Look Pro: The V Tenets of the Casually Deliberate

A Velominatus gives the impression of having been born on the bike; the connection between rider and machine is so…

11 years ago

Reverence: Park Tool Super Patch

The first tire patch kit I ever owned came in a big green box, had several patches of various sizes…

11 years ago

Riding Without Data

I'm compliant with Rule #74: no Garmin, no cyclometer, just an uncluttered cockpit. I'm not anti-data, if I could generate…

11 years ago

Winter Training

Merckx famously professed that after a night of sinning, the body must be cleansed. He obviously meant this figuratively, not…

11 years ago

Guest Article: “The Journey Is The Thing”- Homer

Yvon Chounard may not be Homer but he is a worthy modern day wise man, he admonished, don't be a sports…

11 years ago

Mustache Monster Mash

My first bicycle opened a new world to me, one where range was measured by will and pedal revolutions, not…

11 years ago

La Vie Velominatus: Saleté Sacrée

A Velominatus maintains their machine with meticulous care, doting over it daily. A bicycle is a tool, but it is…

11 years ago

V-Announcements: New Photo Upload Tool

We interrupt our usual programming to announce that we have quietly been building and testing an upgraded photo upload tool,…

11 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: VVomen’s Chrono des Nations 2013

In the days of Anquetil, this was considered the most prestigious individual time trial on the calendar, and he made…

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

Made By Hand

It wasn't so long ago that the majority of bicycles were made by hand, from raw materials, in places that…

11 years ago

Through the Eyes of a Canine

I envy my dog. There is nothing in her life that can not be immediately obtained that she bothers herself…

11 years ago

Blueprint for The Rules

Every other Tuesday night, I put on my tweed jacket with the leather elbow patches, fill a Thermos with Earl…

11 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Tours 2013

Oh brothers and sisters, we find ourselves here again. It was but a few moments ago when the Milan-Sanremo VSP…

11 years ago

Descents are Not for Recovery. Recovery Ales are for Recovery.

My trouble isn't with being a good descender; it is with cornering and stopping - and sometimes both. Or, as…

11 years ago

Rouleur

Growing up, I imagine my dad did his fair share of worrying about me getting into trouble with chemicals and…

11 years ago

Photo Contest: The Ever-Present V

Five is an important number. Assuming nothing has gone amuck in our development or our usage of cutlery, we each…

11 years ago

Velominati Super Prestige: Il Lombardia 2013

Il Lombardia, this is the race of the fallen leaves. This fall classic is a beautiful race in a beautiful…

11 years ago

Front Chainrings and The Theory of Relativity

Disregarding my Schwinn Typhoon, I started keeping score with my 1976 Peugeot PX 10 LE. It came with a Stronglight…

11 years ago

La Vie Velominatus: The Choice

The only people I would care to be with now are artists and people who have suffered: those who know…

11 years ago