{"id":4952,"date":"2012-04-19T19:05:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T23:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2012-04-29T19:05:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T23:05:53","slug":"electric-bikes-arlington-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2012\/04\/19\/electric-bikes-arlington-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Bikes &#038; Arlington Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My latest Clarendon Cycles piece is <a href=\"http:\/\/clarendon.patch.com\/articles\/electric-bikes-and-expanding-the-reach-of-cycling\">about e-bikes<\/a>, prompted in part by my meeting with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transamericanelectricbiketour.com\/\">Trans-America Electric Bike Tour<\/a> crew. \u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m being quite honest when I&#8217;m describing it as a *click* moment, where I finally move from e-bike skeptic to e-bike appreciator (if still not quite an outright embrace).<\/p>\n<p>Boris and Anna&#8217;s tour covers all sorts of interesting things. \u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transamericanelectricbiketour.com\/slow-travel-airbnb-hand-hand\/\">Check &#8217;em out<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My latest Clarendon Cycles piece is about e-bikes, prompted in part by my meeting with the Trans-America Electric Bike Tour crew. \u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m being quite honest when I&#8217;m describing it as a *click* moment, where I finally move from e-bike skeptic to e-bike appreciator (if still not quite an outright embrace). 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