The Hardmen

The Curse of Hell

Northern Europe is supposed to have crap weather in the Spring. By crap, of course, I mean wet. I call…

10 years ago

Five Face

Why is it that all the greatest riders look strangely happy when they are suffering the most? Hinault says he…

10 years ago

Anatomy Of A Photo: Looks Don’t Kill, Guns Do

Ya don't fuck with a Planckaert. Do so at your own peril. And that's any shorts length debate settled, too.

10 years ago

Catching The Big Fish

This post could also have been titled as an Anatomy of a Photo or Awesome Italian Guys-Guido Bontempi or The…

10 years ago

On Rule #43: Shaming the Sensei

I think it would be hard for anyone to make the case that Eddy Merckx was Roger de Vlaeminck's Cycling Sensei, but I…

10 years ago

Truth and Fiction

There is nothing more disappointing than discovering the truth behind a myth or spotting the mortal behind a legend. This is why I…

10 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo(s)

Watching the Jensie set a "new" record was somehow not-that-interesting and riveting at the same time. One guy going around…

10 years ago

End of an Error

Jens Voigt is set to retire as we speak, having one final crack at a long break in some race…

10 years ago

Guest Article: Joaquim Agostinho

Who learns of their cycling potential while in the military, serving in Africa? @wiscot is once again serving up some…

10 years ago

Convergence of the Two Fives

Physics tells us that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The conservation law extend beyond the physical world and…

11 years ago

Balance

I had always imagined that de Ronde van Vlaanderen must be hardest race in the world. The way I worked…

11 years ago

The Illusion of Transparency

The illusion of transparency is perhaps the most important tool the Velominatus has in their toolbox, apart from having some…

11 years ago

Raining in My Heart

Not one to subscribe to the slew of text speak or acronyms that permeate the modern vernacular (well, not too…

11 years ago

Anatomy Of A Photo: Screen-grab From A Golden Age

Even though in today's mountain bike world the bikes are better, the clothing more appropriate, and there are more trails…

11 years ago

Les Choix

I've never been able to decide if choices are a gift or a curse; a lack of choices introduces simplicity…

11 years ago

La Vie Velominatus: The Gifts of Rule #9

We're not really supposed to have favorites, but everyone does. Just ask your parents. So while I'm not supposed to…

11 years ago

Anatomy Of A Photo: Life Is Beautiful

Guido went to extraordinary lengths to shield young Joshua from the horrors of the war. On the way to the…

11 years ago

LeMaster of the V-Locus

Finding The V-Locus is something of an extension of the Goldilocks Principle; bars set somewhere between Sit Up and Beg…

11 years ago

Winter Training

Merckx famously professed that after a night of sinning, the body must be cleansed. He obviously meant this figuratively, not…

11 years ago