Cycling Quotes

Beginning with 2006, each Peloton vintage features a cycling-related quote on the back label. These are humorous or insightful bits of wisdom from the famous and not-so-famous. Below is a list of quotes that appear on each vintage plus some additional ones we like. Enjoy!

  • 2006: “Whoever invented the bicycle deserves the thanks of humanity."
    - Lord Charles Beresford
  • 2007: “Think of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world.”
    - Grant Peterson
  • 2008: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
    - Albert Einstein
  • “To prepare for a race there is nothing better than a good pheasant, some champagne and a woman.”
    - Jacques Anquetil, 5-time Tour de France winner.
  • “Get a bicycle. You will certainly not regret it, if you live.”
    - Mark Twain, in reference to the dangerous nature of early bicycles
  • “Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym.”
    - Bill Nye, the Science Guy
  • “This is not Disneyland, or Hollywood. I'll give you an example: I've read that I flew up the hills and mountains of France. But you don't fly up a hill. You struggle slowly and painfully up a hill, and maybe, if you work very hard, you get to the top ahead of everybody else.”
    - Lance Armstrong, 7-time Tour de France winner

    • If you have a good cycling-related quote, email it to info@pelotoncellars.com and if we like it, we'll post it up here.