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.

Talk

Paceline 384

Emlyn Lewis
This week we discuss the evolution of roadie culture in the wake of the blood doping era and the "invention" of gravel bikes. Then we talk about all the good things that come…
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Sanctuarity

Emlyn Lewis
For some time, I've been in a fight with the dictionary. I make a word, and the dictionary says, "NOPE! Go fish!" but then I use the word anyway, because no one's in charge…
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Are My Wheels Too Heavy?

Emlyn Lewis
You guys know how I feel about "weight-weeniness." The obsession with the weight of bikes and their components is an expensive distraction from things that matter more, like…
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A New Alliance

Emlyn Lewis
With the MADE bike show in the rearview mirror, I got to thinking about how the "builder" part of the industry feels separate from the "manufacturer" part of the industry.…

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