Reverence: DeFeet Wooleators
Cyclists love socks. I know I do. I’d make a point of collecting as many pairs as I could from every race, event, shop or…
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2014
Three Points in Space
Most great ideas in life are accompanied by an unforeseen consequence of equal or greater magnitude. For instance, no one predicted that the Industrial Revolution…
The Cleansing
After a night of sinning, the body must be cleansed. -The Prophet, Eddy Merckx After a week away in Atlanta for business, I feel thick and…
End of an Error
Jens Voigt is set to retire as we speak, having one final crack at a long break in some race in the Cycling backwater of…
The Unknown
The future is dark, which is the best thing the future can be, I think.– Virginia Woolf Our actions lie on the horizon of the…
Guest Article- An Invitation to Suffer: The Rapha Manchester to London Challenge
I have met @chris on the original Keepers Tour. He seemed like a reasonable person at the time. Then again, @rob passes himself off as…
Freedom
Choice, or the perception of it, is one of the most powerful forces on Earth. The great secret lies in the locus of control, which suggests that…
Not Forgotten: Jon Lennard, aka @itburns
I bought a Road ID the day I learned of Jon Lennard’s death on August 12, 2013. Someone in the posts of the original announcement…
Joe Kid on a Moto-Bike
Never forget your roots, they say… OK, I’m a child of the 70’s, and back then bicycles were as big a part of my life as…
Guest Article: Reflections on Parenthood
If @steampunk can’t take much credit here I guess we can’t take any. We can take pleasure is seeing someone’s kid hauling ass on a…
Kermis: Breaking Away
July 13 2014 marked the 35th anniversary of the seminal ‘cycling film’ Breaking Away. 35 years. Nothing stays popular for that long, right? Things get…
Preloading The Brain
Brett’s fine Nick Cave article got me thinking about music and cycling. We spend lots of time alone on our bikes. The bike is on autopilot,…
Awesome German Guys- Der Panzerwagen
After Stage V there was Stage 9, where the World TT champion earned the dotty jumper. In case you missed it, Stage 9 was a…
The V Stages Of V
It’s no coincidence that Stage Five of the Tour was not only the best one to watch, or that it helped decide the race before nary…
The Will
No technology can increase the energy of the willpower of the rider, nor can it lessen the doubts which sometimes overwhelm him. – Bernard Hinault…
Look Pro: The Whale Shark
The Whale Shark is the biggest nonmammalian vertebrate* on the planet, rivaling the dinosaurs for size. How do you feed yourself when you’re that huge without loading up on…
The Mercy Seat
It began when they come took me from my home And put me in Dead Row, Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know.…
Anatomy of a Photo: Bringing Back The Hour
Brad Wiggins is sitting at home, watching his team implode at a Tour de France he was not invited to. What’s on his mind? An…
White Lightning Shades
I like definition, to place things in a box and tightly seal the lid. It makes me feel comfortable, like another of life’s little mysteries has…
Rule #33 and the Summer Barbecue
Rule #33- Legs are to be carefully shaved at all times. This is one of the Rules that really defines the term Cyclist to the Velominati.…