Great Cycling Quotes

...at least when he was alive.

Was Tower bridge built when HG Wells was alive?

Tower Bridge was completed in 1894 when HG Wells was 28.

Balki, you are confusing Bob Weir with Jerry Garcia (of ice cream fame). Bob is alive and doesn't live in Kensington

Mike, that was gratuitous. I met MrsO at a time when i did not own a bike.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HG_Wells

he was living in Woking at that point in time.

he "got around" with the ladies according to his wiki.

did HG live in Kensington? i know he worked with Huxley, so probably did.

no guitars though.

liked to believe in fairies.

What a champ that man was...

EDIT: Garcia

“It will be only a step from this for [motorists] to claim in a few years the moral ownership of the roads their contributions have created.”

Winston Churchill on his opposition to ‘road tax’

Class! Tell that to those fuckers who comment in the Daily Hate

damo, he died while living by Regents park. Conan Doyle was a big one for the fairies.

Mike, that was gratuitous. I met MrsO at a time when i did not own a bike.

Ahh but did you own a guitar?

“It will be only a step from this for [motorists] to claim in a few years the moral ownership of the roads their contributions have created.”

Winston Churchill on his opposition to ‘road tax’

Class! Tell that to those fuckers who comment in the Daily Hate

Gold.

Ahh but did you own a guitar?

Never. I had to survive on wit and personality which is why it is rather surprising that I won MrsO and a good reason for hanging onto her for dear life.

damo, he died while living by Regents park. Conan Doyle was a big one for the fairies.

that's the fella.

"There are days when the wind is against you... and there are days when you are strong."

No idea who said it first... was told it by an ex-colleague.

"Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit"

Senator Clay Davis, on discovering a broken spoke.

--Henri Desgrange, L'Équipe article of 1902

via sheldon brown

incidentally, whilst watching Le Tour- It was commented (Eurosport) that there was never any tours ridden fixed, only SingleSpeed- as it was possible to produce Freewheels, just very expensive.

(verification not done).

"There are days when the wind is against you... and there are days when you are strong."

No idea who said it first... was told it by an ex-colleague.

that is great

"Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit"

Senator Clay Davis, on discovering a broken spoke.

HA!

I always thought the Armstrong bio was called 'it's not the bike that's holding you back' It's wrong but I think I prefer it.

incidentally, whilst watching Le Tour- It was commented (Eurosport) that there was never any tours ridden fixed, only SingleSpeed- as it was possible to produce Freewheels, just very expensive.

(verification not done).

After 10 seconds of verification on Google it seems that Eurosport commentator could be wrong! Maurice Garin, 1903?

After 10 seconds of verification on Google it seems that Eurosport commentator could be wrong! Maurice Garin, 1903?

I would guess they meant that people who said "only fixed was available" was not true, but I guess people might chose to ride fixed or not be able to afford a freewheel?

His first true professional win was in a 24-hour race in Paris in 1893[n 2] It was held on the Champ de Mars, site of the Eiffel Tower. The riders competed, as was the custom, behind a succession of pacers. The event took place in February and the cold drove out riders one after the other. Garin rode 701 km in 24 hours, beating the only other rider to finish by 49 km. Garin said he had survived on [9]
lots of strong red wine
19 litres of hot chocolate
seven litres of tea
eight cooked eggs
a mix of coffee and champagne
45 cutlets
five litres of tapioca
two kilos of rice
and oysters.

Rather epic! Eating advice for the DD methinks ;)

The 2,500km that I've just ridden seem a long line, grey and monotonous, where nothing stood out from anything else. But I suffered on the road; I was hungry, I was thirsty, I was sleepy, I suffered, I cried between Lyon and Marseille, I had the pride of winning other stages, and at the controls I saw the fine figure of my friend Delattre, who had prepared my sustenance, but I repeat, nothing strikes me particularly
Maurice Garin

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.

H.G. Wells, The Wheels of Chance

to notice the scenery and to botanise.
H.G. Wells, The Wheels of Chance

Often do that myself...

You know how it is.

fuck this shit. i fucking hate you bike.

me. in my head.