Unforgettable Rides

You Can’t and You Don’t and You Won’t Stop

Failure and success are destinations not often visible to the traveller. This is why it is nice to focus instead…

9 years ago

Unsung Heroes: Erik “Gavia” Breukink

I do love my Dutchmen. That much I admit. I also admit my love for the Americans with whom I…

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

On Rule #9: The Badass Within

The rain is coming down in sheets, blowing sideways out from the coast. I hear its intensity more than I feel…

10 years ago

Guest Article- An Invitation to Suffer: The Rapha Manchester to London Challenge

I have met @chris on the original Keepers Tour. He seemed like a reasonable person at the time. Then again,…

10 years ago

La Vie Velominatus: The Gifts of Rule #9

We're not really supposed to have favorites, but everyone does. Just ask your parents. So while I'm not supposed to…

11 years ago

2013 London Cogal Report or the Shipping Forecast

I realise that I may never live this down, and that my reputation within the Velominati community will be damaged…

11 years ago

Le Mont Ventoux: The Windy Mountain

Legends are central to any culture, ours perhaps more than most. The Ventoux is a French legend, rising 1912m above…

11 years ago

Defining Moments: Resistance is V-tile

There are many paths to learning lessons, many of which have their merits. Reading a book, for instance, is a…

11 years ago

Descendeur

We close out the 6 Days of the Giro with our sixth and final installment. A body at rest, stays…

12 years ago

Riding Ugly: Fernando Escartin

Sometimes, getting the job done means doing it by any means necessary. Football coaches, who have just seen their team…

12 years ago

V And V Makes VV: Haleakala Round IIV

I can't really call it an obsession. If it was an obsession, I would have commissioned a bloke I've never…

12 years ago

Velominati Photo Contest: Season 2012

Truth be told, how many of us can resist a photo of ourselves Looking Fantastic on the bike? How many…

12 years ago

Cogal Report: The Alpine Ride

@936adl loves a Cogal and he didn't mess around with this one. Later today the San Francisco Cogal report and…

12 years ago

Guest Article: Ride 542 – the Mt. Baker Hill Climb

@eightzero is throwing down the sweaty gauntlet here. He has a vision of a V-kitted, Rule compliant freight train of…

12 years ago

Keepers Tour 2012 Update, Part 4: A Ronde Ride and Paris-Roubaix

With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 stitched up and in the history books, the challenge of documenting the trip became…

13 years ago

Keepers Tour 2012 Update, Part 2: The Lion Rides Today

With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 stitched up and in the history books, the challenge of documenting the trip became…

13 years ago

Keepers Tour 2012 Update, Part I: Roubaix & RVV

With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 stitched up and in the history books, the challenge of documenting the trip became…

13 years ago

Guest Article: Edric’s Windy, Wet, Wild Wiggle

One of the cairns on the unknowable path to Cyclist is riding one's first unimaginable distance. In the non-metric world…

13 years ago