0258 – Crank It
Crank It The advantages? Exercise, no parking problems, gas prices, it’s fun. An automobile is expensive. You have to find a place to park and it’s not fun. So why not ride a bicycle? I recommend it. – Stephen G. Breyer
0303 – Frame
Frame I’m gonna ride forever Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain-at least in a poor country like Russia-and his vanity begins to swell out like his tyres. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect. – Leon Trotsky
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0359 – Let’s Ride
Let’s Ride The riders come out, knights for the tournament, neck to thigh in slippery lycra with the sheen of deep space condoms, faired helmets on their heads like the glans from another galaxy and neoprene pixyboots to slide the air around their feet, mounted on gaudily caparisoned donkeys — the carbon fiber monocoque monoblade. […]
0117 – Turn It Off
Turn It Off, Ride Your Bike When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man’s convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of […]
0369 – Eye of Cog
Mohammed was a walking Messenger. When the Muslims first saw Christian missionaries mounted upon bicycles, they stoned the gentle souls, for the contraption seemed to have come from the devil. – William Saroan
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0545 – Ride Your Bicycle
Ride Your Bicycle My favorite courses are nasty, technical downhills that frighten my mom. – Josh Ivey
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0284 – The Bicycle Thief
The best routes are the ones you haven’t ridden. You could pedal the same loops year after year. Many people do, literally or figuratively. But to grow, you need new rides. Risks. Turn down lanes you’ve long seen but never traveled. Get lost once or twice, then double back to where you started and try […]
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0345 – Love You Bicycle
Love You Bicycle Cycling has encountered more enemies than any other form of exercise. – Louis Baudry de Saunier
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0123 – The Happy Cyclist
It would not be at all strange if history came to the conclusion that the perfection of the bicycle was the greatest incident of the nineteenth century. – Author Unknown
0177 – Bicycle Repairman
Bicycle Repairman What do you call a cyclist who doesn’t wear a helmet? An organ donor. – David Perry
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0026 – Make Your Own Path
Make Your Own Path Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. – Billy Connolly
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0647 – Ride Hard
Ride Hard tubular tyres: Tubular tyres are cycle tyres that have the inner tube permanently stitched inside the casing. They are held in place using glue or glue-tape, and are affixed to rims which lack the sidewalls characteristic of a hook-bead rim. Tubulars take very high pressure (up to 10 bar or 145 psi, or […]
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0168 – Fast Cyclist
I came out for exercise, gentle exercise, and to notice the scenery and to botanise. And no sooner do I get on that accursed machine than off I go hammer and tongs; I never look to right or left, never notice a flower, never see a view — get hot, juicy, red — like a […]
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0569 – Weight Weenie
Weight Weenie I hit a car, but it wasn’t my fault. The bicyclist who rear ended me is to blame. – Jarod Kintz
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0157 – Girl on a Bicycle
Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride. – John F. Kennedy
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0500 – Better when you Pedal
Life is Better when you Pedal Love is a bicycle with two pancakes for wheels. You may see love as more of an exercise in hard work, but I see it as more of a breakfast on the go. – Jarod Kintz
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0195 – Bike Nike
Bike Bicycles are the new rollerblades, talentless is the new talented, and I’m in hog heaven. – Ryan Seacrest
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0451 – To Do: Ride Bicycle
Today’s To Do List 1. Save some money 2. Exercise 3. Have some fun 4. Get better attitude 5. Go to work 6. Take time for myself 7. Save the planet 8. Look ahead for my future
0478 – Eight Cogs
I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft… As for me, give me a fixed gear! – Henri Desgrange
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0365 – Race Winner
Cycling is much more fun than dating….I still get to chase women, and sometimes catch them. But, when I get dropped, at least there is no emotional attachment. – T.A. Melton
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0347 – Helmet
One of the things that I wound up loving about being involved with a bike racer was learning how to bike and how that really creates solitary time for you to reflect on things and nobody can get a hold of you. – Sheryl Crow
0128 – Bicycles have Wings
Bicycles Why should anyone steal a watch when he could steal a bicycle? – Flann O’Brien
0267 – Cycle Cycle
Cycle Cycle Work to eat. Eat to live. Live to bike. Bike to work. – Unknown
Cogs in the Mountain
Boredom greases the cogs in the machinery of marvels. Oh, God, will you be bored. The three days waiting for an Indonesian bureaucrat to issue you a travel permit; the rock slide in Costa Rica that caused a twenty-three-hour traffic jam; the five-day wait for the Congo River passenger barge; the eight sweaty hours spent […]
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0099 – Cycle Lanes Everywhere
Cycle Lanes Everywhere I thought of that while riding my bicycle. – Einstein
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0356 – Just Cruise
So these three cyclist go out for a late-fall training ride. They’re hammering along when suddenly they hit a spot of black ice and fly off a cliff. When the first cyclist opens his eyes, and angel is standing before him. “Who do you wish to be?” asks the angel. “Huh?” says the cyclist. “Look, […]
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0207 – Bicycle inside your Heart
I would rather ride my bike with a headwind, then to drive my car in heavy traffic on downtown street. – Tobias
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0493 – I Wheelie Like You
I Wheelie Like You What was supposed to be a summer of fun on the bike turned into a year, then two years. It certainly wasn’t a calculated plan to have a career as a cyclist. – Derek Bouchard-Hall
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Mead Cycles Chicago
Meach Cycles Chicago VO: the maximum amount of oxygen that can be consumed during all-out exertion. This is a key indicator of a person’s potential in cycling and other aerobic sports. It’s largely genetically determined but can be improved somewhat by training.
