{"id":5544,"date":"2013-06-29T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/06\/29\/eagle-to-the-pig-factory\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:06:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:06:58","slug":"eagle-to-the-pig-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/06\/29\/eagle-to-the-pig-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle to the Pig Factory!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The above swine slaughterhouse is only five miles away, but I have not come out here on the Eagle because the roads to it are about as bad as they get over here in Ireland.\u00a0However, since this is the safest and \u00a0quietest way for me to get to Westport, a lively bicycle hub\u00a0for the\u00a0Great Western Greenway<\/a>, \u00a0I decided \u00a0the gusset\u00a0Pawel Guba<\/b>\u00a0welded around the inside of my\u00a0rim was now ready for the ultimate acid test.<\/div>\n

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Result: the wheel rolls true after the ten miles of punishment the bike endured !!<\/b><\/div>\n

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Those of you who have been following the trouble I have been having over with keeping the Eagle rolling will be pleased to know that my bike is finally \u00a0riding G R E A T!!<\/div>\n

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btw: Off in the distance, in the center of the photo above, the smokestacks you see remind me of the concentration camp settings one can find in Germany…<\/div>\n
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