“My advice to you is that when you’re out on your bike, as often as possible, look up from your Garmin, heart rate monitor and bike computer, and look around and enjoy. Maybe even leave technology at home?” –xcmankan
“Toe overlap is not the end of the world, unless you crash and die – then it is.” –Skip Bernet
“[Roadside assist] man told us he’s doing lots of flat batteries these days because ‘Everyone’s riding their bikes…forget their car needs to be used’” –@treadlie
“This is part of the beauty of cycling – all it really takes to be a cycling advocate is to ride your bike. The more people there are out there riding bikes, the more cycling benefits.” –BikeSnobNYC
“Some cyclists are complete prats, obviously, but so are some drivers. So are some fishmongers and accountants, for that matter. Being a prat is a state of mind and not transport-specific. It’s not the bicycle’s fault.”–James May
“A three hour bike ride means three hours of mental refreshment; it would take extreme concentration to achieve that by meditation or some like method.” –Dave Moulton
“It is not quite true, but none the less often repeated, that the bicycle is the only technology with no downside…But they are near-perfect working machines.” –Stephen Bayley, guardian.co.uk
While a certain “street cred” comes with having a “borrowed” milk crate for your bike basket, there’s something elegant about good ol’ wicker.
A rack-top basket isn’t just a container, it can also be a chance to show-off your bike hackery skills.
There seems to be an endless supply of bike fender innovators in my town. Of course, some are more successful than others…