As at home in a jersey pocket or on a workshop bench, The Racing Line is a beautifully designed and produced, hardcover compilation of some 200 quotes, sayings, one-liners, retorts and reflections made by wheelmen and wheelwomen across the decades. The bicycle and its ride have moved all, from presidents and philosophers to 'Il Campionissimo' and Cavendish. Be inspired by their obsessions, their studied observations, their infectious optimism and, of course, utter despair."Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein "Sometimes, when we train, we simply have to go out to meet the Man with the Hammer" - Laurent Fignon "It's a little like wrestling with a gorilla, you don't quit when you are tired you quit when the gorilla is tired" - Fausto Coppi "Think of bicycles as ridable art that can just about save the world." Grant Petersen, bicycle designer "When my legs hurt, I say: "Shut up legs! Do what I tell you to do!" - Jens Voigt