Tag: Tom Boonen
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Tommeke On The Pingers
Click or not: Tommeke On The PingersIf you’ve ever wondered what Tom Boonen would look like full of MDMA and pumping it out to terrible Belgian Gabba (and who hasn’t), well wonder no more. With most of the crowd being either 12 or over 60, some dude wearing a bumbag under his armpit yelling at them and a bunch of skinny… …
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Ride. Run. Play. Ep 1
Click or not: Ride. Run. Play. Ep 1The correlation between cycling and music is one we take seriously here, and one that runs deep within the ranks of riders and musicians alike. Cyclists who play and players who ride exist from the grassroots to the very top of both pursuits, and DeFeet are celebrating the marriage with a series of videologs starring… …
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Roubaix Week: Believing In Boonen
Click or not: Roubaix Week: Believing In BoonenThe final curtain of any storied career inevitably falls some time, and for Tom Boonen that times comes on Sunday. One last lap and a half around the velodrome, how will it be taken, in a sprint, solo, ahead or behind. This will be something special, whichever way it plays out. …
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Something About Tommeke
Click or not: Something About TommekeNow, my Flemish is pretty well non-existent, but apparently Ziet Den Tom translates to See Tom Go, something the cycling world will sadly be doing for the final time after Paris-Roubaix in April. Hopefully he’ll be holding a big cobble above his head for the fifth time that day.In the meantime we can revel in… …
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Tommeke
Click or not: TommekeWhen it comes to legends of the road, there are few in the modern era that come close to Tom Boonen. Equal record holder at Paris-Roubaix, he came oh-so-close to getting his fifth win on the hallowed velodrome last April, and almost as close to a second World road race title in October. His versatility… …
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Taking The Edge Off: The New Roubaix And Ruby
Click or not: Taking The Edge Off: The New Roubaix And RubyWe’ve said it before, if you’re going to do a launch then make it cool. While ChainSlap didn’t get an invite with the international media for the launch of new Roubaix and Ruby, the lucky ones who did were treated to some real-world testing on the pavé of Belgium and Northern France, from where the bike’s name… …