May - June 2006

Recycled Quotes

“Bicycling is a journey.”
Anonymous

“My bike takes me places that school never could.”
from a sticker on a bicycle

“Think of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world.”
Grant Petersen, Rivendell Bicycle Works

“The bicycle was the first machine to redefine successfully the notion of what is feminine...to symbolize something precious to women—their independence.”
Sally Fox, Bike Exhibit Curator

“Bicycles may change, but cycling is timeless.”
Zapata Espinoza, Off Road cyclist, editor of several mountain bike publications

“Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling.”
James E. Starrs, Author of the Noiseless Tenor, The Bicycle in Literature

“Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.”
John F. Kennedy, US President

“You keep riding because you enjoy riding the bike...it’s a whole lot of fun.”
Erik Zabel, Pro Racer, Germany

Did You Know?

Jeanna Clament of France lived to be 122 years, was documented to be the longest lived person. She rode her bicycle until she was 100 years old.

Muhammad Ali had a bicycle stolen at a young age. He went to the local police vowing to “whup” the thief. He joined a gym and learned the “sweet science” of boxing. We lost a cyclist but gained a remarkable and multifaceted boxer, who became the heavyweight champion of the world, known affectionately as “The Greatest.”