Henri Desgrange Professions : Bicycler Born : January 31, 1865 Died : August 16, 1940 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Henri Desgrange I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur? We are getting soft... As for me, give me a fixed gear! Henri Desgrange cycling giving people Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur? Henri Desgrange muscles cycling triumph With the broad and powerful swing of the hand which Zola in The Earth gave to his ploughman, L'Auto, journal of ideas and action, is going to fling across France today those reckless and uncouth sowers of energy who are the great professional riders of the world... From Paris to the blue waves of the Mediterranean, from Marseille to Bordeaux, passing along the roseate and dreaming roads sleeping under the sun, across the calm of the fields of the Vendée, following the Loire, which flows on still and silent, our men are going to race madly, unflaggingly. Henri Desgrange powerful dream sleep Similar Authors Alastair Humphreys bicycler Donny Robinson bicycler Charlie Kelly bicycler Gilberto Simoni bicycler George Hincapie bicycler Gary Fisher bicycler All Authors
