“The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.” -Christopher Morley
“A bicycle does get you there and more . . . and there is always the thin edge of danger to keep you alert and comfortably apprehensive. Dogs become dogs again and snap at your raincoat; potholes become personal. And getting there is all the fun.” -Bill Emerson: ‘On Bicycling’ article published in the “Saturday Evening Post” (29 July 1967)
The first bicycle in the world was invented in 1817. Riders sat on its seat and scooted it, or pushed it along with their feet, because it had no pedals - which no doubt wore out shoes quickly. The first bicycle to be fitted with pedal cranks and iron rims was built in 1840 by a Scottish blacksmith named Kirkpatrick MacMillan.
“A bicycle runs on fat and saves you money, whereas an automobile runs on money and makes you fat.” -Author Unknown
“Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life.” -Frances Willard (Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (1839 - 1898)): “How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle” (1 January 1895)
Starlet: What’s the difference between a poorly-dressed man on a bicycle and a well-dressed man on a unicycle?
Alistair: Attire.
Bicycle Facts
- Bicycles are rider-powered land vehicles.
- Bicycles have two large rotating wheels, with a rear wheel following behind a front wheel.
- The two wheels are mounted on a frame, to which is also attached pedals, the rider’s seat, movable handlebars, manual brake controls, and any accessories such as safety reflectors, bells, horns, and electric lights.
- Bicycles typically use a chain to transmit the rider’s pedal-power to the rear wheel, which propels the machines forward.
- Balancing a bicycle to keep it upright is accomplished by the rider shifting his or her weight, leaning slightly to the left or the right.
- Steering is accomplished by moving the handlebars to turn the front wheel.
- Bicycles are most commonly used to transport a rider, but can also be fitted with racks or baskets for carrying cargo, and can even tow small trailers.
- More than one billion bicycles are found throughout the world.
“The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.” -John Howard
Forty percent of the workers in Amsterdam, Netherlands commute to work by bicycle.
Bicycles: Two-wheeled exercise machines, operated by humans, and invented for dogs to control body fat. To get maximum aerobic benefit, dogs must hide behind a bush and dash out, bark loudly, and run alongside for a few yards; the person swerves and falls into the bushes, and the dog can then walk away, refreshed from exercise.
Road bikes typically have thinner tires inflated to higher pressures than those found on off-road bikes such as mountain bikes, dirt bikes, and all-terrain bikes, taking advantage of the smoother surfaces that roads generally provide.
“The other day on a ride, I was speeding down a narrow, twisting, mountain road. Then along came a man who was driving very slowly uphill toward me, honking his horn, and shouting at me. “Pig, pig!” he said. “Pig, pig!” So I gave him a rude look and shouted back some insults as I sped by him. Still thinking about this awful man and his shouting, I turned the corner and promptly collided with a pig.” -Author Unknown
Bicycle tires come in many different types, so find out which type of tires best suit your cycling needs. Thin tires are for bicycling on pavement and on racing tracks, surface-gripping tires are for use on rough terrain such as rocky mountains, wide tires are for snow, and puncture-proof tires are for riding over ground that may have broken glass, sharp stones, or other material that can puncture or slice tires.
The word ‘bicycle’ is derived from the Latin ‘bi’ meaning ‘twice’ or ‘double’ and the Greek ‘kuklos’ meaning ‘wheel.’ A ‘cyclist’ is a rider who powers a bicycle by moving the pedals.
“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: as quoted in the “Minneapolis Tribune” (1895) newspaper
Melvin: What is the hardest part of learning to ride a bike?
Calvin: The pavement.
“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 man’s brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle.” -Elizabeth West: “Hovel in the Hills” (1 January 1977)
“The bicycle had, and still has, a humane, almost classical moderation in the kind of pleasure it offers. It is the kind of machine that a Hellenistic Greek might have invented and ridden. It does no violence to our normal reactions: It does not pretend to free us from our normal environment.” -J. B. Jackson
“A bicycle does get you there and more . . . and there is always the thin edge of danger to keep you alert and comfortably apprehensive. Dogs become dogs again and snap at your raincoat; potholes become personal. And getting there is all the fun.” -Bill Emerson: ‘On Bicycling’ article published in the “Saturday Evening Post” (29 July 1967)
The first bicycle in the world was invented in 1817. Riders sat on its seat and scooted it, or pushed it along with their feet, because it had no pedals - which no doubt wore out shoes quickly. The first bicycle to be fitted with pedal cranks and iron rims was built in 1840 by a Scottish blacksmith named Kirkpatrick MacMillan.
