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.
TV Had Rotted Our Minds Long Before the Internet Came Along. You must see that the Internet is just the Choose Your Own Adventure version of television, and long before the!-->…
Paceline Tandem – Andy McGrath on Tadej Pogačar
Our guest today is Andy McGrath, author of the new Tadej Pogačar biography Unstoppable. He’s been editor of Rouleur magazine and chief reporter at Cycling Weekly. He’s won!-->…
Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable by Andy McGrath
If you're 27-years old and someone writes your biography, then you must have done some pretty remarkable stuff, and thus appears this first attempt to understand the Pogačar!-->…
There’s No Revolting, But There Is Cyclocross
Revolting is taking a week off to do laundry and pay bills. We'll be back next week.
In the meantime, did you see the cyclocross last weekend? It was sick.
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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 – That je ne sais quoi
TCI Friday is a participation game. Read the topic below. Then throw in your two cents. Or ten.
Je ne sais quoi is French for "I don't know what," or more colloquially!-->!-->!-->…
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!-->…
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 – 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!-->…