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.
Writing reviews of things that don't need to be reviewed or are no longer available is useless, but what's even more useless is writing a review of a thing that doesn't exist!-->…
TCI Friday
I don't concern myself, overly much, with what other people are doing. I guess I pay attention to my friends, and I follow the antics of a few of cycling's more interesting!-->…
Revolting Podcast 1
TCI is pleased to announce the launch of a new podcast called Revolting. Revolting is a rambling cocktail of thoughts, anecdotes, opinions, and half-remembered dreams, hosted!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Barrel Adjuster
Once upon a time, a human person said "Close, but no banana!" No banana? No banana? First of all, how is it that I'm being compensated in fruit? OK. OK. Fruit is delicious!-->…
TCI Friday
I accused my wife of being un-coachable. This is not, as you might imagine, a great conversational ploy, but we have been married a long time and our individual foibles are!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – My Favorite Water Bottle
My favorite water bottle is a beguiling olive drab in color with a white graphic on it. It has an orange top. I received this water bottle for completing an arduous event. I!-->…
TCI Friday
I've been falling off my bike a fair bit lately, probably too much, which either means I don't have the skills I imagine I do, or I don't have them anymore. None of these!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Sharrow
Someone smart once told me that a good relationship wasn't 50/50; it was actually 60/60, requiring both sides to come past halfway to make it work. The Sharrow seems like!-->…
TCI Friday
What's funny is that I was thinking about this week's question even before Padraig brought it up on the Paceline the other day. OK, he didn't bring up this exact question.!-->…
Girls Gotta Eat Dirt
Ripton Co. makes jorts. I don't own a pair of jorts, but I'm gonna get some, because obviously they make you fully and completely rad. This video, in fact, inspired me so!-->…