“A bicycle runs on fat and saves you money, whereas an automobile runs on money and makes you fat.” -Author Unknown
“Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life.” -Frances Willard (Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (1839 - 1898)): “How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle” (1 January 1895)
Starlet: What’s the difference between a poorly-dressed man on a bicycle and a well-dressed man on a unicycle?
Alistair: Attire.
Bicycle Facts
- Bicycles are rider-powered land vehicles.
- Bicycles have two large rotating wheels, with a rear wheel following behind a front wheel.
- The two wheels are mounted on a frame, to which is also attached pedals, the rider’s seat, movable handlebars, manual brake controls, and any accessories such as safety reflectors, bells, horns, and electric lights.
- Bicycles typically use a chain to transmit the rider’s pedal-power to the rear wheel, which propels the machines forward.
- Balancing a bicycle to keep it upright is accomplished by the rider shifting his or her weight, leaning slightly to the left or the right.
- Steering is accomplished by moving the handlebars to turn the front wheel.
- Bicycles are most commonly used to transport a rider, but can also be fitted with racks or baskets for carrying cargo, and can even tow small trailers.
- More than one billion bicycles are found throughout the world.
“The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.” -John Howard
Forty percent of the workers in Amsterdam, Netherlands commute to work by bicycle.
Bicycles: Two-wheeled exercise machines, operated by humans, and invented for dogs to control body fat. To get maximum aerobic benefit, dogs must hide behind a bush and dash out, bark loudly, and run alongside for a few yards; the person swerves and falls into the bushes, and the dog can then walk away, refreshed from exercise.
Road bikes typically have thinner tires inflated to higher pressures than those found on off-road bikes such as mountain bikes, dirt bikes, and all-terrain bikes, taking advantage of the smoother surfaces that roads generally provide.
“The other day on a ride, I was speeding down a narrow, twisting, mountain road. Then along came a man who was driving very slowly uphill toward me, honking his horn, and shouting at me. “Pig, pig!” he said. “Pig, pig!” So I gave him a rude look and shouted back some insults as I sped by him. Still thinking about this awful man and his shouting, I turned the corner and promptly collided with a pig.” -Author Unknown
Bicycle tires come in many different types, so find out which type of tires best suit your cycling needs. Thin tires are for bicycling on pavement and on racing tracks, surface-gripping tires are for use on rough terrain such as rocky mountains, wide tires are for snow, and puncture-proof tires are for riding over ground that may have broken glass, sharp stones, or other material that can puncture or slice tires.
The word ‘bicycle’ is derived from the Latin ‘bi’ meaning ‘twice’ or ‘double’ and the Greek ‘kuklos’ meaning ‘wheel.’ A ‘cyclist’ is a rider who powers a bicycle by moving the pedals.
“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: as quoted in the “Minneapolis Tribune” (1895) newspaper
Melvin: What is the hardest part of learning to ride a bike?
Calvin: The pavement.
“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 man’s brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle.” -Elizabeth West: “Hovel in the Hills” (1 January 1977)
“The bicycle had, and still has, a humane, almost classical moderation in the kind of pleasure it offers. It is the kind of machine that a Hellenistic Greek might have invented and ridden. It does no violence to our normal reactions: It does not pretend to free us from our normal environment.” -J. B. Jackson
The Penny-Farthing was an early type of bicycle, with a front wheel significantly larger than the rear. The name comes from the old British penny and farthing coins, analogous to the large and small wheels.
“Get a bicycle. You will certainly not regret it, if you live.” -Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “Taming the Bicycle” (1884)
“For instance, the bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon.” -Bill Strickland: “The Quotable Cyclist” (1997)
One of the reasons many people do not own a bicycle is that a bicycle is easily stolen by a bicycle thief - even when bicycles are secured to immovable objects with chains or cables and locks. One solution to this problem is the Yerka Bike, the world’s first theft-proof bicycle, which can be seen and purchased at www.YerkaBikes.com.
