Tradition

Riding Without Data

I'm compliant with Rule #74: no Garmin, no cyclometer, just an uncluttered cockpit. I'm not anti-data, if I could generate…

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

Through the Eyes of a Canine

I envy my dog. There is nothing in her life that can not be immediately obtained that she bothers herself…

11 years ago

Descents are Not for Recovery. Recovery Ales are for Recovery.

My trouble isn't with being a good descender; it is with cornering and stopping - and sometimes both. Or, as…

11 years ago

Rouleur

Growing up, I imagine my dad did his fair share of worrying about me getting into trouble with chemicals and…

11 years ago

Full Circle: The ‘Evolution’ of Mountain Biking

Think back to the early days of mountain biking. A bunch of friends, getting to the top of the hill…

11 years ago

The Bro-Set Experience

I suspect that whoever first put a set of downtube shifters on a bike immediately knew that while it was…

11 years ago

Look Pro: The Flemish Compact

Everyone knows that the quality of one's character is measured by the size gear they can push, particularly when going…

11 years ago

Veloforma Strada iR

A death is a painful thing to experience. Particularly, I imagine, for the one doing the dying. For those left…

11 years ago

Riding Ugly: The Spider

There are lots of things to like about Vroomie Froomie, like his willingness to accept the fact that people are…

11 years ago

Phobias

I'm not too proud to admit to having multiple phobias against various things. That's phobia multiplicity. Having a phobia against…

11 years ago

Look Pro: Escape Velocity

Three things can send me from a deep sleep to sitting bolt upright in bed, gasping in terror. First is…

11 years ago

Merry Festum Prophetae

This photo is perhaps the greatest of all time; it shows The Prophet riding in the 1969 Ronde van Vlaanderen,…

11 years ago

William Fotheringham: Racing Hard

It's not a secret around these parts that William Fotheringham is my favorite Cycling journalist. Growing up as a budding…

11 years ago

Self-Chosen: Il Pirata & Il Giro

We continue our Six Days of the Giro series with a look at the troubled bond between Marco Pantani and…

12 years ago

La Vie Velominatus: A Rule #25 Reasoned Decision

There was no clear indication that Rick's car had actually come to a complete stop. It wasn't that the car…

12 years ago

Cobbled Classics 2013 Forecast: Hardman’s Valmanac

As many of you know, one of my specialties is examining events, imagining trends in them, and then predicting future…

12 years ago

Truth and Reconciliation

First off, cycling needs a different term for what it would like to convene. To equate cycling's past with South…

12 years ago

The Phoenix

As a dyed-in-the-wool Northerner, my time living in the South was a mixed bag. Southerners think differently, speak differently, eat…

12 years ago

Portrait of a Hardwoman: Nicole Cooke

Cycling is hard; I'm not leaking any trade secrets with that statement, but it feels good to say it anyway.…

12 years ago