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V Point V Magnitude Awesome

A V.V Magnitude Awesome Quake. Photo via monsieurbloodpipes

People, please grab hold of your butts: we are experiencing a V.V magnitude Awesome Quake, and it is sporting a totally rad lid.

Further instructions will be provided. Have a pleasant day.

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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The Pressure says:

Oct 11 2015 at 5:41 am

@Steampunk

With all due respect...still fugly. I said with all due respect.
Steampunk says:

Oct 11 2015 at 6:20 am

@The Pressure

Agree to disagree.

Regardless, the helmet is probably the one piece of cycling kit where function trumps form.
Steampunk says:

Oct 11 2015 at 6:22 am

@frank
The Pressure says:

Oct 11 2015 at 6:25 am

@Steampunk

Agreed. With my cavernous melon, fit is paramount!!
Owen says:

Oct 11 2015 at 7:18 am

@frank

@chuckp

Fuck if I know, ask @MONSIEURBLOODPIPES

Lets also pay V minutes’ silence to @BIGRINGRIDING, who would have had a field day with this image.

I seriously miss that website.
Steampunk says:

Oct 11 2015 at 8:29 am

@frank

Full points, though, for the white elastic bands keeping the Catholic schoolgirl knee socks up (what else is keeping them from sliding down?). I can't even see them...
Ccos says:

Oct 11 2015 at 9:08 am

@frank

LeMan made everything look good. He could have probably rocked that aberration of a skid lid.
frank says:

Oct 11 2015 at 10:08 am

@captainsideburns

https://www.flickr.com/gp/captainsideburns/Bm3RE3

Does it get an exemption from Rule #35?

Um...Wow. I can't believe the top is actually open.

@Oli

@Steampunk

@Joe Cline

Dave Auker. NW US stud from the 70s. John Howard much uglier.

FTW! Channeling your inner @Oli with that one, mate!

How awesome that someone knew who this cool cat is! This site rocks hard out.

Word up, son!

@Ccos

@frank

LeMan made everything look good. He could have probably rocked that aberration of a skid lid.

When you got it, you got it.
frank says:

Oct 11 2015 at 10:12 am

@wilburrox

Only SCOTT DROPINS!

They were one of the coolest things ever, and for some time I felt any bike that didn't have them looked naked. I rocked a pair of them and while they were a tad flexy, nothing felt more Pro than tucking into them at full speed.
sthilzy says:

Oct 11 2015 at 3:35 pm

@frank ....dropping right in!