“When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.” -H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946))
“Many things in life are like learning to ride a bicycle: You climb on and get it moving and you try to keep your balance and you have a few unpleasant accidents in which you are more scared and humiliated than you are injured and you learn very quickly how to work the strange mechanical contraption and before you know it you are quite good at it, and once you have learned how to ride a bicycle you never forget how it is done - so now you know the method to writing poetry and computer programs or making sandcastles and cinnamon scones or building skyscrapers and starting businesses; just get started and keep moving! Let us all get out there and do the things we have been dreaming of. Get on that bicycle of life and ride, ride like the wind!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born in 1966)
“I prefer a bike to a horse. The brakes are more easily checked.” -Lambert Jeffries
“The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.” -Iris Murdoch: “The Red and the Green” (1965)
“Think of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world.” -Grant Peterson
“Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.” -Charles Schulz (Charles Monroe ‘Sparky’ Schulz (1922 - 2000))
“Life is like riding a bicycle. You don’t fall off unless you stop pedaling.” -Claude Pepper
“Cycology: The science of propelling one’s self through the environment to enhance well-being.” -Author Unknown
“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 made. Or because they like the feeling of being able to hurtle through air one minute, and saunter through a park the next, without leaving behind clouds of choking exhaust, without leaving behind so much as a footstep.” -Gurdon S. Leete
Amy: When is a bicycle not a bicycle?
Susy: When it turns into a driveway.
“Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.” -H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946))
Outside Ride on a Bicycle
The one thing I just can’t abide
Is spending the whole day inside.
The one thing I like
Is riding my bike.
Oh, please let me outside to ride!
by Author Unknown
The energy required to cycle at low to medium speeds is roughly the same as the energy required to walk.
“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
“The bicycle will accomplish more for women’s sensible dress than all the reform movements that have ever been waged.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Demorest’s Family Magazine” (1895)
Many bicycles are sold with seats that are too small, narrow, and uncomfortable for riders. This is one place where bicycle manufacturers unwisely skimp on materials, with the ridiculous excuse that a narrow seat will fit better inside the cardboard box in which an unassembled bicycle is shipped. Many cyclists buy and install after-market seats that are wider, padded, and even equipped with springs to make the ride less bumpy and more comfortable.
Bicycles have two wheels. Machines similar to bicycles include one-wheeled unicycles, three-wheeled tricycles, and four-wheeled quadracycles. Although unicycles (one wheel) and tricycles (three wheels) do not have two wheels, they are sometimes still referred to as ‘bikes.’
Lilly: Why can a bicycle not stand on its own?
Holly: Because it is just two-tired.
“Bicycling is a big part of the future . . . it has to be . . . there is something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out at a gym.” -Bill Nye, the Science Guy
“Get a bicycle. You will certainly not regret it, if you live.” -Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “Taming the Bicycle” (1884)
“For instance, the bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon.” -Bill Strickland: “The Quotable Cyclist” (1997)
One of the reasons many people do not own a bicycle is that a bicycle is easily stolen by a bicycle thief - even when bicycles are secured to immovable objects with chains or cables and locks. One solution to this problem is the Yerka Bike, the world’s first theft-proof bicycle, which can be seen and purchased at www.YerkaBikes.com.
“When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.” -H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946))
“Many things in life are like learning to ride a bicycle: You climb on and get it moving and you try to keep your balance and you have a few unpleasant accidents in which you are more scared and humiliated than you are injured and you learn very quickly how to work the strange mechanical contraption and before you know it you are quite good at it, and once you have learned how to ride a bicycle you never forget how it is done - so now you know the method to writing poetry and computer programs or making sandcastles and cinnamon scones or building skyscrapers and starting businesses; just get started and keep moving! Let us all get out there and do the things we have been dreaming of. Get on that bicycle of life and ride, ride like the wind!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born in 1966)
“I prefer a bike to a horse. The brakes are more easily checked.” -Lambert Jeffries
“The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.” -Iris Murdoch: “The Red and the Green” (1965)
“Think of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world.” -Grant Peterson
“Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.” -Charles Schulz (Charles Monroe ‘Sparky’ Schulz (1922 - 2000))
“Life is like riding a bicycle. You don’t fall off unless you stop pedaling.” -Claude Pepper
“Cycology: The science of propelling one’s self through the environment to enhance well-being.” -Author Unknown
“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 made. Or because they like the feeling of being able to hurtle through air one minute, and saunter through a park the next, without leaving behind clouds of choking exhaust, without leaving behind so much as a footstep.” -Gurdon S. Leete
Amy: When is a bicycle not a bicycle?
