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I came out for exercise, gentle exercise and to notice the scenery and to botanise. And no sooner do I get on that accursed machine than off I go hammer and tongs; I never look to right or left, never notice a flower, never see a view – get hot, juicy, red – like a grilled chop. Get me on that machine and I have to go. I go scorching along the road and cursing aloud at myself for doing it

I was bought a nice racing bike for my eleventh birthday and I got the bug… I suddenly thought: I’m on my own! My parents aren’t here. It’s quite good!

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

Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking

Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I have hope for the human race

The bicycle is the perfect transducer to match man’s metabolic energy to the impedance of locomotion.  Equipped with this tool, man outstrips the efficiency of not only all machines but all other animals as well

If I can bicycle, I bicycle

I thought of that while riding my bicycle