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.
It is interesting to me that the one piece of "equipment" integral to the completion of any long ride gets discussed so little, that we don't talk about chamois (plural and!-->…
TCI Friday
I have been going back through the (really rather massive) archive of writing that Padraig and I (to a lesser extent) compiled at Red Kite Prayer, partly to recycle old ideas!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews—Electrical Tape
It might be clear at this point that I find a particular inspiration and glee in the objects cycling takes from other walks of life (who would walk?!?!) and makes them ours,!-->…
TCI Friday
Like you, I've had gratitude bouncing around my brain for the last couple days. I have so much to be thankful for that it's hard to know where to begin. In a year when the!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Milk Crate
The first and best use for the "milk crate" is actually to hold records, so I don't know why it's still called a milk crate. It might also be called "your college book case"!-->…
TCI Friday
This is Django. He might be 6-years-old. He has an underbite, that makes it look like he's possibly angry with you. He isn't. He's just sorta ugly, which turns out to be one!-->…
New Bike Day
New Bike Day is like a birthday that falls on Christmas, but in a leap year during a full moon when your tax refund arrives in the mail and your grandmother drops off a fresh!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – That Angry Dog
Something prehistoric is happening in that angry dog's brain, some chemical echo of protecting the pack from real danger. As a result, something prehistoric is happening in!-->…
TCI Friday
I got hit by a car once (actually a few times), but this particular time it took an odd psycho-emotional toll on me that affected my riding for nearly a year. The wrist I!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Your Power Meter
What I'm about to tell you is based on a careful examination of statistics pertaining to the full range of human power output per kilogram. The news is both good and not as!-->…