{"id":267728018,"date":"2013-06-26T16:53:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T16:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=267728018"},"modified":"2013-06-26T16:53:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T16:53:38","slug":"the-baltimore-bike-party-is-taking-over-the-streets-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=267728018","title":{"rendered":"The Baltimore Bike Party is taking over the streets in style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah Richards, The Baltimore Sun<\/p>\n<p>On a recent Friday evening, a carnival on wheels took to the streets of Baltimore. Women decked out in chandelier earrings juggled floor-length or knee-high dresses on bicycles. Men wearing bow ties and blazers peddled mountain bikes, while one young man sported a powder-blue tuxedo and loose blond hair on his BMX.<\/p>\n<p>Spend just a few minutes watching this crowd move through an intersection or up a street and it&#8217;s no wonder most residents and motorists had a look of wonder or surprise on their faces. If there was any doubt about what this was, it didn&#8217;t last.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Bike Party!&quot; howled a cyclist somewhere in the mass.<\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore Bike Party \u2014 part costume party, urban exploration, family outing, dance rave and roving singles scene \u2014 is a group ride through Baltimore that will have you feeling like Mister Rogers, Lance Armstrong and Lady Gaga all in the space of 2 1\/2 hours.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/entertainment\/bthesite\/bs-b-0529-cover-bike-party-20130529,0,1503762.story\">https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/entertainment\/bthesite\/bs-b-0529-cover-bike-party-20130529,0,1503762.story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah Richards, The Baltimore Sun On a recent Friday evening, a carnival on wheels took to the streets of Baltimore. Women decked out in chandelier earrings juggled floor-length or knee-high dresses on bicycles. Men wearing bow ties and blazers peddled mountain bikes, while one young man sported a powder-blue tuxedo and loose blond hair &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=267728018\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Baltimore Bike Party is taking over the streets in style&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267728018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-baltimore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267728018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267728018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267728018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267728018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267728018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267728018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}