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.

Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
Have you ever met a person who, if everybody likes a particular thing, dislikes it on principle? Sort of a mix of curmudgeon and contrarian. Like a contramudgeon. There. I…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
It was the '70s, and I was in awe. Evel Knievel was jumping a Harley over buses, and Scott Wesson was riding wheelies all the way down our suburban street. These were feats…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
It's a thinky time of life, isn't it? Everyone stuck at home. Trying to work. Trying not kill their family. I don't know about you, but I'm erring on the side of too damn…
Op-Ed

Back to the Dirt

Emlyn Lewis
It's all going that way. The animating idea in cycling, after the mountain bike boom of the '90s, was a swing back to road riding, road racing, everything on pavement. A…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
I have good news everybody. The presidential election is coming up, and whoever wins is probably gonna cure Covid-19, because that's what presidents do. Am I right?!?! No.…
Op-Ed

The Villager

Emlyn Lewis
My brother was the sort of character you could never quite figure out. He could say and do horrible things. He could be malicious and dumb. He was chaotic and unpredictable.…

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