La Vie Velominatus: Ugly Ducklings

We're an odd bunch, us Cyclists. Shaved legs, scars, tan lines, muscular legs paired to scrawny upper bodies. These things…

11 years ago

Anatomy Of A Photo: Screen-grab From A Golden Age

Even though in today's mountain bike world the bikes are better, the clothing more appropriate, and there are more trails…

11 years ago

Frame Job

Last year we read that Philippe Gilbert is riding a 50cm (top tube of 535mm) BMC frame and he is…

11 years ago

Les Choix

I've never been able to decide if choices are a gift or a curse; a lack of choices introduces simplicity…

11 years ago

Reverence: LeMond Revolution

I read recently that a number of Pros like to ride the turbo for an hour or so before having breakfast…

11 years ago

Guest Article: Rule #9 Festivus

One of the finest things about Velominati is it attracts the crazy bastards. Cyclists are slightly unhinged anyway but there…

11 years ago

The First Ride Back

It's the ride you'll do the most. The hardest ride you'll ever do, too. You'll do it so often that…

11 years ago

The Goldilocks Principle: Valve Stem Length

The Goldilocks Principle is under assault, balance is lost. Without balance, we are reduced to savages. Steerectile dysfunction is spreading…

11 years ago

Midwinter Metric Meiklour Cogal Report 2013

The view from Strahlubnaig. December 21st, 2013, at latitude 56 ½ degrees North, a little before 9am, and of course…

11 years ago

Beyond The Rules

Rules! Hear me fools: The Rules mark the beginning of the path to enlightenment, not the end. There are higher…

11 years ago

Dirty Innovators

Ok all you roadies, listen up. You're not gonna like what I'm about to tell you, but it's the truth.…

11 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

Guest Article: Breaking the Rules- A Note on Rule #50

I have no dog in this fight but @Henrik does. I can't swim in the serious 'stache growing gene pool.…

11 years ago

The 2013 V-Moment of the Year

2013 was The Year of the Anti-V. In every other year, the Velominati Cogclave to decide the V and The…

11 years ago

The 2013 Anti-V Award

We reflect on another year of cycling; who has been naughty and who has been nice. The rusty chain award…

11 years ago

Midwinter Cogal Report: Amsterdam-Utrecht 2013

@Marco's take Somewhere midway, I realized: looking fantastic while riding batshit fast through unknown territory in Rule #9 conditions in…

11 years ago

On Rule #36: Cool Shades

Forget quick-release skewer, the mechanical derailleur, carbon frames, or disc wheels. Never mind clipless pedals or brake-mounted shifters. Scratch those…

11 years ago

Merckxy Christmas and Coppi New Year!

To each of you in our Community, we'd like to thank you for making Velominati a worthwhile place to visit…

11 years ago

Out of Darkness

The dark makes everything worse; something primal awakens in us when the sun has gone and we are wrapped in…

11 years ago

Rolling with Rule #80

Always be casually deliberate, even when riding. You have just attacked off the front to take a town line sprint.…

11 years ago