Merckxy Christmas

Merckxy Christmas and a Coppi New Year

To each and every one of you in our community, we’d like to express our heartfelt gratitude for your continued support and involvement in our community.

Velominati is a project born of passion more than planning, and the fact that we’ve managed to gain your support means the world to us; over the years I’ve come to consider many of you friends, despite never (or rarely) having met any of you in person. Our Cogals are a testament to how our community straddles the physical and virtual worlds and it continues to amaze me; when I founded Velominati in 2009 and Bretto jumped on board soon after, I never imagined where this would go. Thanks to each of you for the gift you give us Keepers by being part of the community and letting your voice be heard (even when that voice is telling us we’re a bunch of idiots – you’re not wrong.)

In the spirit of the community, we are also excited to hint at a major refresh of the site to be launched later this week. Our site’s design, done by KRX-10 in 2009, has aged better than most, but design and technology has evolved considerably and it’s time for an update. The first step is a ground-up rebuild of the site with some exciting new features including basic social networking features including friending and following fellow community members, as well as the ability to privately message each other. We feel this will greatly enhance the sense of community. Consider that our Christmas gift to you for 2015, but more features will follow throughout 2015, so buckle your seatbelts!

Thanks go to each and every one of you for your contribution and loyalty; we wish you a Merckxy Christmas, one and all!

Yours for ever in Cycling,

– Frank, Brett, Gianni, Marko, and Jim

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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mcsqueak says:

Dec 29 2014 at 11:11 am

Well I'll be!
PeakInTwoYears says:

Dec 29 2014 at 11:20 am

@Geraint

I personally very much like the new look, especially the tabbed setup on the mid-right that allows selection of recent/popular topics. Great work, as always, thank you.

@Geraint Thanks for pointing that out.

@frank, a suggestion for a minor edit: it appears that while "posts" (perhaps unsurprisingly) refers to posts, "popular" and "latest" refer to articles. Maybe flag those accordingly?

Thanks again for all your work!
frank says:

Dec 29 2014 at 11:34 am

@Geraint

It's all a big symbiotic circle; without you this place would just be V narcissists telling each other how cool we all are.

@PeakInTwoYears

I don't think there's enough room, but I'll see what I can do!

@mcsqueak

Well look who showed up!
frank says:

Dec 29 2014 at 11:35 am

@Chris

@frank

You've managed some Dr Who style awesomeness with the new update and torn a hole in the very fabric of the corporate security that prevented posting previously.

What happened, did you get a V-Screwdriver for Christmas?

No idea what specifically would have fixed that but the whole infrastructure is rebuilt. Also, the login page has lost the infuriating text along the top that I could never track down.
mcsqueak says:

Dec 29 2014 at 1:07 pm

@frank

I'm always lurking, just not much to contribute as of late. Just took a new job and will have an office downtown so hopefully that will mean more bike commuting for me.
Oli says:

Dec 29 2014 at 2:39 pm

@brett

@All

Don't take it personally if I reject any friend requests... I don't do them on facebook and I won't be doing them here. Doesn't mean I don't like you all though!

I've been FB friends with you three times, I think. No one has defriended me more. I see we aren't friends again so don't expect me to talk to you next time we have beers, you snob.
frank says:

Dec 30 2014 at 10:04 am

@Oli

Brett's natural charm has made him a good sprinter.
brett says:

Dec 30 2014 at 10:48 am

@Oli

@brett

@All

Don't take it personally if I reject any friend requests... I don't do them on facebook and I won't be doing them here. Doesn't mean I don't like you all though!

I've been FB friends with you three times, I think. No one has defriended me more. I see we aren't friends again so don't expect me to talk to you next time we have beers, you snob.

Don't feel special, I hate everyone equally.
brett says:

Dec 30 2014 at 10:51 am

But isn't it great to see the old school back on board, @Oli, @mcsqueak, @cyclops et al... now where's @gphant, @g'rilla and @roadslave525?
brett says:

Dec 30 2014 at 11:00 am

And just as I typed that, an email from Gphant himself...

Check this out: Pride of place at the counter of a bustling bookstore in Chelsea Markets, NYC (where we are for a couple of weeks). Apparently they sell "a lot" of The Rules. Happy New Year, you fuckers. - Fat Phant