Rainy Day Words

Some quotes about bikes and cycling

From those who race as a job.

“It never gets easier, you just go faster.” Greg LeMond

“The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.” John Howard

“When my legs hurt, I say: "Shut up legs! Do what I tell you to do!” Jens Voigt

“It is the unknown around the corner that turns my wheels.” Heinz Stucke, German long-distance touring cyclist

“Crashing is part of cycling as crying is part of love." Johan Museeuw

“Don’t buy upgrades, ride up grades.” Eddy Merckx        
                                 
“As long as I breathe, I attack.” Bernard Hinault

From others;

“Learn to ride a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live.” Mark Twain, American author and humourist

“Life is like a 10-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.” Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip

“Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein

“Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls.” Bob Weir, Grateful dead

“Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of riding a bike.” John F Kennedy

“Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the human race.” HG Wells, English author

“As a kid I had a dream – I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed.” John Lennon

“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” Elizabeth West

“Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling.” James E Starrs

“The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community.” Ann Strong

“Think of bicycles as ridable art that can just about save the world.” Grant Petersen, bicycle designer

“The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind.” William Saroyan, Nobel prize winner

“The sound of a car door opening in front of you is similar to the sound of a gun being cocked.”  Amy Webster

“Whoever invented the bicycle deserves the thanks of humanity” Lord Charles Beresford

and my favourite, the one I wish I had written....

“You can't buy happiness, but you can buy a bicycle and that's pretty close.” Anon

(Source; Bike Radar, com April 3rd 2015)