The Virtual Musette: A Road Cycling Blog

Musette [myoo zet] - French term for the over-the-shoulder food bags given to riders while passing through designated feed zones.

The aim of this site is to provide information, observations, interviews, reviews, and other miscellaneous tidbits about the world of road biking, served with healthy helpings of opinions from your host, The Team Chef.

Like the contents of a racer's musette, I hope you find the items in this digital food bag easy to chew, swallow, and digest. 

If you'd like to send me some food for thought, you can e-mail me at theteamchef@yahoo.com

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• The Missing Years - War, Injury, and Illness, Part 3 of 3
• Tour of Flanders Trivia
• Cycling Revealed Trivia + Podium Cafe
• Linus Gerdemann - Cycling's next superstar?
• The Missing Years - War, Injury, and Illness, Part 2
• Road to Roubaix DVD
• The Missing Years - War, Injury, and Illness
• Win a Colnago CLX + RoadBikeRides.com
• Vintage Musettes and T-shirts
• Comparing Cycling's Great Eras, Part 4 of 4
• Comparing Cycling's Great Eras, Part 3
• Comparing Cycling's Great Eras, Part 2
• Comparing Cycling's Great Eras, Part 1
• Flanders Legends - Museuuw and Magni
• The Top 25 Riders of the Modern Era, Part 1
• Milan - San Remo 1948 - Coppi takes a musette
• TVM Hall of Shame Inductees
• Astanagate
• Choosing a Saddle
• Road to Roubaix
• Favorite Gear
• Wim Van Est + Cycling Revealed
• Flat Tire Mayhem + Annoying Bike Noises + Home Mechanic Resources
• Monte Paschi Eroica revisited + L'Eroica
• The Team Chef is cooking again
• Cyclefilm + Cyclosportives
• An Italian Cycling Legend
• Eroica, the new Classic
• Dirty Bike Clothes
• Small Bike Parts

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    Hard-to-find small parts
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    Climb data and ride reports
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    Favorite beer
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    Track blog from Down Under
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    Advocacy and link blog
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    Climb data and pictures
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    Fantasy cyling game
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    Travel guide to cycling
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    Cycling in the Alps
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    Video interviews, news, and more
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    Team reference guide
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    Richard Lee's cycling paintings
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    Bicycle painting and restoration
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    Classic American Beach Cruisers
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    Reviews of all things roadie related
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    Cycling gear at steep discounts
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    Cycling art by Steve Dennis
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    Cycle paintings by Tracy Bailey Holmes
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    Cycling Art of Jeremy Mallard
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    Cycling art of Rob Ijbema