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The dip ahead of me \u00a0was covered by a small lake a lot last winter….<\/div>\n

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On downhills, I cross my legs over the steer tube so the pedals can spin free. HERE is a video<\/a> of me descending a good size hill in Palo Alto, CA….<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The dip ahead of me was covered by a small lake a lot last winter…. On downhills, I cross my legs over the steer tube so the pedals can spin free. HERE is a video of me descending a good size hill in Palo Alto, CA….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eagle-hiwheel","category-ireland","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-3R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2021\/08\/08\/chapter-excerpt-why-i-ride-an-eagle\/","url_meta":{"origin":239,"position":0},"title":"Chapter Excerpt – Why I Ride an Eagle","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"August 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Why the\u00a0 Eagle is at\u00a0 Home in\u00a0Indianapolis! 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