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.

Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
There are certain things, innocuous facts, that say a lot about your cycling life, like if you own more than three bikes, or if you spend one day a year patching tubes, or if…
Page One

Antecycling

Emlyn Lewis
It's pretty hard to separate the bike from its movement. There is a fetish for the bicycle as an object, but that's a secondary way of appreciating the machine, mainly based…
Talk

Revolting 7 Podcast

Emlyn Lewis
The guys delve into mental health struggles, their own experiences, and how the bike works as a therapeutic tool. They touch on heartbreak, depression, anxiety, substance…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
As I type, I am keenly anticipating walking my bike onto the ferry, the smell of briny harbor and diesel heavy on the air, then climbing the stairs to the top deck where the…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
I have felt my heart break half way up a gray, dirt, hillside in the freezing rain. I have bonked, the energy leaving my legs/face/soul on sun-baked pavement miles from home.…
Op-Ed

Paris Roubaix Femmes 2021

Emlyn Lewis
This is not a race report, because we don't do that sort of thing. It's also not commentary on the race itself. Lizzie Deignan won. She broke away early and made it stick. It…

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