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Robot’s Useless Reviews – Bike Parts
Bike parts seem to come at a real premium these days, because supply chain <word salad>, and global economic <word salad>, and pandemic-driven <word!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Hardtails
The thing about the show "Ted Lasso" that people seem to be gliding right past is that main character Lasso's relentless kindness, patience and compassion achieve different!-->…
Wahoo Speedplay Pedals
When Wahoo announced last year that they had purchased Speedplay, I was relieved because I took that to mean that the pedal platform wouldn't be buried the way some!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – John Tomac’s Inner Ear
I know people who raced against John Tomac, "back in the day," by which I mean people who wore race numbers while watching Tomac win a race to which they were only invited!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Bosch WTVC3500UC/10 Gas Dryer
Ok. Ok. My clothes dryer isn't, strictly speaking, a cycling component, BUT I think you can read the following and just substitute <mechanical derailleur of your!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – SPD
In 1990 Shimano brought their Shimano Pedaling Dynamics (SPD) to the world. From the full name, you would expect it to be more than a clipless pedal and a two-bolt cleat,!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Cone Wrench
I hope you don't own a cone wrench, or god-forbid, a whole set of cone wrenches. That's the cyclist equivalent of having a VCR or a landline, almost charmingly anachronistic!-->…
Fresh Fit: Coefficient RR Handlebar
Last year I reviewed Coefficient Cycling's first offering, the Wave Handlebar. It is a bar aimed, primarily, at gravel riders (though it works fine for road use), and staked!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – This Starbucks Bathroom
This review is not a platform for toilet humor, so those of you who disdain that sub-genre need not click away. This review is about the intersection of a failing body and!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Reviews
There is an element of the product review which is a baseline question of epistemology, i.e. how can we know things? If I can't see, feel, and/or sniff a thing, can I know it!-->…