--- title: "8 Bike Quotes By Charley Boorman" description: "8 Bike quotes by Charley Boorman. Plus more from Charley Boorman and more Bike sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcc/charley-boorman-5806_bike_all-kids-love-bikes-and-cars-but-there-w_567695.jpg" --- > [All kids love bikes and cars. But there was a guy in my local village, Tony, who gave me a go on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/all-kids-love-bikes-and-cars-but-there-was-a-guy-in-my-local-village/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcc/charley-boorman-5806_bike_all-kids-love-bikes-and-cars-but-there-w_567695.jpg) > [When you're nuts about motorbikes, sooner or later, you get to the point where you really want to do a long journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/when-you-re-nuts-about-motorbikes-sooner-or-later-you-get-to-the/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/charley-boorman-5806_journey_when-you-re-nuts-about-motorbikes-sooner_1854212.jpg) > [The experience of riding an electric bike is very different. Because there was no engine noise and no big vibration coming from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/the-experience-of-riding-an-electric-bike-is-very-different-because/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/charley-boorman-5806_big_the-experience-of-riding-an-electric-bik_1890986.jpg) > [I grew up in Ireland, in the Wicklow Mountains just behind Dublin, and got a job in a Volkswagen garage when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-grew-up-in-ireland-in-the-wicklow-mountains-just-behind-dublin-and/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/charley-boorman-5806_father_i-grew-up-in-ireland-in-the-wicklow-moun_1941689.jpg) > [When you ride electric bikes, you know the terrain that you're riding on becomes a factor and headwinds become a factor. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/when-you-ride-electric-bikes-you-know-the-terrain-that-you-re-riding/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/charley-boorman-5806_becomes_when-you-ride-electric-bikes-you-know-th_1949523.jpg) > [Any trip is good. Any bike trip is better!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/any-trip-is-good-any-bike-trip-is-better/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/charley-boorman-5806_any_any-trip-is-good-any-bike-trip-is-better_2595892.jpg) > [I grew up in Wicklow, near Roundwood. It's a beautiful place on the east coast. That's where I started riding bikes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-grew-up-in-wicklow-near-roundwood-it-s-a-beautiful-place-on-the/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/charley-boorman-5806_beautiful_i-grew-up-in-wicklow-near-roundwood-it-s_2599163.jpg) > [Ewan McGregor and I travelled 20,000 miles from London to New York by bike. It was incredible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/ewan-mcgregor-and-i-travelled-20-000-miles-from-london-to-new-york-by/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/charley-boorman-5806_bike_ewan-mcgregor-and-i-travelled-20-000-mil_3019269.jpg) ## Other authors on Bike ## More by Charley Boorman > [It's very rare that you get that period of time to hang out with your best buddy and ride motorbikes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/it-s-very-rare-that-you-get-that-period-of-time-to-hang-out-with-your/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [If anybody has walked down the road and someone says turn left and you take a right that's a form of dyslexia. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/if-anybody-has-walked-down-the-road-and-someone-says-turn-left-and/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [There's a symmetry of blissfulness about Mongolia. It was a real privilege to be there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/there-s-a-symmetry-of-blissfulness-about-mongolia-it-was-a-real/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [Dad wanted me to act because it was a clever way of boosting my confidence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/dad-wanted-me-to-act-because-it-was-a-clever-way-of-boosting-my/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [I have a permanent moustache so I can be a 'Movator:' I take random telephone numbers and ring people up and 'movate' them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-have-a-permanent-moustache-so-i-can-be-a-movator-i-take-random/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [He was an amazing actor and could mimic anybody's voice. My sister Katrine was walking past one day and could hear our dad shouting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/he-was-an-amazing-actor-and-could-mimic-anybody-s-voice-my-sister/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [You need to put yourselves in places where adventure can find you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/you-need-to-put-yourselves-in-places-where-adventure-can-find-you/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [I customise and build motorbikes and I can fix them myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-customise-and-build-motorbikes-and-i-can-fix-them-myself/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [The thing about Mongolia is that it's incredibly difficult to grow vegetables there, so mostly we ate muttony stews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/the-thing-about-mongolia-is-that-it-s-incredibly-difficult-to-grow/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [Dad was a tough cookie. He expected a lot from people when they were employed to do a job. If they don't do it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/dad-was-a-tough-cookie-he-expected-a-lot-from-people-when-they-were/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [I don't read when I'm travelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-don-t-read-when-i-m-travelling/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [At the time when I was going to school in Ireland people didn't really have a clue about what it was, so I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/at-the-time-when-i-was-going-to-school-in-ireland-people-didn-t/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [Everyone wants their children to go to school, to have a job, a roof over their head, feed their children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/everyone-wants-their-children-to-go-to-school-to-have-a-job-a-roof/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [People warned us off lots of countries. Someone would say, for instance, 'Stay away from Sudan. It's full of thieves.' And we'd say, 'Have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/people-warned-us-off-lots-of-countries-someone-would-say-for-instance/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) > [It took four days from discovering I had cancer to finding out how serious the problem was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/it-took-four-days-from-discovering-i-had-cancer-to-finding-out-how/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bike/charley-boorman/#itemlist", "name": "8 Bike Quotes By Charley Boorman", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All kids love bikes and cars. But there was a guy in my local village, Tony, who gave me a go on a bike. 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