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0601 – You Just Go Faster
It never gets easier, you just go faster. aero-bars n. handlebar extension which rests the hands close together over the front hub, which is a very aero tuck.
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0289 – Extend You Life. Cycle.
Extend You Life Cycle. I suppose that was what attracted me to the bicycle right from the start. It is not so much a way of getting somewhere as it is a setting for randomness; it makes every journey an unorganized tour. – Daniel Behrman
0034 – Crank It
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. – H. G. Wells
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0422 – Bicycle City – Bicycle Country
The bicycle is ergonomically tailored to the human form and psyche, yet I wonder if a hithero ‘undiscovered’ native tribe, when presented with a bicycle, would ever be able to determine what on earth it was for. – Borin Van Loon
0102 – Skull and Cog (no bones)
The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine. – John Howard
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0504 – Bicycle within your Heart
Cycling makes women fresher in mind and body, and renders them far more companionable than the bloodless, limp, namby-pamby damsels who occasionally indulge in the drinking of tea and making of crochet mats. – Brighton Gazette
0329 – Happy Bicycle Rider
Nothing compares to getting your heart rate up to 170-something, riding hard for an hour-twenty, getting off and not hurting, as opposed to 24 minutes of running, at the end of which I hurt. When you ride a bike and you get your heart rate up and you’re out, after 30 or 40 minutes your […]
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0305 – Good
I never want to abandon my bike. I see my grandfather, now in his seventies and riding around everywhere. To me that is beautiful. And the bike must always remain a part of my life. – Stephen Roche
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0471 – Bike Everyday
Bicycle Everyday I won! I won! I don’t have to go to school anymore. – Eddy Merckx
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0524 – reCycle
reCycle It is curious that with the advent of the automobile and the airplane, the bicycle is still with us. Perhaps people like the world they can see from a bike, or the air they breathe when they’re out on a bike. Or they like the bicycle’s simplicity and the precision with which it is […]
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0122 – Fat and Money
This One Runs of Fat and Saves You Money This One Runs on Money and Makes You Fat
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0587 – Bicycle Heart Girl
crosstraining: combining sports for mental refreshment and physical conditioning, especially during cycling’s off-season.
0241 – Chain Link Star
A road rider who is not practiced is merely an athlete on a bike, half educated, a pedaler not a complete cyclist. – Maynard Hershon
Onncycles Bicycles
Road bike: Made of carbon fiber, titanium, steel, or aluminum, road bikes come in a range of shapes and sizes to fit the athletic needs and body of the rider. Unlike your average bicycle, a road bike is more lightweight, has extra gear combinations, and features sports tires that are narrow, inflated at high-pressures, and […]
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0297 – Feral Bicycles
Feral Bicycles Doctor Sarvis, laboring on his bicycle up the long grade of Ninth South toward his home on 23rd East, was not unaware of the pressure of the traffic accumulating in his rear, the clamor of horns pounded by impatient fists, the motorized hatred fermenting at his back. But he thought, “Fuck ’em”. Let […]
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0429 – Bicycle and the Heart
It’s the first machine we master as children and the one we abandon when the seductions of the automobile take over. – Colman Mc Cartly
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0424 – Death. To. Bicycle. Thieves.
