Your Favorite Cycling Quote

[glenn forger]

The grass boils with grasshoppers, a pebble
Scutters from under the wheel and all this country
Is spattered white with boys riding their heat-wave,
Feet on a narrow plank and hair thrown back

 

[glenn forger]

Scutters.

 

[Andy_R]

Steve Jobs: The computer is the bicycle of the mind

 

[PeteXXX]

'On ya bike!'
Me to my ex-missus.

 

[ACS]

Hills never get easier, you just get quicker.

 

[User269]

[QUOTE 3013348, member: 45"]Worth reading the whole essay, Taming the Bicycle.[/QUOTE]

Absolutely! It's one of the funniest things I've ever read.

 

[HB_Dude]

"If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on" ... LA

 

[HB_Dude]

"Cycling is like church—many attend, but few understand." - Jim Burlant

This one has to be my favourite!

 

[Flying Dodo]

"It's not a race"
and
"No, there aren't any hills on this ride, it's fairly flat"

Both said by me on numerous occasions.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

''Hybrid or road bike?''

 

[pawl]

What's yours? I came across this lovely quote from Eddy Merckx and posted it on another thread. " Don't buy upgrades, ride up grades".

Cyclist asking for directions.Do you know the way to Ryde . Response from local man.Yes you just push your legs up and down.Believe this was from one of Johhny Helms cartoon.Anyone old enough to remember Baz.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Terrain: mostly flat, some lumps, no real hills; cycle paths and quiet roads; excellent for new people, beginners; great for more experienced
CC Ecosse advert, by @Col5632 I believe

 

[EltonFrog]

"get on the cycle path you twunt"

 

[Brandane]

"Bollox to this, it's raining!"

Brandane, 2014.

 

[EltonFrog]

"Bollox to this, it's raining!"

Brandane, 2014.

Brilliant.