…while mentioning men of letters, as you know, a great number of literary giants, including hemingway, w.somerset maugham, huxley, d.h.lawrence & even james joyce, have utilized the bicycle quite literally to move a story along…

…the young henry miller, who would have been 20yrs old in 1911, wrote wonderfully of his encounters w/ the great frank kramer & other 6-day stars like oscar egg & eddie root, even pacing them on training rides in the nyc area…it seems our fledgling writer had aspirations to be a six day star like his heroes, but ultimately decided the pen was mightier than the wheel…

…miller describes in “my best friend” from “my bike & other friends” that during that period of his life, the well cared for, fix gear, six day bike that he bought second hand at madison square gardens, was his real true pal…people might borrow one of two other bikes but no one rode the six fix but he…

…miller obviously enjoyed riding throughout his life, as he mentioned his wheels during his time in paris w/ anais nin & later again on california’s wild coastline at the time of his “big sur invocation”…

…anyway, a tip of the old cycling cap to any of the erudite wordsmiths who’ve shared some of the beauty of the wheel for time immemorial…