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.
Robert Oppenheimer, pictured above, was a brilliant scientist with a specialization in nuclear reactions. He led the team that developed the first atomic bomb for use by the!-->…
Tour De France Femmes 2022 – Fully Digested
This race went off with the generosity of Zwift (Virtually nothing happened, in fact, sans Zwift. Everything was avec), but it seems more generosity was required to make it a!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The 7mm Hex
Howard Carter, the archaeologist who excavated the Tomb of Tutankhamun, and many of his crew endured a series of unfortunate events afterwards, including the death just six!-->…
Revolting 39
Episode 39 – Scenes and Subcultures. This episode is about how sometimes your punk rock friends become Hare Krishnas or get really weird and start a rap/metal band, or how!-->…
Saturday Extra from #RideShimano
You know, by now, that Shimano North America are our lead sponsors here at TCI, so I won't reiterate that. When we were discussing our relationship with them, I did a bunch!-->…
Video – How They Dope Today
I wrote a thing about the Tour de France a few weeks ago, but the question of doping lingered in my mind. Once upon a time I read and wrote a lot about the state of play in!-->…
TCI Friday
Some of you may be aware that I have just returned from two weeks in Wales, my ancestral home, and the place most of my aunts, uncles and cousins live. While I was there I!-->…
A Minor Course Correction
I feel as though I owe a few of you an apology, or at the very least an explanation. As an opening statement, let me just say, I don't hate watts, not really. I don't hate!-->…
Grails
Cadair Idris is one of the Welsh 'three peaks,' a distinctive and iconic mountain at the base of Snowdonia National Park. The summit is a hard, steep two-hour walk up a loose!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Gravdana
For any writer, the chance to coin a phrase is something special. In 10 years when every bike shop has a special section devoted to gravdanas, someone will do a Wikipedia!-->…