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.
Justin Williams is fast. He's also charismatic. When you're fast and charismatic, people in cycling listen to you, and Williams has a lot to say. There is style and substance!-->…
The Big Bounce
There is a theory of the universe's beginning and end (sort of) called the Big Bounce. For those of you familiar with the Big Bang, the Big Bounce posits that just as our!-->…
A Useful Review – The Backcountry Research Mütherload Frame Strap
Backcountry Research makes minimalist mountain biking gear. If you want to bring it on a ride, they'll show you how to strap it to your frame. In fact, the Mütherload Frame!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Public Bike Racks
The makers of public bike racks asked what shapes they could utilize to create attractive, effective outdoor storage solutions for cyclists and were told, "Mostly just!-->…
Revolting 49
You Can’t Go Home Again. This episode is about hometowns, the good, the bad, and the ugly and what happens when we go back to visit, because you can never go home again.!-->…
Video – Shape Your World
Here's another word from our sponsors, Shimano North America. We're sharing it because there are a lot of forces at work in trail building, and the more we can educate!-->…
TCI Friday
TCI Friday works best when you weigh in. Make yourself heard. Toss your penny in the fountain.
My friend Kimberly is a gifted athlete. If she's reading this right now, I!-->!-->!-->…
A Useful Review – The Craft Greatness Bike Shorts
The Craft Greatness isn't really a bike short. It's a liner, and I am very pro-liner these days. The vast majority of my rides are gravel rambles or mountain bike sessions,!-->…
Ask Stevil
Every month or so, we collect the questions submitted to our friend Stevil and present them to him for his oracular pronouncements. And pronounce he does. Wisdom. Quippery.!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Candy Corn
Listen, candy corn exists because America has too much corn. Our government subsidizes corn farming, which leads to this surfeit, and the knock-on consequence of having corn!-->…