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.

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Paceline Podcast 392

Emlyn Lewis
This week we're talking about all the fantastic, surprising and unexpected places the bike has taken us over the years. It might not be where you think. All that and pair of…
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The Commodity Conundrum

Emlyn Lewis
The jumping off point for this piece is a conversation I had with a friend of mine who owns a bike shop, what one might even call a successful bike shop, free of debt, with…
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Three Breaking Points

Emlyn Lewis
I don't know what happened, or I do, in literal terms, but how or why it happened remains a mystery to me. What happened is that I turned into the trail from the dirt road…
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Chasing

Emlyn Lewis
What if you weren't trying to win a race? What if being on the front wasn't part of the plan? A large part of life seems to be doing what's expected of us. We get…
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Leaf Math

Emlyn Lewis
I mark the autumn by falling off my bike more. There is a cruelty to the season, as the heat of summer finally relents and makes all that pedaling easier, but suddenly leaves…

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