"It's just as fun as when you were a kid. You go zoom! and whoosh! You're a sky creature, not a miserable earth-crawler. And you get to the end of your commute feeling invigorated and intensely alive." --Dale Favier
"Is it an indulgence to own more than one bicycle? Maybe - but at least it's cheaper than yachting or cocaine"--Peter Walker
"Cycling is becoming a legitimate form of transport"--Tim Pallas, Minister for Roads and Ports, Victoria
"You learned a long time ago that it doesn't matter how light or fast, just get on that bike." --ORbike
Last year I resolved to record all of my rides, and at the end of the year I was pretty happy with that decision.
"Fat-busting but not wallet-busting, the humble bicycle is an increasingly popular choice of transport. Around 130m bikes rolled off production lines in 2007 and even more are set to be made this year." --The Economist
"Don't be a snob; if it can be done on a bike, it's good." --unnamed correspondent to RBR Newsletter.
"One of the greatest things about cycling is you can do it with 10,000 people or you can do it alone. And you don't need to engage in the `secret handshake' of name-dropping, proper equipment usage, and wardrobe in order to do it. Choose a group, choose a fashion, or don't, it doesn't matter." -- Bike Snob NYC
"Did you hear about the centipede who fell in a ditch? He couldn't get up. He was too exhausted trying to figure out what foot to put first. Same thing with a bike. Who needs 18 gears?" -- Fred Mathes
"I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things." --Lech Walesa