Merckxy Christmas and a Coppi New Year

Meeeeerckxy Chriiiisstmas!

As 20VVV comes to a close, we’d like to once again thank each and every one of you for your readership and participation in this amazing community. Each of you are what makes Velominati the most exciting (if divisive) community in the Cycling world, and none of it would mean a thing if not for your contributions. From the bottom of our hearts: thank you.

At this time of year, I reflect on the amazing opportunity that you have given me and the other Keepers to take our hobby, passion, talents, and lifestyle and to share in this incredibly diverse group of people, opinions, and views. Over the years since our founding in 2009, you have become something of an extended family, complete with the squabbles, tears, and laughter. But mostly laughter. To those of you whom I have met in person, we have become personal friends. To the rest of you with whom I await the opportunity to meet: I look forward to that day with great eagerness.

Thank you for helping make Velominati what it is today.

We wish you and your families a Merckxy Christmas, and a Coppi New Year.

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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Haldy says:

Dec 24 2015 at 12:36 pm

@frank- A very Merckxy Christmas to you as well!
Lorenzo says:

Dec 24 2015 at 1:01 pm

To You as well.
Dana Wilburn says:

Dec 24 2015 at 1:08 pm

@Haldy

And the same to you and your's my friend ;)
Oli says:

Dec 24 2015 at 1:31 pm

Merry Christmas to you and the Keepers, Frank! Thanks for the entertainment.
fignons barber says:

Dec 24 2015 at 2:01 pm

Merry Christmas to all, and may the recovery ales flow freely. Thanks for making this a fun place to hang out.
DavyMuur says:

Dec 24 2015 at 2:30 pm

Nollaig shona daoibh
1860 says:

Dec 24 2015 at 3:09 pm

Frank, Gianni and Co... thanks for making this my favorite website, and putting some order into the cycling world. Merry Christmas!
Chipomarc says:

Dec 24 2015 at 5:13 pm

Have a good Christmas everyone and don't F-up your training plan with that silly strava 500 thing that's going on.

Oh, and as the saying goes ' Life's too short to drink bad beer ' pick a *Blue Ribbon Winner*:
Velodeluded says:

Dec 24 2015 at 6:12 pm

Thanks to the founders, especially Frank for giving my middle-aged obsession the degree of justification it deserves. Thanks to all of you for the inspirational quotes, posts and comments. May your guns be strong whenever called upon in 2016. Merry Christmas /Happy Holidays to you all.
John says:

Dec 24 2015 at 7:30 pm

Its snowing where i live on Christmas Eve, but not sticking to the pave. I'm going cycling tomorrow!