Metaphysics and aesthetics
“I’m not greatly interested in results, frankly, but the metaphysics and aesthetics of cycle racing excite me enormously.”
Graeme Fife, interviewed on PodiumCafe
(Source: podiumcafe.com)
Metaphysics and aesthetics
“I’m not greatly interested in results, frankly, but the metaphysics and aesthetics of cycle racing excite me enormously.”
Graeme Fife, interviewed on PodiumCafe
(Source: podiumcafe.com)
I’d never climbed the col d’Iséran. It’s the highest road in Europe. I wanted to ride up there.
Louison Bobet, who abandoned the 1959 Tour de France, after suffering horribly for several days, when asked why he persisted so long.
It’s probably the loneliest moment a rider ever encounters, the moment of abandon.
Graeme Fife - p101, Tour de France: the History, the Legend, the Riders.
