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.
Regular readers will know that I am an unabashed promoter of the place my father was born and most of my family still lives, Wales. It's a wild, magical place with a whole!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Significant Others
Yesterday, my wife and I celebrated 30 years of continuous companionship. She has, quite literally, shepherded me from my awkward and troubled late adolescence into this!-->…
Revolting 17
The guys make a format change in an effort to bring the maniacal chaos of their tangential digressions under control. This is a lightning round pile of questions that!-->…
Video – Keirin: Speed Racers
Part track race, part roller derby, part outtake from Power Rangers, Keirin racing is fantasta-magical. That's my own word, so TM. Keirin means "racing bicycle," and the!-->…
TCI Friday
I glanced to my left as I cruised down the street and spied a mockingbird, its long tail feathers canted upward, perched on the edge of a birdbath. Round the next corner, the!-->…
A Useful Review – The 45NRTH Sturmfist 4
As a listener to musics both loud and chaotic, I particularly enjoy the names 45NRTH gives to its products. They're like a Norwegian black metal label, except they make!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Replaceable Derailleur Hanger
In the financial crisis of 2008, I was lucky. I kept my job and my home and my savings. In the aftermath, my wife and I asked ourselves what small things we could do to keep!-->…
Video – The Nomad
I met Erick Cedeño, the Bicycle Nomad, once, when he came through Boston with a bike built for him by Seven Cycles, where I worked at the time. Erick is a sort of guy with a!-->…
TCI Friday
I sometimes wonder how I can keep riding bikes. I mean, I still love it. I still very regularly find that stupid grin blooming across my stupid face. But it's been a long!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Lycra
Before I say anything else, I want you to know that I love you just as you are. I am not sure how, as a society, we go about establishing impossible standards by which we!-->…