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\u201cRide as much or as little, as long or as short as you feel. But ride\u201d \u2013\u00a0Eddy Merckx<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them\u201d \u2013\u00a0Ernest Hemingway<\/p>\n
\u201cYou either love spinning the pedals and watching scenery whiz by, or you don\u2019t. And if you love it, not much can sour you on the idea of riding your bike.\u201d – Keith Mills<\/p>\n
\u201cGive a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring\u201d \u2013\u00a0Desmond Tutu<\/p>\n
\u201cLife is like a 10-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.\u201d – Charles M. Schultz<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who wish to control their own lives and move beyond existence as mere clients and consumers \u2014 those people ride a bike.\u201d – Wolfgang Sachs<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it\u201d \u2013\u00a0Doug Bradbury<\/p>\n
\u201cCycling isn\u2019t a game, it\u2019s a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn\u2019t play at cycling\u201d \u2013\u00a0Jean de Gribaldy<\/p>\n
\u201cA bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal stroke\u201d – Scott Stoll<\/p>\n
\u201cIt never gets easier, you just go faster\u201d \u2013 Greg LeMond<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t buy upgrades, ride up grades\u201d \u2013\u00a0Eddy Merckx<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never have the wind with you \u2014 either it is against you or you\u2019re having a good day\u201d – Daniel Behrman<\/p>\n
\u201cCrashing is part of cycling as crying is part of love\u201d – Johan Museeuw<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can say that climbers suffer the same as the other riders, but they suffer in a different way. You feel the pain, but you\u2019re glad to be there\u201d \u2013\u00a0Richard Virenque<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen your legs scream stop and your lungs are bursting, that\u2019s when it starts. That\u2019s the hurt locker. Winners love it in there\u201d \u2013\u00a0Chris McCormack<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen my legs hurt, I say: \u201cShut up legs! Do what I tell you to do!\u201d \u2013\u00a0Jens Voigt<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it\u2019s hurting you, that\u2019s when you can make a difference\u201d \u2013\u00a0Eddy Merckx<\/p>\n
\u201cThe race is won by the rider who can suffer the most\u201d \u2013\u00a0Eddy Merckx<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cIf you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don\u2019t go for it, you definitely won\u2019t win\u201d \u2013\u00a0Jens Voigt<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re sprinting for an Olympic gold medal, a town sign, a trailhead, or the rest stop with the homemade brownies. If you never confront pain, you\u2019re missing the essence of the sport\u201d \u2013\u00a0Scott Martin<\/p>\n
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