Twisted bicycle quotes

Mike Kruger said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

Entries can be in any category. For example, there are real
quotes with unintended bicycle meanings, such as:

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is
no path and leave a trail."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, writing before the mountain bike was
invented.

There are fake quotes with bicycle substitutions ("Give me
Campagnolo or give me death."😉, quotes with double meanings
(US writing about "bonking" read in England comes to mind
here) and other pithy statements that might cause a little bit
of amusement on a rainy day.

"Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit."
Billy Connolly

Mike Kruger said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

"Death before dismount"

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame

Mike Kruger said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

Entries can be in any category. For example, there are real
quotes with unintended bicycle meanings, such as:

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is
no path and leave a trail."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, writing before the mountain bike was
invented.

There are fake quotes with bicycle substitutions ("Give me
Campagnolo or give me death."😉, quotes with double meanings
(US writing about "bonking" read in England comes to mind
here) and other pithy statements that might cause a little bit
of amusement on a rainy day.

Here, just read the whole thing:

http://www.bikereader.com/contributors/misc/taming.html

"And now you come to the voluntary dismount; you learned the other kind first of
all."

Actually the whole site is worthy.

Ron

Mark Hickey said:

Mike Kruger said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep
moving

Maggie

Mike Kruger said:

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is
no path and leave a trail."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, writing before the mountain bike was
invented.

Also before environmental sensitivity was invented :-)

--
bpo gallery at http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/mvw1/bpo

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

Jeff T

Quoted message said:

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is

no path and leave a trail."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, writing before the mountain bike was
invented.

Damn, I coulda sworn that was Mike Vandeman that said that.

[censored] Durbin

Lorenzo L. Love said:

Mike Kruger said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

With deep apologies to Tom Lehrer:

"Cycling is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you
put into it."

Bill

Mike Kruger said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

Entries can be in any category. For example, there are real
quotes with unintended bicycle meanings, such as:

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is
no path and leave a trail."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, writing before the mountain bike was
invented.

There are fake quotes with bicycle substitutions ("Give me
Campagnolo or give me death."😉, quotes with double meanings
(US writing about "bonking" read in England comes to mind
here) and other pithy statements that might cause a little bit
of amusement on a rainy day.

This is a real one, from someone on rec.bikes.*

--

David L. Johnson

__o | It is a scientifically proven fact that a mid life crisis can
_`\(,_ | only be cured by something racy and Italian. Bianchis and
(_)/ (_) | Colnagos are a lot cheaper than Maserattis and Ferraris. --
Glenn Davies

Mike Kruger said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

Overheard at the start of a century: "I have not yet begun to bike!"

Austin
--
I'm pedaling as fast as I durn well please!
There are no X characters in my address

My favorite is a real quote with no twist:

"When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the
human race."

H.G. Wells

Jeff said:

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

Jeff T

Yeah, but a woman is just a woman, and a good cigar is a smoke!

I pedal. Therefore, I am.

Wed, 04 May 2005 07:22:31 -0700,
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Mark Hickey said:

Quoted message said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

"Death before dismount"

"That which doesn't kill us leaves us marvelling".
--
zk

Mike Kruger said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

That which does not kill you only means you ain't pedaling fast enough! :-)

Catch and catch can but don't let anyone pass you.

It's never a 3 hour tour!

--
Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry [email hidden]
http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only)
http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II)
http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog

Mike Kruger said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

Entries can be in any category. ...

You folks realize there's an entire book of this stuff available?

_The Quotable Cyclist_ subtitle: "Great Moments of Bicycling Wisdom,
Inspiration and Humor" Edited by Bill Strickland, Breakaway Books, NYC
1997
ISBN 1-55821-563-8

I like this one: "The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind."
William Saroyan.

- Frank Krygowski

Mike Kruger said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

Entries can be in any category. For example, there are real
quotes with unintended bicycle meanings, such as:

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is
no path and leave a trail."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, writing before the mountain bike was
invented.

There are fake quotes with bicycle substitutions ("Give me
Campagnolo or give me death."😉, quotes with double meanings
(US writing about "bonking" read in England comes to mind
here) and other pithy statements that might cause a little bit
of amusement on a rainy day.

http://www.bikereader.com/solo/quotes.html
Those fall in the latter category.

Sam
---
http://www.bikereader.com

In article <1115178139.cc6e49d5887d1cd57455f09d0aede6ae@teranews>,

Mike Kruger said:

What are some of your favorite "quotes" about bicycling?

From this very newsgroup:

By the way, if you're contemplating bike commuting, do it! It's cheap, it's
clean, it will keep you healthy, it's fun, it's fast, and people will think
you're nuts. What's not to like?
-- Richard Clark

-f

--

Others may have seen this, written by hand below a "no cycling" sign-
NO LIFE

"I can handle bars and cycle paths but I can't handle cars and
psychopaths"
also has truth in it.

Sally