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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.
The Loam Ranger is clearly one of the best, most prolific and most successful MTB YouTubers, and there's a reason for that. This video, Everything I WISH I KNEW When I!-->…
The Lightning
One of the not-very-helpful pieces of advice I give inexperienced mountain bikers when they are struggling to clear an obstacle is, "Just let the bike roll over it. Do your!-->…
Video – Mind 3
By now you know I'm a total sucker for this stuff, street trials. I'd gladly trade any skill I've got with the keyboard for the mind-bending talent and balance it takes to do!-->…
You Should Maybe Change Your Socks
This piece appeared in Hokem Magazine, Issue 06.
Our heads were in our asses, clearly.
We sat on our bicycle seats and on recycled yoga mats and on city buses, thinking!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Doping
Do we care about doping anymore? We talk about it a lot less. Personally, I like talking about it a lot less, but I also wonder if that's an indication that we have, by and!-->…
Life Will Make You Old
This is true on a lot of levels, starting with the second law of thermodynamics which deals with entropy. But you know, sitting in a long meeting with a lot of humans,!-->…
Video – TROLLDOM
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are popular because they combine two great flavors into one product. Similarly, this video combines two things I love, mountain biking and doom!-->…
Anecdotally
I wish I was a data guy. The (present and) future belong to data people. Data doesn't lie, except when it's made to. Data paints a clear picture, very little shading. It!-->…
A Mountain Biking Vernacular
When first we meet a mountain bike we have only a limited vocabulary to communicate with it, just what we've been taught by our road bike maybe. Perhaps we bring some!-->…
Tour de France Femmes – 5 Things
The tale of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes is mainly another chapter in the splintering of talent in the women's pro peloton. Where Team SD Worx was once all conquering, two!-->…