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Bicycle Quotes

Let’s Ride! – said by many

Common mantra for bicyclist; we ride year-around, mainly because Fremont offers so many ride-able weather days and great routes (here and there).

FFBC hosts the Primavera Century every year (when we can) in April!  Join us for a ride (once they resume).


 

Previous quotes appearing on this page, many were taken out of the book “The Bicycle Book – Wit, Wisdom & Wanderings”, Jim Joyce editor.

2020

  • Aug 08 – [Riding a bike] It still requires your full attention – Jim Joyce
  • Aug 01 – Cyclotoon wording “Cycling is hard work.  It’s risky.  It’s unpopular.  It takes more time.  It’s dirty.  It’s difficult.  It makes you stronger.  It’s good for the world.  It’s the right thing to do.  Good practice for real life. ”  – Neal Skorpen
  • July 25 – “All days are good, some are even better [especially if a bike ride happened]”  – Jim Joyce
  • July 10 & 17 – “It’s downright crazy what some people will do for exercise.”  – Chip Haynes
  • July 03:  “Who’s to say how long a wise, healthy cyclist can beat the sands of time?  I’m betting on the rider.”  – Chip Haynes
  • June 26: “Cyclists’ hearts are known to be bigger and stronger, in more ways than one.” – Jim Joyce
  • June 19: “”Many a friendship is built on bicycling and, like a bike that’s well cared for, they survive even the toughest of rides.” – Cathy Dion
  • June 12:  “You can never get lost while riding a bike, your ride is merely extended.” – Gianna Bellofatto (Fourth Law of Bicycling)
  • June 05:  Be an ambassador of good will on and off the bike. – a week to reflect
  • May 29: “If I can ride a bicycle, I do” – adapted from a David Attenborough quote
  • May 22: “As the coronavirus pandemic shrinks life in major U.S. cities – limiting pastimes and discouraging uses of buses and subways – hundreds of thousands of Americans are flocking to one of the basic forms of mobility:  the bicycle” – Christina Goldman (SF Business Times (May 19, 2020)
  • May 15:  “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney (bicycle is pictured with this quote on some posters)
  • May 08: “Computers are like a bicycle for our minds.” – Steve Jobs
  • May 01:  “Life is like riding a bicycle.  To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
  • April 24:  “Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride” – John F. Kennedy
  • April 17:  “There is no bad weather, just bad clothing!” – many people have said this or slight variations
  • April 10:  “You always look younger on a bicycle.” – by Gianna Bellofatto (Sixth Law of Bicycling)

Last updated on Aug 17, 2020

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