Tradition

Shifting Sands

One of my favorite stories in Cycling is of the 1989 World Championships. It was a very lumpy parcours, with…

8 years ago

The Shower

As far as Cycling and racing iconography goes, Paris-Roubaix sits at the very zenith. It's the most revered race among…

8 years ago

The Aesthete’s Choice: Boyaux Naturel

Tradition and innovation are the two opposing edges that cut our evolution through the fabric of our sport. Tradition grounds us,…

8 years ago

On Rule #74: The Targeting Computer

I could feel the power in my body as I breathed in the warm Spring air and pulled lightly on the handlebars;…

8 years ago

And the 39 Was Clean as a Whistle

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

Window Shopping

One of the great dichotomies of being a Cyclist is that of our commitment to suffering paired against our fastidious attention…

9 years ago

Reverence: Straight Round Tubes

Tradition and innovation sit mostly comfortably alongside each other in Cycling. The bicycle itself is inherently a very simple machine,…

9 years ago

Shit Gets Real

Can you feel that? That itchy, twitchy feeling... that's anticipation, it's expectation, it's Belgian fucking racing fever! You know you've…

9 years ago

The Fasting Ride

I've been doing fasting rides on the weekend, before breakfast and maybe also before lunch, depending on how long the ride…

9 years ago

Fendangelism

Mudguards (fenders) and saddlebags are two subjects that are sure to get our collective ire up as Cyclists. When I wrote in…

9 years ago

The Moser Position

For my money, the best slice of cycling video ever is Francesco Moser, appearing out of the dust, in the…

9 years ago

Body Dysmorphia

I am thrilled to announce that for the first time in my life, my chest measurement is smaller than my…

9 years ago

The Wipe Down

Frank's maddening post about doing things because, well, because that's the way to do things made me question some of…

9 years ago

A Shift In Time

Returning to your roots can be both a rewarding and sobering experience. The nostalgia one feels for the halcyon days…

9 years ago

The Aesthete’s Choice

It has not escaped my attention that as I've evolved away from my original profession as a software developer and moved…

9 years ago

Reverence: The Ghosts of 2am

The Prophet had never been dropped by anyone in a race-threatening situation during his entire Grand-Tour career. But he was dropped on…

9 years ago

Lock, Sock, and Two Smoking Barrels

It used to be that you could choose any color shoes you wanted, so long as they were black and any color socks,…

9 years ago

Weight Weenies

My bike weighs about 6 kilos. It is no waify little thing either, with it having a 61cm frame and and three…

9 years ago

The Real Diel

Europe is full of history, ancient buildings filled with original masterpieces of art that you can spend days discovering. Looking…

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