Mailbag

What gear ratios did WorldTour riders use on Monte Zoncolan? You have questions about the 2021 Giro d'Italia and we have answers.

Are riders at the Giro d'Italia still talking about the super tuck ban and litter zones? We field your questions.

What tires and pressure will the riders choose for Wednesday's strade bianche stage at the Giro d'Italia? We asked the experts.

In this overflow edition of Mailbag, we feature letters from readers that did not make it to print in our December issue

Landis, Lance, motors and the code of silence

Our readers speak out on Ben Day's tapeworm and Mark Cavendish's brash nature.

Readers weigh in on Cav's salute, Vino's return, Williams' suspension.

Vino's win, bottles in Belgium and frequent flyer tips

Our readers chime in on Alexander Vinokourov, the costs of flying with a bike and no-frills cycling.

Nicely priced parts, ridiculously priced tickets, roots of cycling

Bad influences, poor choices and trash talk

Readers weigh in on the Tour of California, April Fools and doping penalties

Economic impact of bike races, VeloSwap and a tiny track primer

Reader letters on collegiate cycling and female athletes

Polite women, the inclusion of collegiate racing and that DVD

Our readers pipe up on Lance Armstrong, bike theft and women's racing.

Our readers sound off on Alberto Contador's victory salute, Portuguese standout Tiago Machado and bringing track cycling to the Winter Games.

Readers weigh in on the Tour of California, Lance and collegiate racing.

Our readers weigh in on doping cases, the risks on the road and the Trek lawsuit.

Our readers weigh in on Tom Zirbel's positive and a winter warmup in Hawaii.

Our readers speak out on Lance, Landis and VeloNews TV.

Our readers weigh in on doctors' duties, the wording of the oath, the value of cutting & pasting and weight limits.

Our readers weigh in on the risks of EPO, the driver's choice of profession and our duties as road users.

Our readers weigh in on the Christopher Thompson case and the cost of cycling kit.

Our readers ask about the forum, offer advice about Versus on cable and weigh in on the decade's biggest scandal.

Our readers weigh in on the Tour de Georgia, Tom Zirbel's test results and the comments section on our new site.

Our readers weigh in on Wiggin's move, the dark days of winter and our new design

Readers offer opinions on Bradley Wiggins' move and wonder about these cold and dark days.

Readers weigh in on Wiggo's loyalty, jersey colors and the benefits of the war on dopers.

Our readers offer advice on collections, thoughts on Wiggo's move and the toughest time of the year.

Dear Velo, Anyone who throws a leg over the top tube's a cyclist!

Our readers weigh in on ballroom dancing as athleticism, bike registration and the simplicity of the brakeless fixie.

Our readers weigh in on brakes, fixie hipsters and the Explainer's view of the demands of dance.

Our readers weigh in on proposed laws in Philly, cops in Florida, Kazakh spending and sayin' hi to our two-wheeled brethren.

Our readers weigh in on the Olympics, contracts and our new design.

Our readers pipe up about rescuing track races, the proper pressure for ’cross clinchers and Contador's decision to stick with Astana.

Readers chime in on Olympic plans, tarnished silver and apologies.

Our readers weigh in on one reader's suggestion that jail time might be too harsh for the angry doctor of L.A.

I’ve had my share of run-ins with crazy motorists on the road, who are driven nuts by being held up for thirty seconds by a cyclist or two. However, I’ve had it happen to me in reverse.

Talking on your cell or texting is now illegal around here. It may not stop people from reading while driving, though!

I am a professional bicycle courier in Charlotte, North Carolina. The safest way to ride a bicycle in any traffic is to behave exactly as you would in an automobile.

Has Ben Delaney ever been to California? His story on the 2010 Tour of California route begins with "The 2010 Amgen Tour of California will venture high up into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, ..."

With most dividing issues there usually ends up being some sort of compromise solution, so here is mine for race radios.

As a trail runner for over 30 years and sometime mountain biker I can assure you that trail runners never forget about horseback riders

I'm not a lawyer either, but I believe Charles Pelkey’s interpretation of Virginia law is correct. Military members are subject to civil prosecution all the time.

As a physician and not an attorney, I would argue that this physician (see “California road-rage case heads for court”) should be charged with attempted manslaughter.

I frequently encounter joggers jogging against traffic in bike lanes that are clearly marked bike lanes, not multiuse lanes, and are in the street, even though a perfectly good sidewalk also runs along the street.

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”Accidental” ingestion?

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Three cheers for Michael: Cheer #1

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Give Evans his due!

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Spin doctors?

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The 800-pound gorilla

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Mountain bike birthers speak up against Levi

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Poetic congratulations

The video recap poetry made me smile,

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Less Badger!

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Looking forward to the radio ban

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Do touch that dial (and turn it off)

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Wisconsin mountain biking rocks!

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Price remembers Larsen

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Steve Larsen remembered

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Let the people speak!

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No longer a Hamilton fan

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Where's Devolder?

It's a bad habit, we know. But, for longer than anyone here can remember, the staff at VeloNews (the magazine) and now, VeloNews.com, has entertained itself by coming up with a handful of absurd stories on April 1. The goal is to make the stories just realistic enough to pull readers in and leave them wondering — or perhaps seething — at the absurdity, until they look at a calendar.

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