Video – Tour de France – Unchained

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By Emlyn Lewis 1

As a general rule, I’m not here to shill for Netflix documentaries. However. I’d be a liar and hypocrite if I said I wasn’t going to watch this. Twice.

Last week I wrote about the Suspension of Disbelief necessary to watch pro sports. They’re stories, and should be viewed like movies or TV series, oreven puppet shows for that matter.

Dramatize a story about a story I already like, and I’m in. So I’m in.

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.

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  1. alanm9 says

    Yup, me too.

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