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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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I need a new mountain bike helmet. Maybe I just want a new helmet. Yes. I!-->!-->!-->…
Video – Mountain Bikes and Bothy Nights
I've never been to Scotland, but I find myself deeply attracted to wild, green spaces, and the Scots seem to have a few of those laying around. This video demonstrates the!-->…
Souplesse
Literally: suppleness, softness, flexibility, adaptability, fluidity. On the bike: smoothness, a one-ness with the machine. Think of a climber dancing away on that steep!-->…
A Useful Review – The Five Ten Sleuth Mountain Bike Shoe
As part of my quest to rewild my mountain bike feet, i.e. to learn to ride flat pedals instead of clipless, I've been banging around in the Five Ten Sleuth Mountain Bike!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Pedals and Their Threads
When I was a kid, I found it improbable that a thing with two wheels, a bicycle, could stand upright with a person on it. In my young mind, that defied reason. As a secondary!-->…
Going Flat
For the last few months, I've been in the process of transitioning my mountain bike riding from clipless pedals to flats. For those of you still clipping on the trail, I'm!-->…
The Want Business
Real talk, you don't need a new bike. Your presence here, on this site, reading this post, imply strongly that you have a bike and probably more than one. This is a!-->…
Revolting 41
This Is Your Life. This episode is slightly different than our normal meandering nonsense. Today we’re going to get to know each other via a single song and a single bike for!-->…
TCI Friday
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A few years ago, I bought a cheap bike rack for my basement. The walls down there!-->!-->!-->…
Video – Life of Pie
Here's a nice story about a pair of ladies who made themselves a home and then made a home for other people. That's all well and good, because nice people doing nice things!-->…