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They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.
Richard Ballantine

Born: July 25, 1940
Died: May 29, 2013 (aged 72)
Bio: 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.
Known for:
- Ultimate bicycle book (1998)
- Richard's 21st Century Bicycle Book (1987)
- Richards' bicycle repair manual (1994)
- City Cycling (2007)
- Cyclist's Britain (1986)






