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.
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was an experimental neurologist (among other smart guy stuff) who discovered what's called classical conditioning, basically the association through!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Half-Wheeling
OK. I titled this (entirely useless) review "half-wheeling," when its proper name is "filthy half wheeling." If you don't know what I'm talking about, I want you to look in!-->…
Video – How to Win Tour of Flanders
Well, here we are on the eve of the Tour of Flanders, the legendary race of Flandrian cobbled climbs (as opposed to Paris-Roubaix which races over flat cobbles). Flanders is!-->…
TCI Friday
Having sold bikes and components for a living I have visited bike shops near and far. And despite having been in so, so many of them, I'm never not interested to see what's!-->…
A Useful Review – Clif Bloks Energy Chews
I’ve used Clif Bloks for years, despite their intentional misspelling of both 'cliff' and 'block.' Grammar problems aside, nary a ride, run, hike or other multi-hour!-->…
Smoothies
"Here! Try this! It's good for you!" Consider this series of statements. If it comes from a stranger, I'd wager only about one-in-ten of us reaches out a hand to take "this."!-->…
In Lieu of Flowers
We have been living in our Sandwich Days, my wife and I, with the two-sided strain of raising our kids and also caring for our aging parents. We've lost a few of those!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Optimization
You should eat better. I should too. Kale. Acai bowls. Superfoods and antioxidants. Fish oil. High calcium micro greens. Take a supplement, but make sure it's absorbable.!-->…
In Olden Times
I wrote this one about ten years ago, but I've had this ride (and this piece) on my mind lately, because it represents one of the high points of my riding life, the perfect!-->…
Video – The Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships
The Dutch are way ahead of us on things like climate change preparedness and wooden shoe wearing, so you should watch this video with the understanding that it likely!-->…