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All creatures who have ever walked have wished that they might fly

All creatures who have ever walked have wished that they might fly. With highwheelers a flesh and blood man can hitch wings to his feet. – Karl Kron, Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle

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Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. – Mark Twain, “Taming the Bicycle”

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The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine. – John Howard

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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,” Saturday Evening Post, 1967 July 29th

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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

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