“What I have learned about the sport of cycling is that you have to love it to do it because you're not going to retire off of it.” SportsRetiringI Have LearnedCycling Author:Kristin Armstrong
“What's really appealing about women's cycling in America? If you took a poll in the women's peloton, I would bet you that 90% of the women have college degrees, and a lot of them have Masters. The women's peloton is very well educated.” IfsWellsAmericaCollegeMastersDegreesEducatedPollsCyclingWell EducatedCollege Degree Author:Kristin Armstrong
“The way the Europeans work, most girls get paid by their federation; their country pays them. Essentially the federations say go represent our country, race on whatever trade team you want, and here's your money. So you don't really make you're money on trade teams. Europeans make money through their country's federation. There's not a lot of money for women in cycling in Europe either.” WayWantCountryGirlPayRaceTeamEuropePaidTradeOur CountryMaking MoneyLots Of MoneyCyclingFederation Author:Kristin Armstrong
“Before the Olympics, there's always been a part of me that's wanted to write a book about Women's cycling because there isn't one out there and I think there's a lot to be said.” ThinkingWritingSaidBookWantedOlympicsCycling Author:Kristin Armstrong
“I think it doesn't happen overnight, that's for sure. As the first gold medalist since 1984, I think cycling needs to ride that wave right now, because people are excited.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFirstsHappensRight NowGoldWaveExcitedCycling Author:Kristin Armstrong
“I think USA Cycling really needs to ride this wave and start looking at growing the sport. It's a tough one because cycling is such an endurance sport.” ThinkingNeedsSportsGrowingToughWaveUsaEnduranceCyclingEndurance Sports Author:Kristin Armstrong
“US Cycling is doing a lot now with camps in different towns or different regions, but I think a great place, and I'm not sure how much it's been hit, is camps for people that are involved in other sports. Why not put on camps for high school kids that are cross-country runners, because those are the some of the best cyclists.” PeopleThinkingDifferentCountryKidsSchoolSportsInvolvedHigh SchoolCrossesTownsNot SureRegionsWhy NotCampsRunnersCyclingCyclists Author:Kristin Armstrong
“I didn't know that you could race your bike until after college. I didn't know anything about cycling except that I rode my bike from class to class or to my friend's house. But here I am an athlete, I ran, I played soccer, I swam and people are riding their bikes and racing them? I had never seen a bike race.” PeopleKnowsHouseRaceClassCollegeMy FriendsAthleteSoccerRanRacingRidingBikeCyclingHere I Am Author:Kristin Armstrong
“I think that with some education there are real possibilities at the high school and college level, but more so at the college level, to bring people into cycling.” PeopleThinkingRealSchoolLevelsPossibilityCollegeHigh SchoolCycling Author:Kristin Armstrong
“In high school you just kind of go with it, you belong to a sport and you're lettering and there is a very social part. With cycling, a lot of people will steer away because you can't letter, and lettering is still cool and it's very important for scholarships and other stuff.” PeopleKindStillsImportantSchoolSocialStuffSportsHigh SchoolLettersScholarshipSteersCycling Author:Kristin Armstrong
“It's tough though because of the whole part about getting sponsors and people out to watch women's cycling. I think the only way that women can really work it is that we have to work our way more into these big grand tours that the men have like the Tour de Georgia, Tour of Utah, and Tour of California.” PeopleThinkingMenWayWholeBigsWatchesHe ManToughCaliforniaWorking ItGeorgiaCyclingSponsorsUtah Author:Kristin Armstrong
“Cycling is not impactful. Its just like when you are injured, have a knee surgery or something, there are so many things that you can still do, you just have to find that other passion that's out there.” StillsPassionKneesSurgeryInjuredCycling Author:Kristin Armstrong
“Because cycling is a repetitive front to back motion you never go side to side with your legs, the muscles and joints are really going to protect themselves when you have arthritis. So continually working on opening things up helps to alleviate pain.” HelpingPainSidesFrontsProtectLegsOpeningMusclesJointsCyclingRepetitiveAlleviateArthritis Author:Kristin Armstrong
