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\nA mile from my house, what\u2019s different about the photo at the left below are a few things:<\/p>\n

\u2013 it\u2019s a one lane road with green weeds growing out of the middle<\/p>\n

\u2013 there is so little traffic on it, that I could stop in the middle of it and take pictures.<\/p>\n

\u2013 I was on my recumbent, a high performance bicycle WITH a kickstand so I was able to park it in the middle of the road.<\/p>\n

It led to the photo of the \u00a0rare (over here)\u00a0San Francisco type hill next to it…..<\/p>\n

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A mile from my house, what’s different about this photo are a few things: – it’s a one lane road with green weeds growing out of the middle – there is so little traffic on it, that I could stop in the middle of it and take pictures. – I was on my recumbent, a high performance bicycle WITH a kickstand so I was able to park it in the middle of the road. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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A mile from my house, what\u2019s different about the photo at the left below are a few things: \u2013 it\u2019s… 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":[9,6,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-recumbent","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-27O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10480,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2016\/02\/05\/rob-gentry-getting-joy-from-recumbent-test-ride-smiles\/","url_meta":{"origin":8172,"position":0},"title":"Rob Gentry – Getting Joy from Recumbent Test Ride Smiles","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"February 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"We spent some time on the phone today with a highly educated man who after a long career in mental health, created a notable market for the recumbent bicycle in the relative middle of nowhere in the state of Pennsylvania. 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