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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.
You might have seen this. It went viral. At first, I thought, "Yeah, bro. Good one." But then as I thought harder about it, I thought, "Hell yes." This is exactly the sort of!-->…
A Useful Review – Wolf Tooth Supple Bar Tape
Wolf Tooth Supple Bar Tape is 5mm thick. Yes, you heard that right, 5mm thick. This stuff is a love seat for your hands. There’s an argument to be made that sometimes too!-->…
Women’s Giro d’Italia – Three Takeaways
It's over. Elisa Longo Borghini defied (my) expectations and closed out her Giro win on Stage 8 with a dominating performance to distance the incredibly powerful Lotte!-->…
Video – Josh Lewis Orange Section
The riding in this video is dumb, and that's why I love it. For the most part, the mountain bike short edit form is dead. Brandon Semenuk killed it. And now we're just seeing!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Gojo
GOJO is a pumice infused hand cleaner, basically soap on PEDs. It has a natural orange scent. If you would like to clean your hands, perhaps after doing some light bicycle!-->!-->…
Video – Ladies Night
Here's what it's about. Riding with friends on the regular. Pushing each other. Encouraging each other. Making fun of each other. Having tons of fun.
These ladies have!-->!-->!-->…
The Missing Cyclists
There are too many of them to put on a poster or on the side of a milk carton. And it's not that they were taken, or that they ran away, it's that they never existed. And!-->…
Video – Demi Vollering ‘I’m a Killer’
As I said on the Paceline yesterday, I believe sports are just character-driven narrative, and since I spent so much time breaking down the men's Tour on that show, I was!-->…
TCI Friday – Tour 2024
The Tour kicks off tomorrow in Florence, which is in Italy last I checked, and doesn't get to France until Stage 4. That's nothing shocking since the Tour usually starts!-->…
Introducing Mischief Bikes – Your Orthopedist Will Build You a Bike Now
Life is charmingly strange sometimes. For example, here are some seemingly disparate facts of my existence that converged recently and begat the interview that follows.
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