I ride for a bunch of reasons. It’s quick, it’s cheap, it’s good exercise, I never need to find a parking spot or deal with city traffic. On the road and in the saddle is always better than being caged up in a gym, and my bikes don’t have opening hours or membership fees. But most of all I ride because I love it. The kind of love that can’t be explained; just a simple, unadulterated affection for the act of riding and the machines I do it on.
— Colin O’Brien (On riding L’Eroica, p. 32)
