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FIT FOR THE ROAD Ride ruckers are beginning to revo- lutionize professional driving by taking a familiar haul and trans- forming it into an extraordinary chase to find adventure. T Scott Grenerth, Jeff Barker and Jeff Clark, all “trucker cyclers,” have collaborated their passion and resources for riding bikes while working on the road on rideandroll.me, a website dedi- cated solely to drivers who are interested in learning how carry a bike with them and where to ride. The web- site is a data- base of interac- tive maps that show locations around the Truckstop Trail Maps You can pick up a walking or running trail map at 115 TA and Petro locations nationwide. Ten TA and Petro locations have fitness rooms with elliptical exercise equipment. Walking trail and fitness room sites can be found at www. tatravelcenters.com and www.petrotruck- stops.com. country where drivers can safely and legally park their tractor-trailers 30 TRUCKERS NEWS JUNE 2011 and Roll Trio develops website for biking enthusiasts CAROLINE TAYLOR and quickly get to a bike trail. The main map shows the central location of a trail. Clicking on the location will open a more detailed map that allows you to zoom and manipulate the area around the trail to show where to park, the actual trail and other interesting sites around the location. Grenerth, a trucker cycler who was featured in the Fit For the Road section in March’s issue of Truck- ers News, says that his main reason behind creating the website was to get drivers out of their trucks and into the world. “How many people actually get to experience their surroundings when they are cooped up in the cab of a truck driving from warehouse to warehouse?” Grenerth says. The website also has a direct link to the Ride and Roll Facebook page, which is a place for other trucker cyclers to interact with the web- site, give feedback on trails they’ve ridden and new trails in differ- ent areas. People also give moti- vation for truckers to begin living Jeff Barker, along with Scott Grenerth and Jeff Clark collaborated to start a cycling website for truckers. healthier lifestyles and leave advice for beginners. “The Ride and Roll Facebook page is growing rapidly. So far, in combination with the web- site, we’ve already recruited over a dozen new truckers who’ve gone out and purchased bikes,” Gren- erth says. For a profession that doesn’t require a lot of exercise, Gren- erth says that it is important to push others to maintain a healthy lifestyle. “There are just some things you can’t do at a truckstop,” he says. Barker, co-founder of the web- site, says that it’s all about teaching drivers to have an interest in exer- cising and exploring. “It’s the idea of getting out there,” Barker says. “It’s the feeling of freedom that you can go wher- ever you want.” continued on page 67 COURTESY JEFF BARKER