Bike Quotes

[steve_sordy]

This was on the cover of a notepad that I received as a stocking filler.

 

[TheBikePilot]

I love Frances Willard: Link Here..

More here..

One of my fav's:

"I finally concluded that all failure was from a wobbling will rather than a wobbling wheel."

She sums its up pretty well for me

 

[Zimmerframe]

I love Frances Willard: Link Here..

Impressive .. how did a lady who died over 120 years ago know about he internet !

"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum."

At the same time, she obviously didn't have a clue when it came to bicycle pricing inflation, upgrades, tyres, e-bike batteries or cycling clothing over the next 150 years with this cycling quote :

"Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life."

 

[steve_sordy]

@TheBikePilot I had never before heard of Frances Willard, many thanks!

 

[TheBikePilot]

@TheBikePilot I had never before heard of Frances Willard, many thanks!

Pleasure! Glad you enjoyed ?

 

[Beekeeper]

Impressive .. how did a lady who died over 120 years ago know about he internet !

"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum."

At the same time, she obviously didn't have a clue when it came to bicycle pricing inflation, upgrades, tyres, e-bike batteries or cycling clothing over the next 150 years with this cycling quote :

"Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life."

"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum."

Also a slight indication that she knew about WD40

 

[Beekeeper]

“We must choose. Be a child of the past with all its crudities and imperfections, its failures and defeats, or a child of the future, the future of symmetry and ultimate success”

I can only surmise here that she was warning us never to use oval chainrings

 

[TheBikePilot]

“We must choose. Be a child of the past with all its crudities and imperfections, its failures and defeats, or a child of the future, the future of symmetry and ultimate success”

I can only surmise here that she was warning us never to use oval chainrings

Or modern longer Geometry?