IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON

December 28, 2011

cycling is more than just the ride.…

TO CYCLE IS TO INSPIRE AND ENOBLE

  • 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 -  Mahatma K. Gandhi

*  Best wishes to CABA members and friends for the holidays and the  year ahead  *


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BICYCLING IS NOT AN “ALTERNATIVE MODE”

August 14, 2011

Words to the wise

cartoon by Kevin Siers, Charlotte Observer. Click on cartoon to read text

 Check out this excerpt from a memo sent by the TriMet transportation agency to its regional partners in ( you guessed it) Portland Oregon, and we quote:

” Avoid calling walking bicycling, and transit “alternative modes”. They are used by almost everyone to promote health, save money, avoid congestion, and reduce oil dependence. INSTEAD SIMPLY SAY “walking, bicycling and transit.”

Sounds obvious doesn’t it ? Well, in auto addicted cities of the Southeast, that is not always the case. (Thanks to John Cock of Alta Design for sending this along).


WORDS OF WISDOM

March 25, 2011

- ” A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle ” -

- Gloria Steinem

photo source: Legos


Words of Wisdom

March 4, 2011

“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it… if you live.”


- Mark Twain, “Taming the Bicycle


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June 12, 2010

The bicycle is like a husband. When it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community.~Ann Strong

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IT’S MORE THAN JUST A RIDE…

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




THIS WEEK’S QUOTE

August 2, 2009

Being Ernest ( importance of )

Hemingway Quote