{"id":7936,"date":"2014-04-07T10:52:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T10:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=7936"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:01:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:01:06","slug":"hiwheeler-to-ride-usa-then-to-bottom-of-s-america-starting-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/04\/07\/hiwheeler-to-ride-usa-then-to-bottom-of-s-america-starting-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"HiWheeler to ride USA then to bottom of S. America starting this summer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Picture-27.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7939\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/04\/07\/hiwheeler-to-ride-usa-then-to-bottom-of-s-america-starting-this-summer\/picture-27\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Picture-27.png?fit=641%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"641,389\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&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=\"Picture 27\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Picture-27.png?fit=641%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7939 aligncenter\" alt=\"Picture 27\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Picture-27-600x364.png?resize=600%2C364\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Picture-27.png?resize=600%2C364&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Picture-27.png?w=641&amp;ssl=1 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joff Sommerfield is at again. The 46 year-old is ramping up to ride across the USA this summer on his way then through Central America \u00a0all the way down to the tip of South America at Tierra Del Fuego before tackling Africa or Asia.<\/p>\n<p>To promote it, he is riding the toughest cycling routes in Europe on his penny farthing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/article-2595108\/On-bike-Man-attempts-toughest-cycling-routes-Europe-PENNY-FARTHING.html#ixzz2yCDf6fxy \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story with video<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Joff Sommerfield is at again. The 46 year-old is ramping up to ride across the USA this summer on&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/04\/07\/hiwheeler-to-ride-usa-then-to-bottom-of-s-america-starting-this-summer\/\">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":[74,78,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiwheel","category-nbggrabbag","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-240","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5552,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/05\/28\/back-in-ireland-from-usa-mayors-ride\/","url_meta":{"origin":7936,"position":0},"title":"Back in Ireland, From USA Mayors&#8217; Ride","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"May 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Just now getting the Eagle back on the road here in Ireland after a successfulMayors' Ride campaign in America. 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