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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.
I wish I was a data guy. The (present and) future belong to data people. Data doesn't lie, except when it's made to. Data paints a clear picture, very little shading. It!-->…
A Mountain Biking Vernacular
When first we meet a mountain bike we have only a limited vocabulary to communicate with it, just what we've been taught by our road bike maybe. Perhaps we bring some!-->…
Tour de France Femmes – 5 Things
The tale of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes is mainly another chapter in the splintering of talent in the women's pro peloton. Where Team SD Worx was once all conquering, two!-->…
Is It All Our Fault?
What is wrong with the bike industry? Well first, the industry creates new standards for no reason other than to sell us new stuff. Second, the industry tells us one thing is!-->…
The Skills That (Used to) Pay the Bills
By necessity, my mountain biking has changed since 1991, when I bought my first, fully rigid 26" wheeled bicycle. The adaptations have come in fits and starts. First,!-->…
Tour de France Hommes – 5 Things
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!-->…