The Bikes

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

Il Progetto: The Bozzie Is Single

Let's talk about bikes. Yeah, bikes are good. After all, they are "the central tool to our craft." They are…

12 years ago

Voices and Echoes

Doubt. It speaks in whispered tones but echoes in our actions and lingers heavy on the mind. It is a…

12 years ago

One-Eyed Wonder: CX-V

What I have always loved about Mountain Biking is the immersion into the woods; the sense of solitude that comes…

12 years ago

Does a Bike Have a Soul?

Does a bike have a soul? I can't make that argument, I don't think I do either, actually. But we…

12 years ago

La Bicyclette, Part II: Scars

We meticulously care for our bicycle, stopping only just short of pampering it. Through ages spend coveting, building, and riding…

12 years ago

La Vie Velominatus: The Rain Bike

In our privileged stables of bikes, it ranks towards the bottom of the heap as Bike #2 or lower, but…

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

Il Progetto: Nederaap CX-V

Building a frame has been, since childhood, a dream which always seemed a little bit out of reach. Aside from…

13 years ago

A New Decade

A new decade is here. Not the one that started Jan 1st, but the one marked by my new bike.…

13 years ago

Il Profeta Progetto

Mates are supposed to be just that; mates. They are meant to be supportive, to help you out when you…

13 years ago

Guest Article: The Apple of Cyclops’ Eye

Has anyone heard? Jeff in PetroMetro has a Look. So does Marcus. So does Ron, and probably some others who…

13 years ago

Ill Pro-ghetto: IT lives…

There's not too much you can buy with $8 these days. A coffee and cake. A tube. Maybe a trashy…

13 years ago

Evolution of a Plan, Part II: Record Hubs

Before my dad bought his C-Record Merckx in the late 80's, the family stable consisted of mostly Shimano bits, with…

14 years ago

Evolution of a Plan: Bianchi TSX

It wasn't created from nothing by the concentrated will of an obsessive Velominatus, nor by the grace of Merckx out…

14 years ago

Guest Article: Jeff in PetroMetro’s Look 595

Not only do most of us have a tale of our Cycling Sensei, but we also generally have a story…

14 years ago

Guest Article: Ron’s Tommasini

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,…

14 years ago

Revenge of the Clones

How a Keeper's #1 bike came to be.

14 years ago

We Were Young and Totally Rad

It's been an interesting week in the Velominati Archives of Awesomeness, after a freak discovery of boxes containing "photographs". After…

14 years ago

Il Progetto e Finito

While I've been riding Il Progetto Originale for a month or so now, the finishing touches were still being waited…

14 years ago