Susy: When it turns into a driveway.
“Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.” -H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946))
Outside Ride on a Bicycle
The one thing I just can’t abide
Is spending the whole day inside.
The one thing I like
Is riding my bike.
Oh, please let me outside to ride!
by Author Unknown
The energy required to cycle at low to medium speeds is roughly the same as the energy required to walk.
“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
“The bicycle will accomplish more for women’s sensible dress than all the reform movements that have ever been waged.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Demorest’s Family Magazine” (1895)
Many bicycles are sold with seats that are too small, narrow, and uncomfortable for riders. This is one place where bicycle manufacturers unwisely skimp on materials, with the ridiculous excuse that a narrow seat will fit better inside the cardboard box in which an unassembled bicycle is shipped. Many cyclists buy and install after-market seats that are wider, padded, and even equipped with springs to make the ride less bumpy and more comfortable.
Bicycles have two wheels. Machines similar to bicycles include one-wheeled unicycles, three-wheeled tricycles, and four-wheeled quadracycles. Although unicycles (one wheel) and tricycles (three wheels) do not have two wheels, they are sometimes still referred to as ‘bikes.’
Lilly: Why can a bicycle not stand on its own?
Holly: Because it is just two-tired.
“Bicycling is a big part of the future . . . it has to be . . . there is something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out at a gym.” -Bill Nye, the Science Guy
A tandem bicycle is a bicycle built for two riders.
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Daisy Bell
Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer, do!
I’m half crazy,
All for the love of you!
It won’t be a stylish marriage,
I can’t afford a carriage,
But you’ll look sweet
On the seat
Of a bicycle
Built for two!
by Harry Dacre (pseudonym of Frank Dean (1857 - 1922))
When Frank Dean, also known by the pseudonym Harry Dacre, came to the United States of America from England, he was shocked at the cost of the duty for the bicycle he had brought along. A friend chanced to remark, “Lucky for you it was not built for two,” which gave him the idea for his famous song “Daisy Bell,” which in turn started the whole cycle of bicycle songs popular in the 1890’s. Is this an example of someone making the best of things?
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“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -Ernest Hemingway
“I’ve really had it with my dog,” said a man to his neighbor. “He’ll chase anyone on a bicycle.” “Hmmm, that is a problem,” said the neighbor. “What are you thinking of doing about it?” The man said, “I guess the only answer is to confiscate his bike!”
Sometimes riding a bicycle is not safe. A major problem in some areas is that riding a bicycle on the streets carries a high risk of injury or even death because of unsafe motor-vehicle drivers. More attention needs to be given to this problem through education of motor vehicle drivers - especially in teaching them that they will need to share the roads with other types of vehicles, no matter any contrary opinions. Motor vehicle drivers who create unsafe situations for cyclists must be denied the privilege of driving. More can be done to redesign streets and cities with the needs of cyclists in mind, making them welcome users, and not people who are merely tolerated. One way to make progress toward such goals is for bicycle riders to organize and work together on achieving them.
Bicycle Race
On a bike race through Scotland did ped-al
A speedy French rider who led-all.
“Is my lead big?” he cried.
“Wee,” a Scotsman replied,
So he slowed down and won no gold med-al.
by Graham Lester
Orville and Wilbur Wright, the brothers who built the first successful airplane, operated a small bike repair shop in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America. They used this workshop to build their 1903 Wright Flyer.
“I think the bicycle has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a bike. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat; and away she goes, the picture of untrammeled womanhood.” -Susan B. Anthony (Susan Brownell Anthony (1820 - 1906)) (2 February 1896)
“Bicycle means simplicity and simplicity means happiness!” -Mehmet Murat Ildan
More than ten bicycles can be parked in the space taken up by one automobile. Parking an automobile can cost twenty dollars (U.S.) or more a day, while parking a bicycle is free.
