Bicycle Touring Related Poetry and Short Quotes

This web page is dedicated to poetry and short quotes related to bicycle touring. If you have something that you would like to contribute then please let me know!

"The Endless Ride"

The farm dog runs beside me as I pedal on my way
Redwings chirp above my head, I guess to what they say
Three thousand mile a summer, I'm riding all I can
The sun shines down upon me, it has made my body tan
If I can just keep riding, thru wind and rain and sun
I might return to that special place, where I think that I begun
~h~

Submitted by Harley Kilby

"Flutterbye"

Circle upon circles,
The cycleman moves,
One pump up and one pump down.
Only orange and yellow butterflies mark his passing.
Sun-day-glo Supreme!

"I wrote this in my head on a short 3-day tour on my way back home - it was a gorgeous day and at one point I was literally surrounded by a 100 yard cloud of butterflies."

Submitted by John Loesch

Kevin Ticknor provided the following bicycling related quotes for this page. Many of them are unfortunately unattributed so if you know who should be credited then please let me know.

"I never made "Who's Who"- but sure as hell I made "What's That??..."

"Downhills mean nothing to me!'

"Old cyclists never die ... they just smell that way."

"Fact: For every day with a tail wind, there are 5 days of head wind."

"Recumbent Cycling Means NEVER Having To Say You're Sore!"

"Society is singularly in debt to the bicycle, since bicycle mechanics
developed the airplane as well as the automobile."

"The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when
it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new
one without shocking the entire community."

"You can or you can't. Whichever you choose, you are right!" - Henry Ford

"Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it." - Eleanor Bron

"I ride my bicycle to ride my bicycle." - Zen proverb -

"Gravity is just a myth. In reality the Earth sucks."

"Air resistance is a drag."

"The faster you, are the slower life will pass you by."

"You may be redneck if you have a gunrack on your bicycle."

"Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling".?--James E. Starrs

"Think of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world".?--Grant Peterson

"What do you call a cyclist who doesn't wear a helmet?? An organ donor".?--David Perry

"Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia".?--H.G. Wells

"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you
have to sweat up the hills and coast down them".?--Ernest Hemingway

"The bicycle is a curious vehicle.? Its passenger is its engine."?--John Howard

"Get a bicycle.? You will certainly not regret it, if you live."?--Mark Twain

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

"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." - Gloria Steinem

"The more you drive, the less intelligent you are."

"Life is simple... eat, sleep, cycle."

"X. Thou shalt not take the name of Eddy Merckx in vain." - Bob Roll -

"On a bicycle, in France you are a hero. In the US you are a target."

A fellow once asked; Are those panniers waterproof?" He replied ." Why yes
they are; they hold about 8 gallons of water."

"Riding bicycles for fun!!! Do people actually do that?"

"What's with these recumbent bicycles? Listen, buddy, if you wanna
take a nap, lie down. If you wanna ride a bike, buy a #*%^* bicycle."
– -George Carlin

Submitted by Kevin Ticknor

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