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Emlyn Lewis
Robot fell in love with cycling watching the older neighborhood kids ride wheelies down the street. It was the early '70s, and Evel Knievel was jumping motorcycles over buses. Everything seemed possible. From that moment, the die was cast (iacta alia est).
He studied philosophy in college, of course he did. That's what idealists do, romantics, kids who think there must be a better way. At the same time, bikes were carrying him everywhere, delivering all of life's gifts and surprises. Occasionally he crashed and didn't mind.
The men's Tour is over with some predictable results and some less predictable outcomes. In my preview, I predicted two of the three podium spots, although they weren't!-->…
Sound is Frictive
You know what makes ninjas so cool? They move silently up drainpipes, across rooftops, always in the shadows, before they do whatever ninja job they have planned. You think!-->…
Video – FDJ-SUEZ Prepares for the Tour de France Femmes
The Tour de France is over, and the Tour de France is about to begin. As the men wrap up in Paris, the women set off from Vannes, and all the big teams are desperate for a!-->…
Bike Adjacent
Last year my friend Bob asked me if I wanted to work on a zine with him. The idea was to do a print piece for cyclists that wasn't about bikes, but about all the other things!-->…
Riding Bikes in the Age of Anxiety
One of the hallmarks of the Age of Anxiety* is that bad news, really the worst news, reaches you much more quickly and from a lot more places. A compounding issue is what I!-->…
The Bikes These Days
I tell you, the bikes these days. How do you even understand them. As "bike nerds" have gotten nerdier, putting together more and more specialized (pun entirely intended)!-->…
Video – History of the Hautacam
This year's Tour de France goes to the legendary Hautacam climb on Stage 12. Many are expecting the race to blow up there. It's long and steep and attritional, tailor made!-->…
Feeling the Need for Speed
Let's talk about what we feel when we ride a bicycle. The truth is what we feel isn’t necessarily what we’re experiencing. And if that sounds odd, let me start by giving you!-->…
The Physical Politics of the Thing
‘Politics' as a general term describes the way groups make decisions about issues that affect that group. Some of this decision making is deliberative, as you might see in!-->…
Video – The World’s Best Descender
I think I'm pretty good at going downhill on a bike. As anecdotal evidence, my friends always send me down a steep, technical trail first (though in retrospect this might be!-->…