If we went to the Tour, I'd have to think, what would our purpose be? Would it be to win the Tour de France? I'm not sure I want that pressure.
I began cycling round the Serpentine because it was the only closed route in London where I could ride traffic-free.
You can plan physically to try to win the Tour, but I could never plan for what was going to happen after it.
I'd love to win Paris-Roubaix.
My dad was a professional track racer. It's in my genes, and my first memories as a baby were in a velodrome.
That period afterwards, just hating being the winner of the Tour de France, hating cycling, hating the media for asking me questions about Lance Armstrong.
I'm not just a time triallist any more.
I've got an opportunity that not many people have - to be the leader of Team Sky as I enter the prime years of my career.
Usually, the great thing about cycling is that anybody can watch it; it's very accessible.
Working-class people don't tend to be wooed by celebrity.
You think if you win the Olympics, you'll become a millionaire overnight. But I was still scraping the barrel, looking down the back of the settee for pound coins to buy a pint of milk.
You take for granted that you can walk. You do it every day, and then suddenly you can't walk, and you have to remember, 'How did I get out of this chair and start walking in the first place?'
I didn't like doing team presentations at races, being introduced as the winner of the Tour. I felt quite embarrassed by it.
When I did win the Tour, I felt I was feted more in the U.K. for being an Olympic gold medallist... Then I come back to Europe to race, and they're not interested in the Olympic gold; it's about being the winner of the Tour de France - here he is.
You know what? I've won the Tour de France, and now I feel ready to talk about it.
I'm not really a computer man, to be honest. I check my emails every couple of weeks.
I've always shied away from computers, the Internet and all that. I'm a bit more traditional, really - pick up a newspaper, pick up a phone.
I've got a EC3-35 Gibson, which is pretty cherished. I've got a vintage Reichenbacker 330 in fireglow, which is the other one I look after and don't let the kids touch.
I was a fan of Lance Armstrong, and I remember watching him win the Worlds in '93 in Oslo.
I think my wife has struggled a bit because of how obsessive I get with what I eat and stuff.
