Sunday 3 July 2011

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ON TWO WHEELS




The bicycle saves my life everyday.If you've ever experienced a moment of awe or freedom on a bicycle;if you've ever taken flight from sadness to the rhythm of two spinning wheels, or felt the resurgence of hope pedalling to the top of a hill with the dew of effort on your forehead;if you've ever wondered, swooping bird-like down a long hill on a bicycle,if the world was standing still;if you've ever,just once sat on a bicycle with a singing heart and felt like an ordinary human touching the gods,then we share something fundamental.We know it's all about the bike. - Robert Penn

1 comment:

  1. It is SO all about the bike, Nige. It's also all about sharing the bike rides, the outdoors, the fan-fooking-tastic freedom of it all.

    I love the bike.

    I love that all those years ago, when you rode Salter Fell with your Pops, I wasn't even around (!) and yet your experience impacted my life in deep ways.

    Hurrah for the two wheeled friend! x

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