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Robot’s Useless Reviews – Spam
Last night, I logged into the site editor to make some TCI magic for you and discovered that we had 90 new, unapproved comments, just waiting to be released onto the live!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Bunny Hop
Rabbits, by design, hop well. They have short femurs wed to long tibias via a reverse, spring-loaded knee, which makes them great hoppers. They have extra-long metatarsals,!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Collar Bones
The collar bone is an S-shaped, structural member of your upper-thorax. Some people call it the clavicle, which sounds like a meeting of priests pre-Reformation, e.g., "the!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Not Riding Bikes
Have you ever been not riding bikes and suddenly realized you were washing dishes or doing your taxes? Even the 1040EZ fails to approach the simple pleasure of riding bikes.!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Cycling Cap
We express ourselves through our clothing, that we are a cat lady, or a tough guy, or a style maven, or a firefighter. Whole genres of t-shirt are dedicated to communicating!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Skin Bracer
There are better things to degrease your chain with than Skin Bracer by Mennen, although it is a sort of solvent. Few other solutions will leave your chain smelling better,!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Bar Ends
If you are sitting at the bar end, you are probably in the way. That tends to be where the bartender puts the drinks going to the folks not sitting at the bar. If you're the!-->…
The Angle: Front Center and Toe Overlap
The counterpart to chainstay length in a bike's design is what's called front center. Unlike chainstay length, which relates to the length of the tube, there is no tube that!-->…
TCI Friday
My bike was red. I was eight-years-old, and that constitutes most of what I knew about it. I learned years later that it was made by Peugot. Apparently, they made BMX bikes!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Doper’s Canon
I was cleaning my basement, as I am wont to do. Imagine me there, wandering around with loud music in my ears and a deep desire for order where there is chaos. It's a monthly!-->…