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 …

“Ride as much or as little, as long or as short as you feel. But ride.”  /Eddy Merckx/

“It never gets easier, you just get faster.”  /Greg LeMond/

“A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal stroke.” /Scott Stoll/

“When it’s hurting you, that’s when you can make a difference.”  /Eddy Merckx/

“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.”  /Desmond Tutu/

“I don’t ride a bike to add days to my life. I ride a bike to add life to my days.”  /Unknown/

“It is the unknown around the corner that turns my wheels.”  /Heinz Stucke/

“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/