Death to Bicycle Thieves A bicycle hides nothing and threatens nothing. It is what it does, its form is its function. – Stewart Parker
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0362 – Imperial Century
160 kms Be at one with the universe. If you can’t do that, at least be at one with your bike. – Lennard Zinn
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0153 – Bicycle Forever
Forever Messengers and mountain bikers share a common chromosome. – James Bethea
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0035 – Bike Friendly
Bike Friendly Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned – it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so […]
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0476 – Fuck Off! It’s My Lane Too
Fuck Off! It’s My Lane Too But to say that the race is the metaphor for the life is to miss the point. The race is everything. It obliterates whatever isn’t racing. Life is the metaphor for the race. – Donald Antrim
0178 – Bicycle Repair Man
Bicycle Repair Man Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. Most important of all, we know that if at any point between the […]
0136 – Crank and Pedal
The bicycle will accomplish more for women’s sensible dress than all the reform movements that have ever been waged. ~Demerarest’s Family
0537 – Brake from Riding
Ride If you were a spectator on one of the mountain passes today, the super-light bikes would be little different in appearance from the machines of years ago, pedaled by earlier heroes, Coppi, Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault, LeMond, Roche. They would look like the bikes our dads rode when we were kids. But the Tour is […]
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0165 – Bicycle Roadway
There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast. – Paul Scott Mowrer
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0409 – Bicycle Highway 1
Hey diddle, diddle The bicycle riddle The strangest part of the deal. Just keep your accounts And add the amounts The ‘sundries’ cost more than the wheel
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0410 – I want to Breakaway
Breakway A cyclist or group of cyclists who split off the front of a Peloton are referred to as a Breakaway.
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0039 – Girl on Bicycle
It’s been a long time since I’ve written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I’m hoping it’s like riding a bicycle. – Lynn Abbey
0533 – Ride Bicycle Company
Ride Bicycle Company To be a cyclist is to be a student of pain….at cycling’s core lies pain, hard and bitter as the pit inside a juicy peach. It doesn’t matter if you’re sprinting for an Olympic medal, a town sign, a trailhead, or the rest stop with the homemade brownies. If you never confront […]
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0632 – May We Suggest Biking?
Drivers angry over bikers need a relaxing hobby. May we suggest bicycling?
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0518 – Killer in my Car
I’m a pedestrian, cyclist and motorist, but only a potential killer in my car. – Anonymous
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0025 – Revolution Cycles
Revolution Cycles If I can bicycle, I bicycle. – David Attenborough
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0213 – Bike and Tick
Bike Cycling is just like church many attend, but few understand. – Jim Burlant
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0403 – Bike Lover
Bike Lover Life may not be about your bike, but it sure can help you get through it. – Hallman
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0088 – Bicycle Ying – Car Yang
A bicycle has transformed my experience of London. – Iain Glen
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0277 – Bicycle Anarchy
A mountain bike is like your buddy. A road bike is your lover. – Sean Coffey
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0314 – Go Out With Your Bicycle
Go Out The bicycle has a soul. If you succeed to love it, it will give you emotions that you will never forget. – Mario Cipollini
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0615 – Female Cyclist
Saddle sores: A chamois can only do so much to ward off leg-to-seat chaffing. The up-and-down pedaling may bestow sores in the nether-regions — a true pain in the butt.
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0539 – Ride the Matrix
Ride He’s dancing on the pedals in an immodest way! – Phil Liggett
0637 – Ride Bicycles Company
Ride Bicycles Company drafting: To ride closely behind another rider to make maximum use of their slipstream, reducing wind resistance and effort required to ride at the same speed.
