Author
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.
TCI Friday is a participation game. Read the topic below. Then throw in your two cents. Or ten.
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Video – Hannah Bergemann – Esperanto Extras
Obviously, I watch a lot of bike videos, and like many of you I have riders who excite me. Brandon Semenuk is, in my opinion, the steeziest rider who's ever set foot on a set!-->…
TCI Friday – Copper, Saffron, One Honest Person
Historically, the most valuable things in the world have been useful things, like copper, saffron, good steel, nuclear fissile material, etc. I count myself wealthy in as!-->…
Video – Loose in Bloom
I have to confess to a couple of ambivalences about this one. First, the music is awful. Second, this is more than one MTB video in a row, and I prefer to mix it up a bit!-->…
Video – Windfell
I keep tabs on Gee Atherton, mainly because his eponymous bike company is based in Machynlleth in Wales, near my family home. Basically, I'm a fan of anyone who is investing!-->…
TCI Friday – Passengers and Cruise Directors
I know a few people who ride one kind of bike in one kind of way, their whole lives, like they've found a sweet spot so sweet they never want anything else. I think that must!-->…
Video – Seven Serpents 2025
Well, this looks hard, but there IS a ferry transfer, maybe two of them, and I'm a sucker for a ferry.
Starting in Slovenia, riders get rolling views of castles, lakes,!-->!-->!-->…
TCIF – The Face or the Stomach
It's a classic trope of the tough-guy genre of film. The bad guys jump the good guy, and one of them holds him while the others work him over. It's not personal, you!-->…
Video – ö Clever / SH!T LIGHT
This video features Brandon Semenuk, Motörhead, and it's shot in black and white. I don't wanna say they made it for me, but they didn't not, if you know what I mean. Part of!-->…
TCIF – Storage Capacity
The funny thing about cargo pants is that very seldom are they actually transporting any cargo. What a strange flex it is indeed to walk around flaunting your capacity for!-->…