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.

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On Expertise

Emlyn Lewis
In the 45 or so years I've been riding bikes, I've ridden a hell of a lot more than some people and a hell of a lot less than some others. I've been writing about bikes for…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
These are the hard months, January and February. The light slowly creeps back into the days, but it's persistently cold and snow and ice are not the best substrates for…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
I just got back from New Zealand, where riding a bike is a real good idea. In fact, there's a lifetime of riding there, and I've only just scratched the surface of the…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 356

Emlyn Lewis
Today we talk about New Zealand. John is just back from some of the best riding of his life, and so we break down why it's a mountain biking paradise, how friendly the people…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
I thought I knew what I thought about a thing, an unimportant thing, and then Padraig said what he thought about it, and that threw the whole thing into confusion again.…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
I'm not getting any younger and neither are you. It's a cruel fact, but maybe a useful one, because here's the thing, life benefits from urgency. If we had all the time in…

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