Quotes of Note - Issue 2

"On the shiny black road that mounted through the pines as he left the hotel he felt the pull in his arms and shoulders and the rounding thrust of his feet against the pedals as he climbed in the hot sun with the smell of the pines and the light breeze that came from the sea. He bent his back forward and pulled lightly against his hands and he felt the cadence that had been ragged at first as he mounted begin to smooth out."

- Ernest Hemingway, "The Garden of Eden"

This is probably the most evocative description of cycling ever written.

From the book The Quotable Cyclist by Bill Strickland

Devil Sightings at The Tour de France!

Put your hand on the screen and cast out the evil devil!
Ah screw it - embrace your inner devil.
Follow the lead of wacky German fan Didi Senft.

Didi is the guy in the devil suit running around the Tour with a pitchfork. Did you also know he is a fabricator of custom record setting bicycles? He has built more than 75 of his wacky machines including the world's largest rideable bike according to the Guinness Book of Records.

Why the devil costume?
"They always called the final kilometre of a criterium [stage] the red devil's lap. I never saw a red devil, so I became one."
- Didi Senft

PezCyling News has a great interview with Didi