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Quotes About Cycling

Miracles can sometimes happen in cycling.
~ Eddy Merckx
Winning the Absa Cape Epic was the base for the perfect season. It really spiced up the soup.
~ Nino Schurter
I want London to be the most cycle-friendly city on Earth, and I want more people to be happy and safe on bicycles.
~ Boris Johnson
I just hope I can inspire young people and get more people into cycling.
~ Chris Hoy
I set up the KC Academy to get more people from a black background into cycling.
~ Kadeena Cox
I started my cycling academy to try and get more people from a BAME background into cycling.
~ Kadeena Cox
Salt Spring Island is a jewel, Quinn," Paul said. "A real jewel. Right up your alley. There's cycling, hiking, scuba diving—and great fishing. No problem for you to occupy yourself.
~ Carole Dean
Carrick has a big cycling culture and I would compare it to the Isle of Man in the UK.
~ Sam Bennett
Lance Armstrong is the guy that I would put up there as one of my heroes. He's done something that no one else has done and when you put into it what he overcame, it's absolutely unbelievable.
~ Craig T. Nelson
When I first started out in cycling, if there were two girls there, that was successful; but now, if there are 20 girls there, it's just unbelievable. The growth of the sport is just incredible.
~ Laura Trott
You know when you are in the peloton and you come near the Ventoux, nobody's speaking anymore, you can hear a fly, because it's always very quiet because everybody's afraid about the Ventoux, because it's a hard climb.
~ Eddy Merckx
There can be crowd issues everywhere in cycling. But it's a good thing for cycling that it's so accessible for spectators. That's why it's so popular - because fans can get close to the road and the race. But you also have to be aware of the dangers.
~ Marianne Vos
Between 20km and 10km to go, you want the whole team at the front. You don't necessarily want to take control, and the speed will be dictated by how many surges you get from the other teams. You don't want to go so fast they can't come, but you want to be just ahead so you're in control.
~ Mark Cavendish
I won't be cycling to work any time soon. It's too dark when I leave home at 4am, there's too many speeding drivers and helmet hair wouldn't look good on air. But I still want to do it.
~ Susanna Reid
The Cycling.'" "Going over the same thoughts over and over. When my thoughts race against each other in a circle.
~ Ned Vizzini
I'm big into mountain biking.
~ Dean Ambrose
Cyclists are insane. You're going through the Alps, climbing up mountains. There's this circus around them. They're so tough. When they have a day off, they go out and cycle 100 miles.
~ Stephen Frears
Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride.
~ Eddy Merckx
My mum was my inspiration. As cliche as that sounds, she was the reason that we started. She chose cycling to lose weight. I was only eight at the time, so I just followed what my mum did.
~ Laura Trott
Cardio-based exercise involves moving at a moderate intensity, using many muscle groups at once. Think: walking, jogging, cycling, etc.
~ Harley Pasternak
My time is focused on family and work. I need to find a way to spend more time with my friends - and cycling.
~ Daniel L. Doctoroff
I certainly had no natural ability as a cyclist!
~ Chris Hoy
Cycling keeps me lean and I need to stay in shape, especially as I still like eating chocolate and ice-cream! I like to go mountain biking too. Running is also good; it's what we were designed to do as humans, so it comes naturally.
~ Mark Webber
I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
~ Lance Armstrong