Tradition

Reverence: Chamois Cream

Chamois cream, does anyone use it? I do and why.

14 years ago

Domestique of the Week: Jose-Luis Arrieta

Yesterday, Cyclops posted a link to a story about the abandonment from the Vuelta and subsequent retirement from cycling of…

14 years ago

Monikers of the Giants

It only takes the most cursory glance through the Lexicon to realize that we have a special love for nicknames…

14 years ago

Laurent Fignon: 1960 – 2010

Laurent Fignon passed away today at the age of 50, after suffering from cancer for several years. Fignon was an…

14 years ago

Guest Article: Where did all the Time Go?

There has been a lot of talk lately about shoes: the While Ladies, the Yellow Princesses, and the safety and…

14 years ago

Old School

We, as cyclists, as Velominati, may share a common passion, yet invariably have our roots planted in differing turf.  Some…

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

We Are Not Animals

Of all people, a Velominatus knows that our sport is a civilized one; it is steeped in tradition and etiquette and…

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

Le Mecanicien

Each of us remembers how they became a Velominatus. For me, it was at Grimpeur Wielersport, in Zevenaar, The Netherlands.…

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

Chapeau, Slipstream Sports

I for one, would love to have a clean sport, but simply don't think it's possible to get there.  That…

14 years ago

A Cyclists Companion: Fear of Crashing

I thought I was the only one.  It was a truth I admitted to myself only in the darkest hours…

15 years ago

Italian Thoroughbred, Hand Built with Care in China

While walking about town, one of my favorite things to do is to puruse the commuter bikes locked up outside…

15 years ago

The Bar Shape Paradox

I almost look forward to riding in bad weather because it means I have a perfect excuse to climb aboard…

15 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

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

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