On a bicycle you feel a different person.

– Miriam Henderson in The Tunnel by Dorothy Richardson

A bicycle is a splendid thing, remarks Bartolomeo Aymo in Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms

In Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Paul Newman and Katharine Ross share a delightful 5 minute scene on a
bicycle which evokes love, friendship and happiness

In E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the powers of E.T. allow bicycles to soar through the sky

Breaking Away (1979), American Flyers (1985) and The Triplets of Belleville (2003) feature bicycles prominently

In the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz, the evil Miss Gulch rides a bicycle to take Toto away from Dorothy; when
she turns into a witch, the bicycle becomes her broom

1892 lyrics of Daisy Bell by Harry Dacre, which ends: you’d look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two

Queen’s Bicycle Race repeats: I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike

Mark Twain wrote in comical fashion about his efforts learning to ride a bike in his essay Taming the Bicycle

The Wheels of Chance by H. G. Wells (1895)

In one cycling scene of Doyle’s Beyond the City, Admiral Hay Denver and Dr. Walker see a cloud of dust rolling down
the road. The Admiral is amazed at the speed of the object coming toward them and when he recognizes her, he
exclaims “why, by George, it is that woman!“

Rubinstein notes that, in the 1890s, cycling brought the sexes together on equal terms more completely than any
previous sport or pastime

H. G. Wells says that she looks “flushed with the exertion of riding, breathing a little fast, but elastic and active“

Why did the little boy take his bicycle to bed with him? Because he didn't want to walk in his sleep.

Why can't an elephant ride a bicycle? Because he doesn't have a thumb to ring the bell.

A biker was riding down the street and the note on his back said "if you can read this than my Mrs has fallen off!"