{"id":8943,"date":"2015-02-01T12:47:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T12:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=8943"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:00:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:00:45","slug":"106-year-old-long-beach-trike-riding-star-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/02\/01\/106-year-old-long-beach-trike-riding-star-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"106 Year-Old Long Beach Trike Riding Star Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/la-164475-me-0311-long-beach-tricyclist-1-dpb-jpg-20150129.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8944\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/02\/01\/106-year-old-long-beach-trike-riding-star-dies\/la-164475-me-0311-long-beach-tricyclist-1-dpb-jpg-20150129\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/la-164475-me-0311-long-beach-tricyclist-1-dpb-jpg-20150129.jpg?fit=700%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,394\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"la-164475-me-0311-long-beach-tricyclist-1-dpb-jpg-20150129\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/la-164475-me-0311-long-beach-tricyclist-1-dpb-jpg-20150129.jpg?fit=700%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-8944 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/la-164475-me-0311-long-beach-tricyclist-1-dpb-jpg-20150129-600x338.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"la-164475-me-0311-long-beach-tricyclist-1-dpb-jpg-20150129\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/la-164475-me-0311-long-beach-tricyclist-1-dpb-jpg-20150129.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/la-164475-me-0311-long-beach-tricyclist-1-dpb-jpg-20150129.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The retired aerospace mechanic from Santa Paula was a local celebrity among cyclists in the south bay. Every day, he would pedal down Ocean Boulevard to the beach, park or farmer&#8217;s market \u2014 ignoring the roar of lawn mowers and growls of pit bulls, but always smiling as he passed young women in flowery skirts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/california\/la-me-old-bicyclist-20150130-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The retired aerospace mechanic from Santa Paula was a local celebrity among cyclists in the south bay. Every day, he&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/02\/01\/106-year-old-long-beach-trike-riding-star-dies\/\">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-8943","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-2kf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16643,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2022\/04\/14\/belmont-beach-indianapolis\/","url_meta":{"origin":8943,"position":0},"title":"Belmont Beach, Indianapolis","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"April 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 Belmont Beach is located on the west bank of the White River where the Emmerichsville Dam (the rubble you see here) that stood for over 100 years, failed in 2019. \u00a0 \u00a0 It is on the White River Parkway, with a generous bike lane, between the 10th Street\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Indy Points Interest&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Indy Points Interest","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/indy-points-interest\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BelmontBeachLawnCooker.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BelmontBeachLawnCooker.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BelmontBeachLawnCooker.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BelmontBeachLawnCooker.jpeg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BelmontBeachLawnCooker.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BelmontBeachLawnCooker.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13344,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/08\/carl-fishers-last-years-in-flrida\/","url_meta":{"origin":8943,"position":1},"title":"Carl Fisher&#8217;s Last Years in Florida","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"September 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In my research about Carl Fisher for \"How Indianapolis Built America and H\u0010ow it will Rebuild it with the National Bicycle Greenway\", I came across this rare photo of him. 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