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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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Revolting 149

Emlyn Lewis
Natural Born Killers. There are aliens among us, people endowed with extraordinary abilities and no fucks to give. They don’t need expensive equipment. They don’t need a very…
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How to Dodge Bullets

Emlyn Lewis
The bullets come flying, but at this point in the film, you know they're not going to kill the chosen one, Neo, Keanu Reeves in a leather trench coat. Instead, the bullets…
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The New Road Culture

Emlyn Lewis
We had a comment not too many months back from a longtime reader who said, in effect, he was going to stop reading the site, because he thought it had become too gravel and…
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The Compulsion to Ride

Emlyn Lewis
We've come to understand our behavior and choices in terms of chemicals. Certain stimuli (hugs, coffee, bike rides, social media scrolling, etc.) produce certain responses…

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