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.
Padraig and I talk about flow a lot. It's a big part of what we're looking for when we're on the bike. Flow feels good. No, great. And it's inspiring. It's that merger of!-->…
The (Re)Interpreter of Maladies
All of us live a life constructed of stories. In most of those stories, we will cast ourselves as the hero or the victim, occasionally as the villain. This has to do with the!-->…
A Useful Review – The Ass-Savers Rear Fender
I was walking my dog the other day, when I saw an oblong piece of plastic laying in the middle of the road. If you’ve walked around the Planet Earth recently, then you’ve!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Meet Up
If you ever ride with other people, then you've been to the meet up. Maybe you even hosted the meet up, like people came to your house to do this thing you have to do before!-->…
The Project
I don't know when the project started. Maybe it didn't have a formal start. I just realized at some point that I was working on it. I think a lot of us are working on it and!-->…
Revolting 28
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!-->…
Video – Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
Here's another banger from the homies at Shimano, who are sponsors of this site. This is almost everything I want to see in cycling. People riding for the joy of it,!-->…
TCI Friday
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!-->…
Letter From the Editors
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!-->!-->!-->…
No Regrets
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!-->!-->!-->…