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.
Oh, Italy, cut it out. You're just too goddamned cute. For those unaware of L'Eroica, it's a sort of OG gravel event. Riders are required to ride period bicycles and!-->…
Dying to Get Home
Data science has made massive strides in the last decade. It's the evil magic that allows retailers to buttonhole you wherever you go, and the good magic that lets us!-->…
A Useful Review – Fillo’s Walking Tamales
I'm no food blogger, but I love when I discover a thing that's not meant for cycling but ends up being perfect for cycling, so I'm telling you about these ready-to-eat!-->…
TCI Book Club – Michael Pollan’s Food Rules
If there's anything I hate more than a diet book, it's a LONG diet book. Let's also distinguish a diet, a short-term plan to lose weight, from Diet, the way you eat every!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Coasting
Do this. Get on a bike, your favorite bike, and find a good flat surface, maybe even a downhill stretch. Now put in two or three hard pedal strokes, then sit up and let the!-->…
Better Than Our Nature’s Allow
Does riding a bike make me a better person? Not better that you. That's not what I'm suggesting, even if I have, on occasion, dabbled in self-righteousness. No. What I'm!-->…
TCI Friday
TCI Friday is best when you weigh in. Read. Digest. Feedback.
I did a whole spiel yesterday, on the Paceline, enumerating the things I'm grateful for. I have this idea,!-->!-->!-->…
Video – A Few Thousand Hours
Lachlan Morton is a different sort of pro cyclist. He takes on things that aren't races, or aren't races that most pros do. For example, last year he rode the entire Tour de!-->…
A Useful Review – The Fox Speedframe Pro Helmet
I got a new helmet. It had been a few years (and maybe a few crashes), so I was due. I started by really overthinking things, before finally stopping in to see my friends at!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Balaclavas
Let's get this out of the way right from the top, baklava is a pastry originally made in central Asia, the Levant, and Eastern Europe. It's comprised of layers of flaky!-->…