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I want London to be the most cycle-friendly city on Earth, and I want more people to be happy and safe on bicycles.

I used a bike in London and that's it. I learnt a lot about biking, and really got into. Now I cycle regularly.

You forget things like how accessible the city is, I bought a bike - I haven't had a bike in twenty years.

My favourite thing is to come down to London from my home in Staffordshire in the helicopter and then get my bike out of the back and cycle into London. It's wonderful.

Cycling is the only way to free ourselves from the misery of the Tube, the wall-to-wall buses that line Oxford Street, the hopelessness of even thinking about driving.

London is one of the most enchanting places I've ever been on this planet.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

Cycling is open to the whole world.

As a kid growing up - I can see now - it didn't matter what I did, as long as it was something I could be really good at. Cycling just happened to be the opportunity that came along.

Riding a bicycle is the summit of human endeavour - an almost neutral environmental effect coupled with the ability to travel substantial distances without disturbing anybody. The bike is the perfect marriage of technology and human energy.