“The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. We know that if he stops moving and does not get off he will fall off.” -William Golding: as quoted in Abby Adams: “An Uncommon Scold” (1989)
“Last week I forgot how to ride a bicycle.” -Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright (born 1955))
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hopes hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go for a good spin down the road, without thought of anything but the ride you are taking.” -Arthur Conan Doyle: as quoted in “The American Bee Keeper” (May 1895)
Before the word ‘bicycle’ came into common usage, bikes were typically called ‘velocipedes’ - not to be confused with velociraptors, which are a type of theropod, which lived around the time of the dinosaurs, which are a type of extinct reptile - but not all reptiles are extinct, as for example, crocodiles, which do not commonly have wheels . . . but we digress . . .
“One of the most important days in my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.” -Michael Palin
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” -Albert Einstein
We are MFOL! . . . engaging in the pursuit of happiness on two wheels . . .
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Daisy Bell
Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer, do!
I’m half crazy,
All for the love of you!
It won’t be a stylish marriage,
I can’t afford a carriage,
But you’ll look sweet
On the seat
Of a bicycle
Built for two!
by Harry Dacre (pseudonym of Frank Dean (1857 - 1922))
When Frank Dean, also known by the pseudonym Harry Dacre, came to the United States of America from England, he was shocked at the cost of the duty for the bicycle he had brought along. A friend chanced to remark, “Lucky for you it was not built for two,” which gave him the idea for his famous song “Daisy Bell,” which in turn started the whole cycle of bicycle songs popular in the 1890’s. Is this an example of someone making the best of things?
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“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -Ernest Hemingway
“I’ve really had it with my dog,” said a man to his neighbor. “He’ll chase anyone on a bicycle.” “Hmmm, that is a problem,” said the neighbor. “What are you thinking of doing about it?” The man said, “I guess the only answer is to confiscate his bike!”
Sometimes riding a bicycle is not safe. A major problem in some areas is that riding a bicycle on the streets carries a high risk of injury or even death because of unsafe motor-vehicle drivers. More attention needs to be given to this problem through education of motor vehicle drivers - especially in teaching them that they will need to share the roads with other types of vehicles, no matter any contrary opinions. Motor vehicle drivers who create unsafe situations for cyclists must be denied the privilege of driving. More can be done to redesign streets and cities with the needs of cyclists in mind, making them welcome users, and not people who are merely tolerated. One way to make progress toward such goals is for bicycle riders to organize and work together on achieving them.
Bicycle Race
On a bike race through Scotland did ped-al
A speedy French rider who led-all.
“Is my lead big?” he cried.
“Wee,” a Scotsman replied,
So he slowed down and won no gold med-al.
by Graham Lester
Orville and Wilbur Wright, the brothers who built the first successful airplane, operated a small bike repair shop in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America. They used this workshop to build their 1903 Wright Flyer.
“I think the bicycle has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a bike. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat; and away she goes, the picture of untrammeled womanhood.” -Susan B. Anthony (Susan Brownell Anthony (1820 - 1906)) (2 February 1896)
“Bicycle means simplicity and simplicity means happiness!” -Mehmet Murat Ildan
More than ten bicycles can be parked in the space taken up by one automobile. Parking an automobile can cost twenty dollars (U.S.) or more a day, while parking a bicycle is free.
“The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. We know that if he stops moving and does not get off he will fall off.” -William Golding: as quoted in Abby Adams: “An Uncommon Scold” (1989)
“Last week I forgot how to ride a bicycle.” -Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright (born 1955))
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hopes hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go for a good spin down the road, without thought of anything but the ride you are taking.” -Arthur Conan Doyle: as quoted in “The American Bee Keeper” (May 1895)
Before the word ‘bicycle’ came into common usage, bikes were typically called ‘velocipedes’ - not to be confused with velociraptors, which are a type of theropod, which lived around the time of the dinosaurs, which are a type of extinct reptile - but not all reptiles are extinct, as for example, crocodiles, which do not commonly have wheels . . . but we digress . . .
“One of the most important days in my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.” -Michael Palin
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” -Albert Einstein
We are MFOL! . . . engaging in the pursuit of happiness on two wheels . . .
