The Hardmen

Six Days of the Worlds – Chambery, France 1989

Greg Lemond wins his second World Championship at the 1989 Worlds in Chambery, France

14 years ago

In Memoriam: The Cycling Cap

We gather here today to pay our respects to one of the icons of our great sport, the cycling cap.…

14 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: Hunchbacks of the 81 Tour

My friend and trainee Velominata Rachel has a keen cycling eye and an inquisitive mind. While perusing the book Tour…

14 years ago

The Cycling Aesthete

There are those who are challenged to find the value of aesthetics in a sport which requires eating 11T cogs…

14 years ago

The Giants of the Road

Those who complete the Tour de France are referred to as The Giants of the Road, and a look back at…

14 years ago

Professionals: Rule 5 and No Room For Protests

First and foremost, as a cyclist and a devoted fan of this sport - a Velominatus, no less, - I…

14 years ago

Tour de Blast – 2010

2010 Tour de Blast, Velominati-style. Three takes on our wet cold ride up towards Mt St. Helens.

14 years ago

Anatomy of a photo: Sean Kelly 1988

This photographer knew the picture that people would remember and that would shine a light into Sean Kelly's character wasn't…

14 years ago

The Salute

Winning salutes are brought up from time to time here on Velominati.  Of all the images and memories we have of…

15 years ago

Race Radio

Anyone who watched Flanders and Paris-Roubaix can agree that the strongest and most deserving rider won both events; Fabian Cancellara…

15 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Roubaix (Keeper Tip Hotline)

We are quickly arriving at what is, for any Velominatus, the end of the most awesomest week of the year.…

15 years ago

The Trench

This 1968 photo of the the sector at Wallers-Arenberg shows what it must really be like to ride Paris-Roubaix.  The…

15 years ago

Steady Up with More Speed

This is my favorite week of the year. I meant to write something earlier this week - as a prelude…

15 years ago

Tino

The Kennett brothers have produced a series of great books on some of New Zealand's most successful, least successful, hardest,…

15 years ago

The Hour Record 2010

How long a distance can you ride in exactly an hour? That is a question many famous riders, over the…

15 years ago

Flahute: The Hardest of the Hardmen

Few images inspire the Keepers more than those of hardmen grinding away large chainrings on roads of antiquity built as…

15 years ago

Study of a Hardman: Johan Museeuw

For my generation, he is the Lion of Flanders. Unequivocally. Unchallenged. Evermore, evermore. Boonen is a monster; but he is…

15 years ago

The Unsung Hardmen

I was searching the internet this morning for photos of Gianni Bugno (because he's Awesome, and sometimes I just need…

15 years ago