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Don’t buy upgrades, ride up grades

(Responding to criticism for learning to ride a bicycle at 67 years old) – I feel that I am entitled to my share of lightheartedness and there is nothing wrong with enjoying oneself simply, like a boy

Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia

Give 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

Here’s the routine I’d advise for the evening before a race: a pheasant with chestnuts, a bottle of champagne and a woman

It’s one of the worst things in the world to wake up and not see your bike where you left it

Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use

As a kid I had a dream – I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised the Lord doesn’t work that way so I stole one and asked him to forgive me