The Mirror

Have you ever been told to take a good look at yourself? Usually it infers that you need to smarten…

11 years ago

In Search of Power

It's no secret that I'm prone to riding in the big ring as much as possible, mostly on account of…

11 years ago

Guest Article: Follow the Pigs

@Harminator just submitted this little gem of a tale. It is too timely not to share with Paris-Roubaix looming. VLVV,…

11 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Roubaix 2014

It has been a brutal week for us Keepers, having decided not to hold a Keepers Tour this year. Watching…

11 years ago

The Hail Mary Shift

The grade is long and I am climbing away. I'm not going to Pantani this: I am not out of…

11 years ago

Balance

I had always imagined that de Ronde van Vlaanderen must be hardest race in the world. The way I worked…

11 years ago

Guest Article: In V We Trust

One of greatest cycling pleasures is riding with a mate. Riding ten centimeters off each other's rear wheel for hours;…

11 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Ronde van Vlaanderen 2014

This needs no introduction. The Spring Classics are truly upon us. The course has been modified yet again, it is…

11 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: VVomen’s Ronde van Vlaanderen 2014

Vlaanderen. Its no accident the Flemish word for Flanders starts with a V; there is nothing simple or easy about…

11 years ago

Gravity

Gravity is the most unavoidable force on Earth, with the possible exception of Stupidity. And like with Stupidity, you can…

11 years ago

The Reflective Bike of Authority

Everyone knows you need at least three road bikes - two if you're absolutely determined to make a point about…

11 years ago

Le Graveur: The Margins

I just got turned back from a ride. 5k from the house I realized my bits were getting too cold…

11 years ago

The Roundness of Being

Evolution doesn't really seem to be part of the picture anymore, at least not where humans and our direct reports…

11 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Gent Wevelgem 2014

The Kemmelberg is a brute. In my opinion, its the hardest of the cobbled climbs in the Spring Classics; it…

11 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2014

This is the kick off of the VSP for women's racing, though the women have already kicked it off with…

11 years ago

Terroir of the Bike

This winter Shimano showed up on Maui with a flotilla of Colnago C-59s set up with disc brakes. The lucky…

11 years ago

Guest Article: The Butler

For many Americans, their first ten speed bike was a Schwinn. It was heavy. Everything about it was heavy. It…

11 years ago

The Dig

"Are you havin' a dig at me?" It's a good old phrase that one. I hear it occasionally, usually in…

11 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Milano Sanremo 2014

Het Volk (it will always be Het Volk to me) and now the Strade Bianche may well mark the sentimental…

11 years ago

The Janus of Suffering

I came strongly into the Fall, stronger than in other years thanks to a late-season objective to do well at…

11 years ago