tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post7193403492177113786..comments2024-03-08T14:27:48.599-08:00Comments on albertnet: 37 Velominati Rules You Can IgnoreDana Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13488621586586091954noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-79852263539564368152018-10-02T21:48:12.765-07:002018-10-02T21:48:12.765-07:00The rules are a joke that too many people think ar...The rules are a joke that too many people think are real. Time to end the rules https://getmytravelingshoes.wordpress.com/2018/03/24/time-to-end-the-reign-of-the-velominati-let-the-resistance-begin/Michael D. Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13385412944156634796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-14497385411325407862014-07-08T10:17:16.748-07:002014-07-08T10:17:16.748-07:00Once again, missing the point by at least a mile. ...Once again, missing the point by at least a mile. Maybe more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570115619152468173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-62339117552377856972014-06-02T17:05:42.541-07:002014-06-02T17:05:42.541-07:00Good work Dana. Those rules are ultimately a joyle...Good work Dana. Those rules are ultimately a joyless attempt at hipsterism. The main problem with them is that the genuinely funny parts are overwhelmed by the unfunny parts, the parts that show little more than inexperience (e.g., descending), and the clumsy efforts to create a tongue-in-cheek formula for being cool. What makes it even stranger is that other posts on that site suggest a genuine appreciation of something the rules end up making fun of, even if unintentionally. When I was a kid just starting out I gobbled everything up that had anything to do bike racing because it was so damn rare. But even back then, I knew the difference between experienced riders and “café pros.” In apparently trying to distance themselves from being café pros, i.e., poseurs, that’s what they’ve become.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979956425600899566noreply@blogger.com