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.
I like to imagine that before handlebars, some bespectacled inventor tried to steer a wheeled machine by way of a rudder. Perhaps they would have named this mythical device!-->…
TCI Friday
I stopped, because we all stopped maybe. I'm not sure why we stopped. When grambling, you don't need a great reason to stop, because stopping is just part of it. Also, the!-->…
Solo Work – Off Canvas
I came upon an old woman pushing her bike. We were near the place where the secondary bike path, the one most people don’t use, turns into a trail. We were the only ones out!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – This Stupid Pump
This stupid pump is not going to inflate this stupid tire. I'm not sure who designed the head on this thing, but it is not going to clamp the valve stem and even if it!-->…
TCI Friday
One of the things I do is advise people in the bike industry on topics of sales and marketing. I'm an advisor. Sometimes I create "content" that serves the purposes of either!-->…
My (Not) Dirty Secret
What you are about to read may frighten and confuse you. It's ok. They're just words. Beyond that, only suggestions. That you will read these words on a site dedicated to!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Mavic Mektronic
The Mavic company was founded in the 19th century and has a long history of making iconic cycling products for the ride-inclined outdoors-person. Their Mektronic components!-->…
A Good Day
It’s a good day, well, probably a great one, when you can meet your friends at 6:30am for a dirt ride, when your legs don’t scream and your lungs don’t hurt as the group!-->…
TCI Friday
It's complicated. Of course it is. Cycling's history with doping. It's so complicated, in fact, that I can't even type the name of a certain cyclist, because if I do that,!-->…
At the Bottom of the Well
At the bottom of the well, you hope to find more water, but it’s not always there. You’ve been throwing your bucket down, hoisting up what you need all day. But at some!-->…