"Was almost run over by a Right To Lifer, that could have potentially been ironic." --@rosewal (Twitter)
"In a a properly designed Traditional City, most people don’t need bicycles." --Energy Bulletin
"We believe that the benefits of cycling as part of the transport mix are not being fully realised because of poor public policy...there are major benefits to the City that are not being realised (less congested roads and public transport; less air pollution; lower carbon emissions; lower public health costs; quieter, safer roads and a more pleasant public realm)." --Melbourne City Bicycle Rider
"We have a wonderful network of over 25,000 miles of cycleways in the UK, with smooth tarmac and direct routes to the places we want to go. All we have to do is get the other people using those cycleways in their motor vehicles to do so safely and properly." -Regulator, Cyclechat [via @
John_the_Monkey]
"It's a kind of escape for us, a chance to break away from the daily reality of prison." --Daniel, participant in the prisoners' Tour de France.
"Seventy five percent of all journeys in Britain are under five miles in length; half are under two miles; and thirty two per cent under a mile... Of all journeys undertaken by car, sixty one per cent are under five miles in length; and a similar proportion of all short journeys currently take place in cars." --Bikes Not Fumes, p. 11, CTC 1991
"Ride for fun. They haven't yet made a cycle computer that can measure that." --Surly Dave
"I really believe that, once people develop some confidence on the bike track, they'll feel a lot safer riding on sections of road that don't have bicycle infrastructure yet"--Katie Kingshott, Healthy Transport Hobart
"Road-bike aficionados are much like trout: simultaneously enthralled and mortified by anything shiny and new that enters their environment." --Wired.com
Will humans ever finish designing and redesigning the bike? I doubt it...