Bike touring Quotes

“Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.”

“I do a lot of biking. I need that mileage and the long-distance stuff because tennis demands it. My fitness trainer is always trying to convince me to do an Ironman. I can probably run the marathon, I can make the 112 miles on the bike, but I will never swim for 2.4 miles. I will die after 100 meters.”

“What did I discover during my solo—besides learning to unwrap my energy bar ahead of time? That you ask yourself a lot of questions when you're alone on a bike for that long. One question more than others: Why the heck am I doing this? When I was done, I think I had found the answer: For the satisfaction that comes with pushing your body to the breaking point and conquering the unknown.”

“It was always scary, Charlie replied, but that was why you did it, right? If it was safe... it wouldn’t be fun.”

“I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.”

“My two favourite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library.”

“You don't know how good you are until you actually get out on a bike and get riding.”

“Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.”

“Anyway, it's like with bikes,' said the first speaker authoritatively. 'I thought I was going to get this bike with seven gears and one of them razorblade saddles and purple paint and everything, and they gave me this light blue one. With a basket. A girl's bike.''Well. You're a girl,' said one of the others.'That's sexism, that is. Going around giving people girly presents just because they're a girl.”

“An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.”