Bicycle Quotes Deconstructed
Where do these bicycle quotes come from? Are they accurate? Like most quotes, bicycle quotes may have been borrowed, evolved or corrupted, depending on your point of view. We investigate the origins of some famous bike quotes and put them into historical context. We think you’ll see that bicycle quotes, like our selection of quotes about the Women’s Suffrage Movement, reflect how human society has evolved over time.
A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal stroke
An Adventure Cycling #TGIF quote, Bicycle Bliss Calendar’s February bike quote and now an all-time famous bicycle quotes. Read the story behind this quote and how it is one of the surprising benefits to travel.
The Wheels of Chance by H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells wasn’t just a visionary when it came to time machines or men walking on the moon, he also wrote the very first book about bicycle touring, which also helped give rise to the female emancipation movement.
Life is like riding a bicycle ~ Einstein
Einstein’s famous bicycle quote explained. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” See the original source.
Lance Armstrong Bicycle Quotes
Un/Inspirational and ironic Lance Armstrong bicycle quotes. I’m sorry to have demoted Lance’s quote to this secondary page, but here is why.
A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle
Variations of this quote have been around almost as long as the bicycle itself. The earliest form being: “God needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.”
Taming the Bicycle by Mark Twain
This humorous essay by one of America’s greatest authors gave birth to many famous quotes about riding a bicycle. And it was written in 1884 shortly before women suffragists.
Carl Sagan
Explorer of the Cosmos, Journeyman of the Mind (1934-1996) Should an alien spaceship stumble across it, they would discover a golden record, “a message to the universe,” inspired and partially designed by Dr. Carl Sagan. It contains 115 images, including maps and anatomical charts, greetings in 55 different languages, the natural sounds of the earth,