Richard Ballantine Quotes

• A human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine.

  Richard Ballantine

  Perfect, Machines, Synthesis

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• Possibly the tragedy of the bicycle is that it was invented too close in time to the car. In the historical scheme, pedal power hardly got under way before the combustion engine appeared and, not only took over the roads, but changed our view of machines. We've forgotten that pedal power is a potent form of energy.

  Richard Ballantine

  Views, Car, Historical

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• Al igual que el ideal de la cultura griega clásica era la armonía más perfecta entre mente y cuerpo, un ser humano y una bicicleta son la síntesis perfecta de cuerpo y máquina.

  Richard Ballantine

  Perfect, Greek, Mind

  Richard Ballantine, Richard Grant (1998). “Ultimate Bicycle Book”, Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books

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• The bicycle is its own best argument. You just get a bike, try it; start going with the thing and using it as it suits you. It'll grow and it gets better and better and better.

  Richard Ballantine

  Suits You, Get Better, Trying

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