® Benjamín Juárez
“Cyclists see considerably more of this beautiful world than any other class of citizens. A good bicycle, well applied, will cure most ills this flesh is heir to" - Dr K.K. Doty
“Cycling isn’t a game, it's a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn’t play at cycling" - Jean de Gribaldy
“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" - Arthur Conan Doyle
Thirty inspirational cycling quotes to get you riding
Why should you get out and ride? Because The Cannibal says so...
by Colin Henrys
Published: Wednesday 25th November 2015
[Cycling is one ]{.article-first}of the most accessible sports on the planet, but it can also be one of the most brutal, from amateurs testing themselves to the limit in a sportive to professionals competing in the toughest races in the world.
It's also a sport which gives anyone who takes to two wheels an enormous sense of freedom. Leaving the stresses of daily life and pedaling away without a care in the world, whether it's in your local lanes or high in the mountains miles from civilisation. There's little that can beat the beautiful simplicity of a bike ride.
It's a sport which inspires - and the great and good of cycling have produced no shortage of quotes over the years which sum up the beauty and joy, freedom and escapism, pain and suffering, that are part and parcel of life on two wheels.
Need some inspiration to get out on the bike? Words of wisdom on how to push yourself to the next level? Or just want a shortcut into the minds of some of the greatest riders in the history of cycling? Look no further...