{"id":2406,"date":"2011-10-17T02:27:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T05:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2011-10-17T18:26:34","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T21:26:34","slug":"touring-talk-biking-boomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/touring-talk-biking-boomers\/","title":{"rendered":"Touring Talk:  Biking Boomers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chris-and-heather-featured.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2408\" title=\"Chris and Heather Hartridge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chris-and-heather-featured.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chris-and-heather-featured.jpg 550w, http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chris-and-heather-featured-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"100%\" height=\"81\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F25716810&amp;show_comments=true&amp;auto_play=true&amp;color=ff7700\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F25716810&amp;show_comments=true&amp;auto_play=true&amp;color=ff7700\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object> <span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/worldbiking\/touring-talk-episode-8-biking\">Touring Talk episode 8: biking boomers<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/worldbiking\">worldbiking<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Name: <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chris and Heather Hartridge<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Country:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Touring Experience:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Long trips in Canada and the USA with plans for an extended multi-year tour in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Comfort touring or Camping?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>CAMPING! \u00a0And that<em> is<\/em> comfort for these two. \u00a0A thermarest and fresh air beats the Travel Lodge any day.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Their opinion on bike touring:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>They love the freedom of touring and the incredible level of fitness that goes along with a pedal-powered holiday.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Advice for first-timers to bicycle touring:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ease in to it. \u00a0Listen to your body and don&#8217;t get obsessed about distances or reaching a particular destination.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Touring Talk episode 8: biking boomers by worldbiking &nbsp; Name: Chris and Heather Hartridge Country: Canada Touring Experience: Long trips in Canada and the USA with plans for an extended multi-year tour in the future. 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