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Best bike quotes
Best bike quotes
By Oli Woodman, BikeRadar | Friday, Aug 10, 2012 11.22am
It's amazing what people can come up with whilst on two wheels. Here are a selection of some of the most interesting and insightful quotes on the subjects of bikes and cycling.
"It never gets easier, you just go faster." ~ Greg LeMond
"As long as I breathe, I attack." ~ Bernard Hinault
"Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride." ~ John F. Kennedy, Former U.S. President
"If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on." ~ Lance Armstrong
"It's not about the bike" ~ Lance Armstrong
"Learn to ride a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live." ~ Mark Twain, American author and humorist
"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
"I thought of that while riding my bicycle." ~ Albert Einstein on the Theory of Relativity
"The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine." ~ John Howard
"Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I have hope for the human race." ~ H.G. 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
"It is the unknown around the corner that turns my wheels." ~ Heinz Stucke, German long-distance touring cyclist
"The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets." ~ Christopher Morley, American author and editor
"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 rideable art that can just about save the world." ~ Grant Petersen
“Don’t buy upgrades, ride up grades.” ~ Eddy Merckx
"Ride lots." ~ Eddy Merckx
"As long as I breathe, I attack." ~ Bernard Hinault
"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
"If I can bicycle, I bicycle." ~ David Attenborough, British broadcaster and naturalist
"Enough of this Sunday stroll. Let's hurt a little." ~ Muzzin, American Flyers
"Let them go, Tommy. They're nobodies. They'll die on the hill." ~ American Flyers
By Oli Woodman, BikeRadar | Friday, Aug 10, 2012 11.22am
It's amazing what people can come up with whilst on two wheels. Here are a selection of some of the most interesting and insightful quotes on the subjects of bikes and cycling.
"It never gets easier, you just go faster." ~ Greg LeMond
"As long as I breathe, I attack." ~ Bernard Hinault
"Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride." ~ John F. Kennedy, Former U.S. President
"If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on." ~ Lance Armstrong
"It's not about the bike" ~ Lance Armstrong
"Learn to ride a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live." ~ Mark Twain, American author and humorist
"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
"I thought of that while riding my bicycle." ~ Albert Einstein on the Theory of Relativity
"The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine." ~ John Howard
"Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I have hope for the human race." ~ H.G. 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
"It is the unknown around the corner that turns my wheels." ~ Heinz Stucke, German long-distance touring cyclist
"The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets." ~ Christopher Morley, American author and editor
"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 rideable art that can just about save the world." ~ Grant Petersen
“Don’t buy upgrades, ride up grades.” ~ Eddy Merckx
"Ride lots." ~ Eddy Merckx
"As long as I breathe, I attack." ~ Bernard Hinault
"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
"If I can bicycle, I bicycle." ~ David Attenborough, British broadcaster and naturalist
"Enough of this Sunday stroll. Let's hurt a little." ~ Muzzin, American Flyers
"Let them go, Tommy. They're nobodies. They'll die on the hill." ~ American Flyers
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Re: Best bike quotes
I wondering how in the world the author left this out...
"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever." ~ Lance Armstrong
"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever." ~ Lance Armstrong
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auhcyelnats wrote:I wondering how in the world the author left this out...
"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever." ~ Lance Armstrong
Cool!!! I like this!!!
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"Every blow that does not kill me makes me stronger" ~ Heinz Stucke
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