"A bicycle is the long sought after means of transportation for all of us who have runaway hearts. It's the first chance we have to choose our own direction"

- Lance Armstrong

"Life is like riding a bicycle.

 To keep your balance,

 you must keep moving."

- Albert Einstein

"It's appropriate that our parents gives us our first bike,

 for it's a metaphor of what they must do to raise us : Provide us with the tools we need to leave them."

- John Lennon

"To ride a bike properly is like a love affair.

Chiefly, it is a matter of faith.

Believe, and you can do it.

 Doubt, and for the rest of your life, you cannot."

- HG Wells.

"There is some evidence that the rhythm of pedaling itself helps the brain mimic the calming and restorative state of deep meditation."

"a bicycle moves at the ideal pace to see the world;   fast enough to outrace boredom, slow enough to absorb detail.

 On a bike you become  a part of your environment rather than hurtling through it in a car or plane."

- quotes from

 "The Noblest Invention "

- An  illustrated history of the bicycle.

all photos

by DROMOMAN

"let's ride!"