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I just want kids to have a chance to go and try an Olympic sport. Every kid has a bike - that's how I started, and one kid coming along and giving it a go could make that journey to the Olympics.

I rode my bike to school every day from age five to age fourteen. It was a small town - you could go anywhere.

I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't wait to go off on my own.

I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.

I liked the banana-seat bikes with the high handlebars - maybe a card in the wheel could have been part of it.

As a kid from Texas, it always amazes me when city kids don't know how to ride a bike.

I find time to write the way kids find time to ride their bikes.

I love bikes. I used to own one, but I fell off it when I was younger and that was the end of my bike riding days until now.

I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to ride, and is lightweight.

I've got a quad bike, which I've raced against neighbours. You could give me a go-kart with a lawnmower engine - I'd still have fun. I like jet skis, speedboats, all the boys' toys.