1. Whenever more than one cyclist goes for a ride - it's a race.
2. Tubeless is the future, but there will always be a place for tubes.
3. There's always someone better, faster, more stylish than you - try and ride with them, it'll make you better.
4. Get out of bed and go riding - no matter how horrible it is outside, you will always be glad you did(sometimes during, sometimes after).
5. Thin, hard saddles are comfier than big plush saddles.
6. Lycra just works, yet strangely...
7. ...only baggies work with pads (i.e. pads+lycra=wrong)
8. Brakes cannot be "too powerful"
Remove cap before pulling the tube from the rim despite quantity of mud covering it. 🙂
Keep your Camelbak bladder empty in the freezer between rides, tastes so much nicer and always wrap some gaffa tape round your pump in your pack, it has many uses with the humble zipe tie.
Be the trail, not the tree.