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.
Blankening is the process by which hard physical effort erases your psycho-emotional mind. It’s a word I just made up and possibly the title of my #1 best-selling, self-help!-->…
A Useful Review – The Fox Ranger Woven Drirelease Jersey
Fox call this a jersey. It’s not a jersey. It has no pockets. It’s a button-down short sleeve shirt with a collar. OK. It's made with a moisture-wicking fabric, Drirelease,!-->…
Fish Tale-ing
Any crash whose injuries are soothed by application of ice and ibuprofen might not be a proper crash, which is disappointing for the person (me) with the bruises and aches,!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Apps
I am a sucker for fried calamari, the Rhode Island version, which sees the squid tossed with hot peppers instead of served with a side of bland marinara. I like Chinese soup!-->…
Revolting 46
The Medium is the Message. This episode is about cycling media, what we like, what we don’t like and how it relates to other endemic media, like skateboarding or music. We!-->…
Terribly Great
The concierge slid two small keys across the counter to us for bikes #11 and #12. We walked down the dirt path that led to the bike shed and freed our rides from their coiled!-->…
Video(s) – 2022 Road Worlds
There's something charming and quixotic about the World Championships. Riders race for their home countries, not their teams, but team affinities also play a role out on the!-->…
TCI Friday
We all do this right? Even when we are walking down the street, or driving along in our cars, we are looking at bikes. Every rider I pass (or who passes me) I’m looking to!-->…
Some Good Words, Some Bad
There are words I like, cacophony, antediluvian, semiotic, and words I don't, enmity, colonel, duodenum. There are words I wish were words, like craptasm and smugputz, and!-->…
A Useful Review – The Lizard Skins Cache Saddle Bag
Saddle bags aren't the sexiest item on the bike, are they? But here we both are, diving into a saddle bag review. Why? Well, I had one saddle bag for a bunch of years, one I!-->…