Just as the ideal of classic Greek culture was the most perfect harmony of mind and body, so a human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine.
Richard Ballantine, Richard Grant (1998). “Ultimate Bicycle Book”, Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
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