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.
As a writer, a consultant, and a dad, you could argue that all my hustles are side hustles. I'm a multi-faceted hustler. And that's why I found myself Friday morning, after!-->…
Saturday Extra: Cosmic Dirt
Cosmic Dirt is a small company based in Bellingham, WA whose tagline is Singletrack for All. They’ve got an 'every body on bikes mission,' which results in all their gear!-->…
Video – Lightfall
From our friends at #RideShimano, Lightfall shares the story of legendary MTB photographer Sterling Lorence and his process to get the perfect shot in the dank and misty!-->…
TCI Friday
TCI Friday works best when you weigh in, in the comments. Read and react. Do it. We need you.
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Cultural Lag
Robert Oppenheimer, pictured above, was a brilliant scientist with a specialization in nuclear reactions. He led the team that developed the first atomic bomb for use by the!-->…
Tour De France Femmes 2022 – Fully Digested
This race went off with the generosity of Zwift (Virtually nothing happened, in fact, sans Zwift. Everything was avec), but it seems more generosity was required to make it a!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The 7mm Hex
Howard Carter, the archaeologist who excavated the Tomb of Tutankhamun, and many of his crew endured a series of unfortunate events afterwards, including the death just six!-->…
Revolting 39
Episode 39 – Scenes and Subcultures. This episode is about how sometimes your punk rock friends become Hare Krishnas or get really weird and start a rap/metal band, or how!-->…
Saturday Extra from #RideShimano
You know, by now, that Shimano North America are our lead sponsors here at TCI, so I won't reiterate that. When we were discussing our relationship with them, I did a bunch!-->…
Video – How They Dope Today
I wrote a thing about the Tour de France a few weeks ago, but the question of doping lingered in my mind. Once upon a time I read and wrote a lot about the state of play in!-->…