Fitness. The rhythm, the feeling of precision in our movement, the sensations of The Ride. The temptation of knowing we might in…
I can't understand the American obsession with finger food in general and sliders in particular. Finger food, in its strict…
Took my 2-yr-old son to the last of the Marymoor Velodrome summer series races tonight. He rode his tricycle up…
In May, Velominati wake up too early, brew espresso and open laptop computers to watch small streaming videos of the…
There is something about Northern Europe in general and Flanders in particular that exudes The V; you feel it in the air the moment…
Daylight Savings always represents a turning point for my cycling season. In Fall, it represents leaving my season's goals behind…
There's an air of Shakespearean tragedy to the death of Marco Pantani on Saint Valentine's Day in 2004. Once the…
My buddy Chris wants to buy a road bike. His primary reason for this is to improve his fitness after…
Although we find our way to the bicycle by different path, we all share the fact that at some point,…
Making a name for yourself in the pro ranks during the heyday of Merckx, De Vlaeminck, and Maertens would have…
It is a telling sign of the state of our sport that picking the Anit-V moment of the year was…
It's been an interesting week in the Velominati Archives of Awesomeness, after a freak discovery of boxes containing "photographs". After…
Cyclists can be a twitchy lot. Able to both endure and dish out pain for weeks on end in a…
The mind's influence over the athlete is considerable; particularly in a sport as difficult as cycling. A strong mind can…
Aesthetics have always played a major role in my quest to become a better athlete. On the surface, this may…
While we generally try to space out our guest pieces by a few weeks at least, we simply couldn't resist…
As described in Bar-o-Phelia, my bar obsession festered and grew over a period of a few years, and then was…
As we grow older, humility takes it's chilling hold. The little nagging questions like, "Will this next activity kill me?"…
Americans, I think, generally feel they play just on the far side of the boundaries; that perhaps history doesn't apply…