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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.
In anticipation of Thanksgiving, Padraig and I did a gratitude session on the last episode of The Paceline. Gratitude is, for me, an integral part of mental health. I!-->…
In the Leaves
Pour your tea. Let the leaves float free. Drink it down fast. Hand it over. The future is there, if you squint, if you believe, if you're not a coffee drinker, and you're!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Marcomm
Marcomm is a term used by marketing people to indicate all marketing communications materials. That used to consist of catalogs, brochures, and other printed, user-facing!-->…
TCI Friday
One of the small bits of progress I've made as a human in mid-stage adulthood is the acceptance and readiness to be wrong about things. Growing up, as they say, is hard to!-->…
Video: Surfing the Line
Here's a charming little feature on the British Hill Climb Championship produced by Hunt Wheels. The British cycling tradition has this way of reducing a thing to it's most!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – WD-40
At some point in our cycling history, someone decided that WD-40 was bad, and for a period of a few years I stopped using it on my bicycles. In retrospect, this is a little!-->…
Video: Black Girls Do Bike
Black Girls Do Bike. It shouldn't be revolutionary. It shouldn't even stir comment, but it is and it does, and so, following along with our mantra that 'if you ride bikes,!-->…
TCI Friday
Like any writer, I have a pile of books next to my bed. The pile shrinks and grows, a topographic map of my fragile curiosity. Currently, it contains one piece of fiction, a!-->…
The Bikes of the 2021 Chris King Open House
Full Disclosure: I consulted on content and marketing for this event.
For the second year running, Chris King has moved their Open House event to the internet, releasing a!-->!-->!-->…
A Letter from the Editors
Man, are we having fun! That's the good news. Padraig and I are bursting with ideas for TCI, more ideas than we have the time or resources to chase. This is a good problem to!-->…