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.
Strictly speaking, rear suspension is when they throw your ass out of school for a few days. It's the precursor to rear expulsion, which is also the thing that happens when!-->…
Revolting Podcast 18
This week the guys talk about nostalgia. What is one bike thing they're nostalgic for? Is nostalgia good or bad? And if they could put one great rock band back together,!-->…
TCI Friday
There's an ad on the television machine of late. It features a guy who got famous by playing an irascible heroin addict. The company and guy are not important. The ad is!-->…
Video – Petty Larceny is So French
What even is the Tour de France? From its origins through its evolution to whatever it is today, the Tour has never been just one thing. The original organizer and racers!-->…
A Useful Review – The Giro Trixter Glove
The Giro Trixter full-finger glove costs $20. That's no way to start a review, because it's just a piece of information instead of an evaluative judgement, but cycling, as a!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Speed
The theatrical release, in 1994, of the film Speed marked the arrival of Sandra Bullock as a Hollywood lead actress and began Keanu Reeves' career as an action star. Sadly,!-->…
The New Hybrids
We all want more bikes! We all want fewer bikes! How to reconcile the truth of N+1 (the perfect number of bikes, wherein N is the number of bikes you own currently) with the!-->…
TCI Friday
We were rolling along, me perched near the front of the banana seat, him running beside, one hand on the back of the seat, the other on the handlebars, and suddenly I!-->…
Video – Dolgoch
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!-->…