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

Ride the Lightning

Emlyn Lewis
You think too goddamned much. Don't ask me how I know. Oh, it's because I also think too much. It's a failing of the human condition, to think more than to act, to spend…
Talk

Revolting 5 Podcast

Emlyn Lewis
Robot and Stevil dig into their crashes, how they felt about them when they were younger, the psychological damage that needs to be overcome, and the worthwhileness of…
Page One

Evangelizing Wales

Emlyn Lewis
Let us dispense with pretense. I am Welsh. Though I grew up in the States most of my family live in the green, hilly central part of Wales that the English sometimes refer to…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
As I have gotten older, I have learned two really critical things about myself (and probably should have learned more). The first is that getting older is a waste of time. I…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
Some days I just can't even, especially towards the end of any season (see last week's TCIF for an elaboration). I sit at the bottom of the basement stairs, the bike rack off…
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But Still

Emlyn Lewis
It doesn't take much. Really. Two mostly round, mostly true wheels. A hop is ok. Oscillations can work, the brakes all the way out, whatever screws they have unscrewed to…
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Winter DIY Project

Emlyn Lewis
I know it's the end of summer, but there's not much I like more than a bad idea taken to its furthest logical extreme. Say you live in a cold weather clime, but you're…

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