Revolting 87
A Love Note to Cycling. Riding bikes doesn’t suck, no matter what Stevil says. And some people have real style and grace on the bike in a way that’s inspiring, and so today…
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The Business of Bikes in 2023
A month or so back I wrote a post about it being a particularly optimal time to buy a new bike, due to a massive glut of post-pandemic inventory. That post shockingly and…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Aluminum
Once upon a time in my early teen years, I needed money. I forget what for, but it must have been critically important, because my father suggested I collect aluminum cans…
Revolting 86
The East Coast – West Coast Beef.
This episode is about figuring out which of the Robot/Stevil autonomous units is the correct and original one by dissecting the quality…
The Lemonade Stand
I should have read the signs the night before, when Fez suggested riding later in the morning and closer to home. If I'd followed that thread and joined that ride, I would…
Video – 2023 Giro Donne
Annemiek van Vleuten is retiring at the end of this season, and you could forgive her if she just used the 2023 races as a victory lap on one of the great all-time pro…
Rolling Car Outs
By now you're aware that the Earth's atmosphere is heating at an alarming rate due to an excess of carbon dioxide, the byproduct of more or less every energy burning…
A Force for Good
Historically, I’ve been critical of the bike industry for virtually everything, for the too fast pace of innovation, for the narrow approach to that innovation. Kinda for…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Burritos
Let's cut to the chase. The burrito is probably one of nature's few perfect foods. Protein, grain, vegetable, dairy, all delicious, and all in its own edible wrapper. A tour…
The Beater Bike
My gateway into adult cycling was a Trek Antelope 800 I bought my sophomore year in college. This was nominally an entry level mountain bike, but I used it exclusively as an…