this is apropos of the post yesterday looking for bike related quotes, which my monkey mind cannot find.

My very favorite is " I learned to call myself a cyclist, not because I was fast, but because I woke up every day and got on the bike and loved and rode and loved and rode."

my second favorite, only because it is a little more complex and heavier in feeling is "The bike in itself is a form of doping...It's the tool of natural speed; it's the shortest path to doubling yourself. Twice as fast, two times less tired, twice as much wind in your face.

To day that I doubled myself is precise. It was not just my thighs that grew exponentially that summer; so, too,did my perceptions of the world around me, of my place in it and of who I am with a bicycle underneath me: more focused,more determined, strong. I learned that cycling is so much more than just getting on a bike. Some days, it's a passion, an identity, and a drug. Other days, it can be a tool, and I keep riding because someday, I hope to use the bike for good once more."

Paul Fournel "Need For The Bike" 2003.