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.
Roughly eighteen months ago I published my first Usless ReviewTM of How-To Videos. In re-reading I cringe a little, as I nearly always do when I revisit my work, but also!-->…
Video – 7 Commandments for the Wise Cyclist
I'm posting this the same day I'm posting a Useless Review about how I hate How-To videos, except actually this one really nails it. Every piece of advice here is, in my!-->…
Video – The Bike Commuters
I share a lot of videos here, and a lot of them showcase bike riding at the sharpest point of skill, speed or location. This one is just nice. It's about people riding bikes!-->…
TCI Friday
You're kind of a weirdo, and that makes the whole thing kinda a crapshoot. You board your plane. You eat your airline snack. You watch a movie you'd meaning to see. You land,!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Bike Jerseys
At some point in the history of humanity, someone thought, "What we need to put on for maximum bike riding enjoyment is like a sausage casing, but with pockets." And thus was!-->…
Your Favorite Bike Company Is Struggling
As a lot of people are aware, things are not well in the velo-verse. The fundamentals (e.g. inventory to cash ratios) have been bad for nearly two full seasons, and while I!-->…
3 Takeaways from the Vuelta Femenina
Eight days in Spain. A dramatic team time trial. A few sprint stages. A few summit finishes. A lot of crashes, and a restoring of some measure of order with Demi Vollering's!-->…
I Thought You Said You Were Good at This
A rock. A single rock. Not a rock garden. Not a slick rock. Not a rock wall. Not even a big rock. Just one rock, the size of a shoe box, right in the middle of a smooth, flat!-->…
TCI Book Club – God Is Dead by Andy McGrath
The full title of this engaging read from Andy McGrath, longtime editor of Rouleur magazine and stalwart freelance cycling journalist for an array of other British!-->…
Video – Tom LaMarche – Chi Town Baja
The thing about me is that I like pretty much all the kinds of bikes, ridden in pretty much all the kinda ways. Some people will look back on the fixie era as some sort of!-->…