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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.
There is a paradox at the heart of human consciousness. Our time here is limited, and yet, to enjoy that time we often need to slow down. How does a person cram it all in,!-->…
Video – Carbon Manufacturing at TIME
TIME does not do it like the others. Here's a backstage look at the entire process of forming, bonding and finishing a carbon fiber bike frame. You won't get this from most!-->…
Video – Ultimate Saddle Comfort
This fella is a friend of a friend of mine and a real mover and shaker in the parts of the bike fitting world that get talked about not enough. It's also a good basic review!-->…
TCI Friday
Nearly every bike you see in a bike shop or on a website has been spec'd by a product manager, a person who takes the frame the company produces and decides what parts should!-->…
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Maybe you just watched Tadej Pogačar win the Giro d'Italia, though 'win' hardly describes what he did over 21 racing stages. Pogačar won 6 stages, including a time trial and!-->…
The One Step Guide to Buying a Bicycle
I took a friend to buy a new bike. This friend is relatively new to mountain biking and had never been to a shop for the express purpose of buying a bike before. I am an!-->…
Revolting 129
Emerging Patterns from the Swirling Chaos. Ain’t it just the case that you reach these points in your life where you think you have some things figured out, you can see the!-->…
TCI Friday
We ride bikes for fun. Right? Wait. Is that right? No. We ride our bikes for transportation. Yeah. OK. Can transportation also be fun though? I suppose, if done right. It's!-->…
An Uncomfortable Pause
"Oh, AH!" my Welsh grandfather would say, seemingly out of nowhere. This meant 'oh, aye,' or 'oh, yes,' an assent to no proposition, a way to fill empty air, as when the!-->…
Video – Hans Rey – The Next Frontier
This video has a lot of my favorite things in it. I'm an unabashed fan of Hans Rey's work, not just his trials riding, not just his free riding, not just his riding at all,!-->…