to lie to you, friction is an asshole. In the bottom bracket, in the bending of every…
Let's talk about bikes. Yeah, bikes are good. After all, they are "the central tool to our craft." They are…
Doubt. It speaks in whispered tones but echoes in our actions and lingers heavy on the mind. It is a…
What I have always loved about Mountain Biking is the immersion into the woods; the sense of solitude that comes…
Does a bike have a soul? I can't make that argument, I don't think I do either, actually. But we…
We meticulously care for our bicycle, stopping only just short of pampering it. Through ages spend coveting, building, and riding…
In our privileged stables of bikes, it ranks towards the bottom of the heap as Bike #2 or lower, but…
I love the shape of it. Aroma of it. The way it feels to be around it. It will catch my…
Building a frame has been, since childhood, a dream which always seemed a little bit out of reach. Aside from…
A new decade is here. Not the one that started Jan 1st, but the one marked by my new bike.…
Mates are supposed to be just that; mates. They are meant to be supportive, to help you out when you…
Has anyone heard? Jeff in PetroMetro has a Look. So does Marcus. So does Ron, and probably some others who…
There's not too much you can buy with $8 these days. A coffee and cake. A tube. Maybe a trashy…
Before my dad bought his C-Record Merckx in the late 80's, the family stable consisted of mostly Shimano bits, with…
It wasn't created from nothing by the concentrated will of an obsessive Velominatus, nor by the grace of Merckx out…
Not only do most of us have a tale of our Cycling Sensei, but we also generally have a story…
In our first installment of reader-submitted The Bikes articles, we bring you this drool-worthy Tommasini, fully equipped with Delta brakes, classic-bend bars,…
It's been an interesting week in the Velominati Archives of Awesomeness, after a freak discovery of boxes containing "photographs". After…
While I've been riding Il Progetto Originale for a month or so now, the finishing touches were still being waited…