March 15, 2010
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute estimates that over 300,000 bicycles are gathering dust in the garages of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. Isn’t it time they took to the streets, greenways and trails of our community ?
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December 28, 2009
.… CYCLING INSPIRES AND ENOBLES
In the spirit of the holiday season > >
- Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle – Helen Keller
- It is easy to be a holy man on a bike – Mark W. Matson
- Wheel, kindly light, along life’s cycle path. Wheel thou on me! The road is rough, I have discerned Thy Wrath, but wheel me on – Christian Hymn
- Cars are all right on occasion, but they are not moments of grace, as bicycles are – Colman McCarthy / Washington Post Journalist
- If the constellations had been named in the twentieth century, I suppose we would see bicycles – Carl Sagan
- Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia – H.G. Wells
- I ride my bicycle to ride my bicycle – Zen Proverb
- An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind - Mahatmas K. Gandhi
Thank you all for supporting the cause of bicycling in the Charlotte Metro community
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May 7, 2009
“Elvis would have needed to cycle 160.74 miles at 17 mph to burn off his 6500 calorie per day intake.” – “Number Freaking,” by Gary Rimmer
“If the constellations had been named in the twentieth century, I suppose we would see bicycles” – Carl Sagan
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