"There is a deeply pleasing randomness about the campus cyclists, as though one morning university officials had assigned a bicycle to every member of the Stanford community, come as you are, without considering for a moment matters of fit - or fitness." --Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Times
"People often underestimate what you can carry on a bicycle" --PedalGR
"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
"Cycling which was yesterday the fad of the few is to-day the pastime of the many; it has brought wealth to the wayside town and village, has given a new industry to the country, and by taking the place of more expensive forms of locomotion has facilitated in various ways the carrying on of trade." --The Lancet, July 11, 1896.
"When the road builders start riding their bikes to work instead of driving, it's clear something different is happening."--The Age
"You learned a long time ago that it doesn't matter how light or fast, just get on that bike." --ORbike
With just under an hour to spare recently, I conducted an interesting little experiment: How much extra distance does riding on a shared path add compared to the adjacent on-road route?
"The most frequent excuse I hear from car drivers as to why they couldn't possibly use their bikes instead is: 'How do you get home a week's groceries on a bicycle?' Car drivers say this as if the impossibility of such a task is self evident. I don't argue, but I do chuckle, because many of us do it all the time."--Anne Felker, the Practical Pedal.
A local shopping centre takes steps to keep its bike parking secure and available for bikes.