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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.

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Reinventing the Wheel

Emlyn Lewis
Like you, I sometimes chafe at the things the bike industry tries to sell me, the volume of hype cranked to 11, the dubious tales of limitless speed and comfort and…
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Revolting 90

Emlyn Lewis
Do You Have to Breathe So Loud? This week is about roommates. Good ones. Bad ones. The collaborative chaos of cohabitation, and maybe, the joys of living alone, either as the…
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Riding There

Emlyn Lewis
Fez asked where we were going, and I said I didn't know. We were pedaling along at a pretty good clip, and he had inferred some sense of urgency, a need to get somewhere, so…
Talk

Revolting 89

Emlyn Lewis
Where the F*%$ is Waldo? Most of us are home bodies who also crave adventure. We hate leaving home a lot of days, but if you’ve got plane tickets, we’ve got backpacks. Today…
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The Model Year Mistake

Emlyn Lewis
A new model year can be exciting. New things often are. But a time stamp is also a license to depreciate. Every new model year becomes a past model year, even an "old" model…

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