Riding a bicycle is what you use to learn the contours of the country better as you go up and down the hillsides. You remember what they are really like, whereas by car you are only impressed by the height of the hill, and you are left with a less accurate memory of the country than you get by cycling around it
A bicycle is like good company, for when most husbands grow old and worn out, a woman can dispose of it and have new experiences without shocking the public
Iris Murdoch
The bicycle is the most civilized means of transportation known to man. Other modes of transportation are becoming more and more nightmarish by the day. Only the bicycle remains pure heart