画册的前言,引用了1896年—那时候自行车才发明了十一年—一本叫《Scientific American Magazine》的杂志上的几句话,那位塑造了福尔摩斯大侦探的作家柯南·道尔写道:
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking .”