{"id":5641,"date":"2012-10-15T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/10\/15\/77-yo-irish-hiwheel-cyclist-is-international-trick-champion\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:07:22","slug":"77-yo-irish-hiwheel-cyclist-is-international-trick-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/10\/15\/77-yo-irish-hiwheel-cyclist-is-international-trick-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"77 yo Irish HiWheel Cyclist is International Trick Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"
Peter Matthews offers his UK audience seven minutes worth of tricks.\u00a0Filmed in 2006, Peter was 70 years old at the time. Based in Dublin, he also HiWHeeled across the USA in 2004<\/a>\u00a0with Gary Sanderson:<\/div>\n
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Peter still does tricks. \u00a0See them at the end of the recent interview below:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here he is talking about <\/a>some of his bikes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Peter Matthews offers his UK audience seven minutes worth of tricks.\u00a0Filmed in 2006, Peter was 70 years old at the… read more<\/a><\/p>\n


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