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.
On the Paceline yesterday, Patrick and I talked about how the people in our lives either encouraged or discouraged us from riding our bikes. I'm fortunate in that I've almost!-->…
Video – Tread the Movie, Official Trailer
I recall sitting on the couch in my friend Charlie's apartment, watching this movie on VHS, in the afterglow of an early mountain bike ride. I wanted to live Greg Herbold's!-->…
An Unexpected Tipping Point
The pedal bike may have reached the end of its evolutionary path. That's maybe a shocking thing to say, but consider that almost no meaningful design advances have been made!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Chunder
Chunder is a Bro term that describes loose rocky, technical terrain. A trail might have a lot of chunder on it or even be 'chunderous.' The etymology may include the words!-->…
Video – Seeking Perfection – Emil Johansson
Here we have a unique pairing, Emil Johansson a technically superior slopestyle mountain biker, and the sort of film making equipment that can turn all the tropes of your!-->…
TCI Friday – False Dichotomies
The human mind loves contrasts, light and dark, left and right, here and there. Digital. We deal far less well with shades of gray, despite the world we live being little!-->…
Two Fears
Bob left early with the fishing guide, leaving me with the truck and the rest of the day to find my own adventure. We'd met up in New Zealand for 10 days to hang out and!-->…
The Last Rider & the 1989 Tour de France
Churchill (might have) said, "History is written by the victors." I doubt sincerely he had bike races in mind, but I think the truism holds. Most American people understand!-->…
Video – Missy Giove
People who weren't paying attention remember Missy Giove for the big pot bust she was caught up in after she stopped riding fulltime, and that's a shame, because there was a!-->…
TCI Friday – New Adventures
One of the nice things about January is that the whole year looks like possibility still, a blank canvas to project dreams and goals onto. Even if you've had an inauspicious!-->…