The very first time I ever pulled a tire and tube off of a rim it made an impression on…
I appreciate my helmet. I treat it with respect. I never leave for a ride without it. I replace it…
To Look Pro is to strive to Look Fantastic and to be at our ease on a bicycle. It is…
In our continuing guest article series, @eightzero weighs in on the modern cycling jersey. It's made of some unholy material…
Steel Gazelles, check. Monster fork rake, check. Hairnets, check. North European monsoon, check. Flemish Mirror, check. Chain welded to the Big Ring,…
There was a time when bicycles were lovingly handmade by artisans who themselves loved the sport more than those for whom they…
In my favorite scene from Lawrence of Arabia, T.E. Lawrence, after lighting a colleague's cigarette, allows the match to burn down to his…
Johnny Hoogerland, on receiving the Tour de France Rule #5 Award: I normally don't drink that much beer anymore but…
There isn't a lot about a climb several kilometers long ending in a sustained 20% cobbled gradient that communicates 'Attack'…
It's referred to as the Hell of the North not for the misery the race causes on its riders, but…
It hasn't always been this way, where we thoughtlessly disembogue 140 characters or less in messages sent into a medium…
If the road is the cathedral where we go to worship at the altar of Merckx then the workshop must…
Last week we announced a new section on Velominati devoted to the great cathedral of our sport, The Rides. More than just…
It's no secret that the cobbles are the domain of the big men. Look through the list of winners in…
Three is a big deal. There are three constituents to an atom, there are three main classifications of galaxies, we…
I peer into my V-Pint, seeking out the V-Cog in its base as the hoppy taste of a local IPA…
I would have put this under the new "Belgian Affirmations" category, but was overcome with fear that King Kelly would…
What Gianni humbly omitted from his last article is that once he finishes ranting about sock color (actually, the lack…
Rule 28: "White is old school cool. Black is cool too, but were given a bad image by a Texan…
Andrei Tchmil got so tired of the palpable disappointment of not being Belgian that he decided to become one. Envision…