Cogal Report: Bay Area Cogal 2013
Sometime this spring I got an email from @xyverz suggesting a second annual bay area cogal, along with some route suggestions. Before long, plans coalesced around a ride starting near Palo Alto, going...
View Article2013 London Cogal Report or the Shipping Forecast
I realise that I may never live this down, and that my reputation within the Velominati community will be damaged irreparably, but I’m out. – Anonymous AKA @936ADL Despite the endless talk of tea and...
View ArticleMidwinter Cogal Report: Amsterdam-Utrecht 2013
@Marco’s take Somewhere midway, I realized: looking fantastic while riding batshit fast through unknown territory in Rule #9 conditions in mid-December is hard. The shortest day seemed appropriate for...
View ArticleMidwinter Metric Meiklour Cogal Report 2013
The view from Strahlubnaig. December 21st, 2013, at latitude 56 ½ degrees North, a little before 9am, and of course not fully light yet in this small corner of north west Europe, where the shortest day...
View ArticleCogal Report: Fleurieu Peninsula
Fleurieu Peninsula – Velominati Cogal 8th Feb 2014. Notable quotes to sum up the ride that nearly wasn’t. “You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.” Dr. Seuss -“The difference between...
View ArticleThe Rules Goes on the Road-NYC
Here are a few lessons learned while in New York City. I’m sure leaving a bar at one o’clock in the morning is not how the serious riders prepare for a ride with a 9 o’clock morning roll-out. I am...
View ArticleEast Bay Cogal 2014 Report
@Nate’s take This year it was time for the Bay Area Cogal to visit my home turf in the East Bay. To make it more than just a long ride on roads I have ridden many times, and instigated by @EricW, the...
View ArticleCogal Report – 2015 CogAdelaide
Mikael’s view It seems that getting these Cogals off the ground is never without its challenges. Last year required a borrowed bike & 100k worth of riding the night before just to get to the start...
View ArticleCogal Report: Velominati Dutch Mid-Winter Cogal, 2015
@Ruud deserves a lot of credit for his stubborn Dutchness. Nothing was going to stop his mid-winter Cogal. I am not seeing the traditional drinking post-script for the Cogal report but I’ll assume...
View ArticleLondon-Chilterns Cogal Report
Attention all hands, we have a cogal report! Thanks to @ChrisO for pulling this all together. We have no photos of the pint drinking but we’ll overlook that. Here is a link to the photo album. Chapeau...
View ArticleCogal Report: Sussex Cogal 2016
Someone is taking this Cogal thing seriously, except for the malted recovery beverage drinking part. And maybe we need to remove the “casually deliberate” from route pace description. One person’s...
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