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.

Talk

Revolting 28

Emlyn Lewis
The New Manliness. This episode is about not using your gender as an excuse for being a broken, toxic dickhead. We got invited to participate in a conversation with some…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
I show up at your house. It's weird, because you don't know me, but I'm on a bike, so you answer the front door despite your misgivings. First, I explain who I am, and you're…
Page One

Letter From the Editors

Emlyn Lewis
This might get a little long, and it isn't, strictly speaking, about bikes, but if you're interested in what we do and how we're trying to do it. Read on. We have been…
Page One

No Regrets

Emlyn Lewis
About a ride I did last year... You find yourself sitting in a sun-baked, school parking lot in rural New Hampshire. Spent. Dead. Finished. Someone offers you a grilled…
Talk

Revolting 27

Emlyn Lewis
Get Off My Lawn. Herein we grapple with the idea that things actually did used to be better than they are now. But which "back in the day" was the best day? Then we do some…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
It seems like the week of the eBike in my life. My own is down currently with a bad battery. More on that story as it develops. Padraig and I talked about them a whole lot…

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