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Biography

Jerry Dusterhoff, Cyclist

Jerry Dusterhoff has only written one book, but he has written it twelve times.

Facing an empty nest and retirement, he needed a hobby for quiet time when not out on his bicycle. Both a mechanical klutz and computer-phobe, he decided to write, and, taking the number one writing advice to heart, wrote about what he knows best.

He cycles locally with members of the Georgetown Cyclopaths and Austin Flyers and travels about the country being a cycling tourist. He sees no reason to tour the same ride twice, since there are so many spectacular places to see and so little time.

Jerry is a lifelong advocate of physical activity, although he played no organized sports in high school and is not particularly athletic. A native of Washington, D.C., he came to the University of Dallas in 1963 and has not lived anywhere other than Texas since. He started long distance running, a direct result of Dr. Kenneth Cooper and his book on Aerobics in the mid 1960’s. He became interested in cycling in 1975, succumbing to the allure of BikeCentennial for 1976, an adventure of cycling across the country. Although never doing the BikeCentennial, he has ridden coast to coast.

Jerry and his wife, Marilane, are proud of their three children and six grandchildren and visit as often as possible.