Have any great cycling quotes?

[Bike Writer]

My favorite is

Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride. ~John F. Kennedy


I also believe someone here at TE uses or used to use this quote in their signature.

[Tri Girl]

I like the Jens quote- gonna say that to my legs now!


I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike. -Queen

"What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potential embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint." -Lance Armstrong


"It never gets easier, you just go faster."
Greg LeMond


"There are too many factors you have to take into account that you have no control over...The most important factor you can keep in your own hands is yourself. I always placed the greatest emphasis on that."
Eddy Merckx

"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


"Pain is a big fat creature riding on your back. The farther you pedal, the heavier he feels. The harder you push, the tighter he squeezes your chest. The steeper the climb, the deeper he digs his jagged, sharp claws into your muscles."
Scott Martin


“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.”
Emo Philips


“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live.”
Mark Twain


“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.”
H. G. Wells

[Possegal]

My favorite is

Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride. ~John F. Kennedy


I also believe someone here at TE uses or used to use this quote in their signature.

My sister has that on her email signature.

Thank you all so much. So many good ones. I think I have a nice mix now of cycling, food/drink, hope/courage, and my mother's quotes.

[out_spokin']

“Let our people travel light and free on their bicycles."

and

"A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourist can in a hundred miles."

–Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

[pll]

"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym."
- Bill Nye

"Like dogs, bicycles are social catalysts that attract a superior category of people.”
- Chip Brown

[DebSP]

"Refrain from throwing your bicycle in public. It shows poor upbringing."
-Jacquie Phelan

[marni]

"I don't want a pickle, just want to ride on my bicycle.
I don't wanna die, just wanta ride on my bike"

Arlo Guthrie - the motorcycle song adapted for bikers.:0

[marni]

" I havea great idea! Let's all go for a bike ride." Elizabeth from New England on days 3-57 of a recent southern tier cross country ride.

[zoom-zoom]

"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym."
- Bill Nye

That has been one of my favorite quotes since I first saw it.

I like this one, too:
Bicycling is the number one reason for the increase in the ranks of reckless girls who become outcast women.
~ unknown 1895