{"id":587,"date":"2007-11-01T21:44:26","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T03:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/archives\/587"},"modified":"2007-11-01T21:44:26","modified_gmt":"2007-11-02T03:44:26","slug":"a-view-of-the-road-from-a-cyclists-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2007\/11\/01\/a-view-of-the-road-from-a-cyclists-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"A view of the road from a cyclist&#8217;s perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan Tollerene writes in the Friendswood Journal,<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I have lived first in Houston and now Pearland all my life. I have owned three pickup trucks and driven down a lot of farm roads. I have experienced the frustration of trying to maneuver around a group of cyclist on their road bikes first hand.<\/p>\n<p>Two things happened that have changes my attitude towards cyclists. <\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n            <script src=\"http:\/\/bannerads.zwire.com\/bannerads\/bannerad.asp?ADLOCATION=4000&amp;PAG=461&amp;BRD=1574&amp;LOCALPCT=100&amp;AREA=774&amp;VERT=6699&amp;NAREA=&amp;AT=JS&amp;barnd=6586\" language=\"JavaScript1.1\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><br \/>\n            <script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<!-- \nif (parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) == 0) { \ndocument.write('<IFRAME  width=\"\" MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0 HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0 FRAMEBORDER=0 SCROLLING=no BORDER=\"0\" BORDERCOLOR=\"#000000\" SRC=\"http:\/\/bannerads.zwire.com\/bannerads\/bannerad.asp?ADLOCATION=4000&PAG=461&BRD=1574&LOCALPCT=100&AREA=774&VERT=6699&NAREA=&AT=IF&barnd=2553\">'); \n} \n\/\/--> \n<\/script><br \/>\n            <noscript> &lt;A HREF=&quot;http:\/\/bannerads.zwire.com\/bannerads\/redirect.cfm?ADLOCATION=4000&amp;PAG=461&amp;BRD=1574&quot; &gt;&lt;img border=0 alt=&quot;Click Here!&quot; SRC=&quot;http:\/\/bannerads.zwire.com\/bannerads\/bannerad.asp?ADLOCATION=4000&amp;PAG=461&amp;BRD=1574&amp;LOCALPCT=100&amp;AREA=774&amp;VERT=6699&amp;NAREA=&amp;barnd=5651&quot;&gt;&lt;\/a&gt; <\/noscript><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>First after years of playing golf and observing my waistline growing bigger and bigger I responded to an ad around 7 years ago from local gym Fitness Solutions to train for a mini triathlon. After participating in a few mini triathlons I continued my training focusing mainly on the biking. So low and behold I became one of those guys out on their in the road on the bike that I was always frustrated about getting around in my vehicle. The second thing I will save for later.<\/p>\n<p>As I have become more involved with the cycling and met many great people through the Pearland Cycling Club and participating in the MS150 I have observed that most cyclists are concerned with riding safely out on the road with motorists.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwire.com\/site\/news.cfm?BRD=1574&amp;dept_id=568296&amp;newsid=18979650&amp;PAG=461&amp;rfi=9\" target=\"_blank\">Full article link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan Tollerene writes in the Friendswood Journal, &quot;I have lived first in Houston and now Pearland all my life. I have owned three pickup trucks and driven down a lot of farm roads. 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