Jamie Smith > Quotes

“Obviously, the best way to remount a chain is to buy an entirely new, fully assembled bike in your favorite color. This is a foolproof method, but time-consuming and expensive.”
― Jamie Smith, Reading the Race: Bike Racing from Inside the Peloton

“I would argue that in the scientific rush forward, much of the nuance of bike racing has been lost. The subtleties of pack riding, bike handling, and butt kicking have been usurped by wattage, functional threshold power, and kilojoules.”
― Jamie Smith, Reading the Race: Bike Racing from Inside the Peloton

“If you treat your business like a business, you will make business money. If you treat your business like a hobby, you will make hobby money.”
― Jamie Smith, Trailer Cash: How to Cash In On the Low-Income Housing Investment Boom

“Many people believe that a business closer to home will be easier to manage, but to achieve scale in mobile home parks, you want to manage your business through systems and delegate the everyday responsibilities to onsite managers.”
― Jamie Smith, Trailer Cash: How to Cash In On the Low-Income Housing Investment Boom