--- title: "4 Richard Ballantine Quotes - Famous Journalist (Richard's bicycle book)" description: "Richard Ballantine was a cycling writer, journalist and cycling advocate. Browse 4 Richard Ballantine quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-ballantine-78415.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Richard Ballantine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-ballantine-78415.jpg) # Richard Ballantine (1940–2013) Journalist United States **4** quotes in **40** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Richard Ballantine was a journalist from the United States, best known for *Richard's bicycle book*. ## Quick Facts About Richard Ballantine Born July 25, 1940 Died May 29, 2013 Nationality United States Profession Journalist Notable works Richard's bicycle book ## About Richard Ballantine Richard Ballantine was a cycling writer, journalist and cycling advocate. Born in America, the son of Ian and Betty Ballantine of Ballantine Books, and educated at the Browning School in New York and Columbia University, he principally resided in London, England. He wrote the popular Richard's Bicycle Book (1972) and its subsequent editions. He was an editor at Rufus Publications and founded several magazines including Bicycle magazine. ## Quotes by Richard Ballantine > [A human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ballantine/a-human-and-a-bicycle-are-the-perfect-synthesis-of-body-and-machine/) Richard Ballantine [Bicycle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bicycle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/richard-ballantine-73162_bicycle_a-human-and-a-bicycle-are-the-perfect-sy_374732.jpg) > [Possibly the tragedy of the bicycle is that it was invented too close in time to the car. In the historical scheme,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ballantine/possibly-the-tragedy-of-the-bicycle-is-that-it-was-invented-too-close/) Richard Ballantine [Bicycle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bicycle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/richard-ballantine-73162_bicycle_possibly-the-tragedy-of-the-bicycle-is-t_516266.jpg) > [Just as the ideal of classic Greek culture was the most perfect harmony of mind and body, so a human and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ballantine/just-as-the-ideal-of-classic-greek-culture-was-the-most-perfect/) Richard Ballantine [Bicycle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bicycle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/richard-ballantine-73162_bicycle_just-as-the-ideal-of-classic-greek-cultu_1217611.jpg) > [The bicycle is its own best argument. You just get a bike, try it; start going with the thing and using it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ballantine/the-bicycle-is-its-own-best-argument-you-just-get-a-bike-try-it-start/) Richard Ballantine [Argument](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/richard-ballantine-73162_argument_the-bicycle-is-its-own-best-argument-you_2716368.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-ballantine/#itemlist", "name": "Richard Ballantine Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Ballantine" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ballantine/a-human-and-a-bicycle-are-the-perfect-synthesis-of-body-and-machine/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/richard-ballantine-73162_bicycle_a-human-and-a-bicycle-are-the-perfect-sy_374732.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/richard-ballantine-73162_bicycle_a-human-and-a-bicycle-are-the-perfect-sy_374732.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/richard-ballantine-73162_bicycle_a-human-and-a-bicycle-are-the-perfect-sy_374732.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine.” — Richard Ballantine", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Possibly the tragedy of the bicycle is that it was invented too close in time to the car. 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