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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.

Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
Most of my riding of late is with friends, rather than the meditative solo rambling I gravitate to naturally. Riding with other people means riding a little faster and a…
Talk

Revolting Podcast 3

Emlyn Lewis
What's Wrong with Cycling? Stevil and Robot wonder why cyclists insist on siloing themselves and how cycling turned into a middle-class white person thing, at least as far as…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
I am over-biked. That's a term I just made up, and it means that I have nicer bikes than my talent, speed, stamina, etc. could ever justify. That's if you believe that you…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
This is how reckless I am. I had to look up where the race was. It's next weekend. My wife laughed and asked how it is I do this to myself, and I explained that I try…
Talk

Revolting Podcast 2

Emlyn Lewis
When We Rode Bikes. Stevil and Robot discuss the best times in their cycling lives, messengering, college days, exploring all the places everywhere, beginning with BMXing…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday

Emlyn Lewis
In my lines of work (many lines, too many lines), there isn't anything like a true vacation. I might be away from home, with my family, in a place where ice cream and…

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