Robert Hurst > Quotes

“Continuing a great American tradition, the author of this book will gleefully include statistics wherever they suit his purpose. Simultaneously, he'll be employing top-secret selective amnesia techniques to deal with the fundamental problems in doing so.”
― Robert Hurst, The Art of Urban Cycling: Lessons from the Street

“The cyclists best chance is to gather all the responsibility that can be gathered. Hoard it from those around you. Have faith that you will do a better job with it than they will, and make it so. [...] Don't leave your fate to the stars, or to luck.”
― Robert Hurst, The Art of Urban Cycling: Lessons from the Street

“The vigilant cyclist expects serious ineptitude from strangers in traffic, and therefore is not surprised or angry when it has to be endured. The vigilant cyclist keeps the head up and the eyes forward unless absolutely necessary to look elsewhere. The vigilant cyclist is not a trusting cyclist, but makes up for this lack with a load of patience. [...] The vigilant cyclist will not be faked out or lulled into complacency by the semisadistic urban spirits and their tricks.”
― Robert Hurst, The Art of Urban Cycling: Lessons from the Street

“A masterful cyclist, marginalized though she or he may be, travels with ease through the modern motorized city. With ease.”
― Robert Hurst, The Art of Cycling: A Guide to Bicycling in 21st-Century America

“Monks from the Grottaferra Abbey near Rome, charged with restoring one of the Vatican's obscure Leonardo da Vinci notebooks in the late zg6os, unwittingly revealed a blockbuster scribble that had been, according to Marinoni, locked away for several hundred years.”
― Robert Hurst, The Art of Cycling: A Guide to Bicycling in 21st-Century America

“If you can find a way to add some adventure to a mundane daily commute, I suggest you do that. Life is too short, my friends.”
― Robert Hurst, The Cyclist's Manifesto: The Case for Riding on Two Wheels Instead of Four

“there are more passenger cars than available drivers, because a lot of folks out there own more than one vehicle. And the average number of adult bicycles per household has fallen below one.34”
― Robert Hurst, The Art of Cycling: A Guide to Bicycling in 21st-Century America

“Bicycles are considered sporting equipment, rather than serious tools for efficient transportation.”
― Robert Hurst, The Art of Cycling: A Guide to Bicycling in 21st-Century America