“It's a risky business being a cyclist in the UK, there are a lot of people who really dislike us. It's the Jeremy Clarkson influence - we're hated on the roads. We just hope people realise we are just flesh and bones on two wheels.” PeopleTwoInfluenceBonesFleshHatedWheelsRealisingDislikeBicycleCyclingCyclistsRisky BusinessTwo Wheels Author:Victoria Pendleton
“At that age, it's one of the worse things in the world to wake up and not see your bike where you left it.” WorldAgeLeftWake UpBikeBicycleCycling Author:Curtis Jackson
“The place of cycling in our society is set to grow, and I am committed to doing everything possible to encourage that.” GrowsCommittedOur SocietyBicycleCycling Author:Gordon Brown
“Cycling to work is an important issue for business - the more who do it, the more our communities will support it. Healthy and green, cycling is worthy of the support of every business in the land.” ImportantCommunitySupportIssuesLandHealthyGreenWorthyBicycleOur CommunityCyclingImportant Issues Author:Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham
“I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle; I want to ride my bicycle; I want to ride my bike; I want to ride my bicycle; I want to ride it where I like...; I don't believe in Peter Pan, Frankenstein or Superman; All I wanna do is bicycle, bicycle, bicycle...” WantBelieveDon't BelievePeterBikeBicycleCyclingRiding A BicycleBike Riding Author:Freddie Mercury
“You always know when you're going to arrive. If you go by car, you don't. Apart from anything else, I prefer cycling. It puts you in a good mood, I find.” IfsKnowsCarMoodBicycleCyclingGood Mood Author:Alan Bennett
“To me the bicycle is in many ways a more satisfactory invention than the automobile. It is consonant with the independence of man because it works under his own power entirely. There is no combustion of some petroleum product..to set the pedals going. Purely mechanical instruments like watches and bicycles are to be preferred to engines that depend on the purchase of power from foreign sources....The price of power is enslavement.” MenWayWatchesProductsSourceDependsIndependenceInstrumentsInventionEnginesAutomobileBicycleCyclingEnslavementPedalsPetroleumCombustionConsonants Author:Louis J. Halle
“When Cameron's Conservatives come to power it will be a golden age for cyclists and an Elysium of cycle lanes, bike racks, and sharia law for bike thieves. And I hope that cycling in London will become almost Chinese in its ubiquity.” AgeLawLondonGoldenChineseCyclesThievesBikeBicycleLanesCyclingGolden AgeRacksCameronShariaCyclistsElysiumSharia LawUbiquity Author:Boris Johnson
“In politics, one can learn some things from cycling, such as how to have character and courage. Sometimes in politics there isn't enough of those things.” SometimesEnoughCharacterBicycleCycling Author:Guy Verhofstadt
“I live on a bicycle...I live in central London, probably 90 percent of my travel is done on a bicycle. I love bicycles.” DonePercentLondonBicycleCycling Author:Guy Ritchie