4 Quotes by Robert Penn

A universal truth of bicycling is this - pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

It was always scary, Charlie replied, but that was why you did it, right? If it was safe... it wouldn’t be fun.

During the boom in velocipedes - known with good reason as 'boneshakers' - tyres were made of solid iron.

And though history sadly doesn't credit the man who first thought of tilting a bicycle's steering axis, it is more likely to be because of feet striking the wheel than an understanding of stability.