| Many athletes as they grow older have a tough time | | | | Still worse are those teenage drivers who are text |
| playing their favorite sport or running. Their knees and | | | | messaging while they drive, the executive reading the |
| muscles are simply not as good as they once were. | | | | newspaper while driving to work or the good looking |
| So, they migrate over to riding a bike, unfortunately, the | | | | lady doing her lipstick, eye shadow or make-up with |
| cars simply refuse to give them the right of way. Now, | | | | kids in the back seat on her way to day care before |
| we all know that drivers do attempt to be courteous, I | | | | her first appointment. And if that is not bad enough, |
| know both you and I do, but there are many who will | | | | there are quite a few casual drinkers hitting an early |
| not yield and even get a little aggressive, perhaps they | | | | happy hour and then hitting the road or even you if |
| are having a bad hair day or want to see how close | | | | you do not watch it. |
| they can get. | | | | There are way too many fatalities of bicyclists out |
| There are many roads with little or no shoulder for the | | | | there, through no fault of their own. Some might say |
| bicycles. There are times when it is very windy, when | | | | bicycling is dangerous, so you should not do it. So, what |
| the roads are wet or slick, and those pot holes due to | | | | is the alternative, jogging might have you buying |
| poor maintenance. Of course, every bike rider knows | | | | $40,000 a side titanium knees. If you do not exercise |
| of the roadside debris, glass and nails and cyclists are | | | | you will die of something else, so I ask, how can you |
| constantly dodging this stuff as they ride. | | | | win? Think on this. |