Cycling
Rule #5a – Listen To Your Wife
Rule #5 of the Rules of the Cog (https://www.velominati.com/) is quite simple – Harden the Fuck Up. But what is not written is Rule #5a – Listen to you Wife. I went out for a ride today. Nothing new about that. I wanted to go for a good long ride from our home in Marseille…
Read MoreThe Wheels on the Bike Go Round and Round
The Girl – Half Ironman, Musselman, NY – 2025 When the Boy and the Girl were kids on their bikes, and if you gave them a full acre of asphalt, they would have still found a way to smash into each other. Cue the crying and screaming and scraped knees and that…
Read MoreBoy Meets Bike, Boy Looses Bike, Boy Reunited with Bike
The story goes that when as a kid I was presented with my first real bike with training wheels, I wanted to take it to bed with me. I cannot really remember, but it could very well be true. I like bikes. I always have and I suspect I always will.This though is…
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Mont Ventoux
After reading the post on the chatroom of the Gentlemen of La Pomme, I did not sleep. How would I get there, what would the weather be, could I do it, and of course, what would I wear? This was a few weeks ago when Patrick, one of the Gentlemen posted that he would be…
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The Road Less Travelled
The road less travelled is by its nature longer, harder and generally tougher. It may be more dangerous too. Sometimes it is barely a path at all. But, often (not always, but often) it is much more rewarding when you finally get to the destination.
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N+1
Rule No. 12 – While the minimum number of bikes one should own is three, the correct number is N+1 , where N is the number of bikes currently owned. This equation may also be re-written as S-1, where S is the number of bikes owned that would result in separation from your partner.…
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Bartali Cycling Club
Some people are members of multiple golf courses and county clubs. Others are members of multiple synagogues. Me, I am a member of multiple cycling clubs, and by extension, closets full of club kit. I am a one of the charter members of the Bartali Cycling Club in Toronto and a pretty new member of…
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