The Quotable Cyclist: Great Moments of Bicycling Wisdom, Inspiration and Humor (Breakaway Books Series) - 9001

A few of our favorite quotes from The Quotable Cyclist: "Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride." —John F. Kennedy "The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets." —Christoper Morley "Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia." —H. G. Wells "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live." —Mark Twain "It is easy to be a holy man on a mountain bike." —Mark W. Matson "If you brake, you don't win." —Mario Cipollini "There is no room in the Tour for the sick or the weak." —Laurent Jalabert "Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling." —James E. Starrs "As long as I breathe, I attack." —Bernard Hinault "Ride like water." —Paul Adkins "Cyclists worship legs." —Nelson Pena "Why should anyone steal a watch when he could steal a bicycle?" —Flann O'Brien "The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine." —John Howard "Bicycles have no walls." —Paul Cornish "The very existence of the bicycle is an offense to reason and wisdom." —P. J. O'Rourke "The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind." —William Saroyan "Everything is bicycle." —Stephen Crane Contents Prologue Love Mountain Biking Road Riding Climbing Descending Speed, Sprinting and the Noiseless Rush Training Fitness Racing Winning and Losing Crashes The First Ride Riding with Style Desire The Tour de France and Other Great Races Legends, Myths and Champions Paid to Pedal Adventure Equipment Everything is Bicycle A Vehicle for Revolution Women in Cycling Hate General Classification
ASIN: 1558215638
VSKU: BVV.1558215638.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Strickland, Bill
Binding: Hardcover