Sete Gibernau Quotes

I just love bikes. It's not the safest passion to have, but I guess it's better than Russian roulette.

I don't really go mountain biking per se, like a proper sport.

I love mountain-biking or any form of bikes, like dirt bikes; I love getting out there, although obviously I have to be careful.

I'm big into mountain biking.

Cycling is based so much on form, on aesthetics, on class - the way you carry yourself on the bike, the sort of technique you have.

I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout.

Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.

The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.

For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to hear the sounds coming from buildings, grass and the climbing frame made all the difference to basic survival and ensured that I didn't end up head-first in the sandpit.

Caution is the key to safe cycling. I'm aware that cars are bigger than me, but I feel quite safe. I'm in control, liberated and free, when I'm on my bike.

The cycling helmet can save your life, but it doesn't look good and tends to ruin your hair.

I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair.

I wouldn't recommend people to go up and ride their road bikes in Kenya. Bikes are not meant to be on the roads. But the mountain biking is fantastic. You can go right up into the tea and coffee plantations up in the highlands. You can descend the great Rift Valley.

I am a bike enthusiast; there's a certain amount of romance to bikes. They're both beautiful and utilitarian.

When I say that I'm a grade-A student in motocross, I mean that I can sit on a bike and ride it. But I'm confident that, with time, I could do a 12 o'clock.

Everyone talks about Utah riding, slickrock and all that. I go through the mountain-bike magazines at the shop, and I think, 'That'd be awesome.'

Yorkshire is a hard place to ride a bike.

I love motocross and would love to have a go but I can't go anywhere near them in case I got injured.

In a triathlon, it's all about cycling in the most efficient manner. You need to save your energy for the run at the end, so you want to ride really efficiently and not waste your energy. The only way to do that is to spend a really long time on the bike.

The act of riding a bicycle isn't causing brain trauma. Yeah, you could fall, but that's if something goes wrong. Everything could go right in football, and it's still dangerous.

The growth of cycling is a good thing. But good cycling is responsible cycling.

I am just this small-town Canberra girl that's taken riding a little kid's bike on dirt tracks to the highest level.

President Bush fell off his mountain bike down on his ranch in Texas. A couple weeks ago, John Kerry fell off his bicycle. See, doesn't this make you miss President Clinton? That guy, he could ride anything without falling off.

I'm lucky that mountian biking wasn't around when I was 20, because I wouldn't have won the Tour de France. It's my kind of sport - hard, individualistic, and not a lot of tactics.

Get back on that bike.