{"id":7897,"date":"2014-03-19T19:28:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T19:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:06:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:06:56","slug":"half-bike-i-want-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/03\/19\/half-bike-i-want-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Bike &#8211; I Want One!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/19\\\/half-bike-i-want-one\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1519px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1519\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1519px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1519\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/03\/19\/half-bike-i-want-one\/article-2582871-1c5e03b500000578-167_306x423\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1515\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"7898\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/article-2582871-1C5E03B500000578-167_306x423.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"306,423\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 kolelinia&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"article-2582871-1C5E03B500000578-167_306x423\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/article-2582871-1C5E03B500000578-167_306x423.jpg?fit=306%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/article-2582871-1C5E03B500000578-167_306x423.jpg?fit=306%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/article-2582871-1C5E03B500000578-167_306x423.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=1515&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1515\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"1515\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"article-2582871-1C5E03B500000578-167_306x423\" alt=\"article-2582871-1C5E03B500000578-167_306x423\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 1515px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">F<\/span><\/strong>or all the traveling I am finding myself having to do any more, I think this bike looks like it could be a real winner for me! Seems a good sized back pack would be compulsory&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2582871\/Would-ride-HALFBIKE-Bizarre-one-wheel-invention-claims-make-city-cycling-steer-using-pole.html\">Full Story<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/774841427\/halfbike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Their Kickstarter Page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all the traveling I am finding myself having to do any more, I think this bike looks like it&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/03\/19\/half-bike-i-want-one\/\">read more<\/a><\/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":[78,6,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nbggrabbag","category-recumbent","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-23n","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5585,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/09\/20\/dublin-airport-bike-friendliest\/","url_meta":{"origin":7897,"position":0},"title":"Dublin Airport &#8211; Bike Friendliest??","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"September 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Had a chance to visit the Dublin Airport yesterday.\u00a0Bike lanes and signs directing one to the bike parking facilities were everywhere.\u00a0There are even\u00a0Bike Lanes right up to the hotel entrances!!In terms of bike friendliness, this looks like an air facility that ranks at the top for bicycle access. 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