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0556 – The Brand is NOT Important
Bicycle – The brand is not important, the fact that you ride is! I work at a newspaper. I’m not a journalist; I’m a deliveryman. Well I will be, as soon as I get my bicycle’s flat tire fixed. – Jarod Kintz
0137 – Chains of the Heart
The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community. – Ann Strong
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0285 – Bicycle inside of Cog
Predawn ride, I pass my neighbor on a run. “Why are you riding a bike?” he asks. “Running gets you in shape faster.” It’s not about that. It’s about how riding makes me feel. The speed. Leaning into gentle curves. Charging up hills. How strong my legs feel. Riding gets me fit. But that’s just […]
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0562 – Travel Together
Travel Together Bicycle means simplicity and simplicity means happiness! – Mehmet Murat ildan
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0615 – Our Chains Set Us Free
Our Chains Set Us Free Road rash: Cycling is only fun if the one doing the pavement cruising is the steed, not a cyclist’s skin. A spill can leave riders with painful scrapes, especially on the thighs, hips, and butt — the body parts that usually hit the ground first. To avoid pounding the pavement, […]
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0475 – Cogs, Crank and Wings
I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle it’s not going to be satisfying. – Greg LeMond
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0490 – Ironsteed
Ironsteed The riders come out, knights for the tournament, neck to thigh in slippery lycra with the sheen of deep space condoms, faired helmets on their heads like the glans from another galaxy and neoprene pixyboots to slide the air around their feet, mounted on gaudily caparisoned donkeys — the carbon fibre monocoque monoblade. – […]
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0495 – Just Tour
Just Tour Pain is a big fat creature riding on your back. The farther you pedal, the heavier he feels. The harder you push, the tighter he squeezes your chest. The steeper the climb, the deeper he digs his jagged, sharp claws into your muscles. – Scott Martin
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0430 – i BIKE life
I bicycle life The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it. – Doug Bradbury
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0222 Bicycle Idea
To prepare for a race there is nothing better than a good pheasant, some champagne and a woman. – Jacques Anquetil
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0288 – Drug of Choice
Drug of Choice People like to travel: that is why the grass is greener over the fence. We are walkers, our natural means of travel is to put one foot in front of the other. The bicycle seduces our basic nature by making walking exciting. It lets us take 10-foot strides at 160 paces a […]
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0520 – Fun Between My Legs
Put the fun between your legs. When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day’s sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay’s call, ice melting and so on. This helps me transcend the traffic, ignore the clamoring of work, leave all the mind theaters behind and focus on nature instead. I […]
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0152 – Bicycle for Anarchy
After your first day of cycling, one dream is inevitable. A memory of motion lingers in the muscles of your legs, and round and round they seem to go. You ride through Dreamland on wonderful dream bicycles that change and grow. – H.G. Wells, The Wheels of Chance
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0331 – #cycling
#CYCLING Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?” Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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0383 – Bicycle Lungs
You haven’t lived until you’ve put on a police uniform and hopped on a mountain bike. My daily commute became four to five minutes faster because drivers fight each other to see who gets to let me into the lane I want. Drivers would sooner cross the yellow line and hit a utility pole than […]
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0226 – Bicycle Fist
Well, you better ride like you stole something ’cause you are about to win a stage in the Tour de Fance. – Lance Armstrong
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0057 – Lady Cyclist
It was close to like a 67- or 70-day shoot for ‘Tron’ on stage, in the suit. You can’t even sit down during the day because of all the cables that divide the foam rubber and all the electrical circuits. We had these stools that were tall with a bicycle seat on them and you’re […]
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0649 – Ride Hard
Ride Hard turn: A turn is a rider sharing the workload on a pace line “he took a turn” or “he is doing a lot of turns on the front”. Missing turns can be expressed thus “he has missed a few turns now and has stopped working”. In a breakaway the riders expect to share […]
0449 – Sun Rides
Sun Rides What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potenial embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint. I was discovering that if it was a matter of gritting my teeth, not caring how it looked, and outlasting everybody else, I won. It didn’t seem to matter what sport it was–in a straight-ahead, […]
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0115 – Give Way Bicycle
Give Way When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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0336 – Improve Your Day
How To Improve Your Day Step 1 : Ride Your Bicycle Step 2 : Repeat Step 1
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0227 – Watch for Bicycles
Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There’s something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym. – Bill Nye
0233 – Chain Links
Smooth, predictable riding when you’re in a group isn’t just a matter of style. It’s survival. – Geoff Drake
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0086 – Happiness is a Bicycle Ride Away
Happiness is a Bicycle Ride Away Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savor the journey, traveling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps. – Carl Honore […]
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0353 – Lady on her Bicycle
It’s the closest you can get to flying. – Robin Williams
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0056 – Let’s Ride
The bicycle is a former child’s toy that has now been elevated to icon status because, presumably, it can move the human form from pillar to post without damage to the environment. – Brock Yates
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0280 – Lego Bicycle Man
Life may not be about your bike, but it sure can help you get through it. – Hallman
0084 – Pedal and Crank
That was in the days when everyone rode a bicycle, and the journal had a circulation of over one hundred and twenty-five thousand weekly, so my verses and illustrations became known to a fairly large public. – Joseph C. Lincoln