In other countries where biking is as common as driving, motorists feel like they don't belong on the road. They travel slow and cautiously. Here in America, we feel that we have the right to the road and the cyclists are slowing us down. ... We have to get out of that way of thinking.

Someone said if you want to get faster at mountain biking, get into road biking to build your stamina up. So I built my first road bike.

Driving is done 90 percent through visual cues, and when eyes are taken off the road, the brain cannot respond in time.

This is my first road race. I've been in mountain biking. I had a couple of friends and we decided to start road racing. I will do all three stages. I feel this will be a good challenge. Hopefully, I'm in good enough shape to handle it.

When I was younger, I had no problem renting a car and driving down every dirt road in Baja or Costa Rica looking for great waves to avoid crowds, ... It was fun, but as I've gotten older, I'm more inclined to charter a surf camp trip. Frankly, I'm looking for a little more comfort and a lot less hassle.

It is frustrating when other road-users are driving badly but reacting aggressively and driving badly only makes it worse.