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.
Before we get into it on these shoes, I’m going to throw out some caveats, because I think it’s important not to just flog product without giving specific guidance and!-->…
Video – Tour de France Explained
I've read a dozen or more books about the Tour de France, but I always learn something new. This is a cool, animated short that provides insight into early versions of the!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The iPhone SE
Look, don't phone judge me, ok? I am seldom more than a whisper away from hucking the thing in the hedge as I pedal along. The get-off-my-lawn brigade are going back to flip!-->…
Revolting 35
Brushes with Greatness. This episode is about the people we’ve met or been near who are or were demonstrably better than us, both inside the bike business and outside it, and!-->…
GTFO
This is my office. This couch. That dog. It is a comfortable place to sit for an hour or two at a time, but if I sit there all day my body tells me the ergonomics aren’t!-->…
Video – The Capital Trail (Scotland)
I love this one for a lot of reasons. First, it's an adventure, and it's a well-crafted one, because it happens close the riders' homes. It's also well-contained temporally.!-->…
TCI Friday
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Today's discussion comes out of a segment we did on The Paceline!-->!-->!-->…
A Cycling Theory of Relativity
What people remember about Einstein's two paradigm shifting works of genius, his Theories of Special and General Relativity can mostly be reduced to E=mc2, but that simple!-->…
He Died of a Saddle Sore
This, my epitaph, the stone mason chortling softly to himself as he works at the granite plinth. It seems fitting really, a testament to the hours I spent in the saddle, and!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Bus
The metaphors abound. In one, I am the minnow, squiggling and wriggling along, minding my own business with both eyes peeled for danger. The bus is a great white shark!-->…