{"id":5605,"date":"2013-10-29T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/10\/29\/basf-reinvents-hiwheel-in-plastic\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:06:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:06:57","slug":"basf-reinvents-hiwheel-in-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/10\/29\/basf-reinvents-hiwheel-in-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"BASF Reinvents HiWheel (in plastic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/space-age-plastics-reinvent-the-19th-century-penny-fart-1453383907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ui9oStDqplg\/Um-mvEDyCGI\/AAAAAAAABXg\/-hW460xAWps\/s1600\/ku-xlarge.png\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ui9oStDqplg\/Um-mvEDyCGI\/AAAAAAAABXg\/-hW460xAWps\/s400\/ku-xlarge.png?resize=400%2C216\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I want one!!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story I want one!!<\/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":[1,78,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-nbggrabbag","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1sp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7915,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/03\/28\/evolution-of-the-bicycle-one-minute-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":5605,"position":0},"title":"Evolution of the Bicycle &#8211; One Minute Video","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"March 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Evolution of the Bicycle from Visual Artwork on Vimeo.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Eagle-HiWheel&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Eagle-HiWheel","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/eagle-hiwheel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8282,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/06\/14\/hiwheel-tire-mounting-method\/","url_meta":{"origin":5605,"position":1},"title":"HiWheel Tire Mounting Method","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"June 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/awakeagainmartin\/posts\/1412049469082761","rel":"","context":"In &quot;HiWheel&quot;","block_context":{"text":"HiWheel","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/hiwheel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5988,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/11\/28\/pop-kramer-1950s-trick-cyclist\/","url_meta":{"origin":5605,"position":2},"title":"Pop Kramer &#8211; 1950&#8217;s Real Deal 80 yo Trick Cyclist","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"November 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This guy was doing amazing \u00a0tricks in the North Carolina area until a crash at 85 years-old compromised his health so bad he succumbed to pneumonia..... 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