{"id":278739556,"date":"2013-11-01T03:39:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T03:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=278739556"},"modified":"2013-11-01T03:39:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T03:39:16","slug":"a-loud-bell-ding-of-approval-for-australias-first-cyclists-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=278739556","title":{"rendered":"A loud bell-ding of approval for Australia\u2019s first cyclists party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s first political party dedicated to cyclists is up and riding. I welcome this move: it\u2019s high time we had a party defending us<br \/>\nBy Gary Nunn, The Guardian<br \/>\nThe \u201cterrorists in lycra\u201d have organised and now, they want your vote.<br \/>\nAustralia\u2019s first political party dedicated to cyclists and their interests has launched a membership drive. May I be the first to whip off my biking gloves to applaud. Its launch website asks: \u201cWhy has cycling been demonised, politicised and criticised so often in the media and by government officials?\u201d<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2013\/oct\/15\/australia-cyclists-party\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2013\/oct\/15\/australia-cyclists-party<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s first political party dedicated to cyclists is up and riding. I welcome this move: it\u2019s high time we had a party defending us By Gary Nunn, The Guardian The \u201cterrorists in lycra\u201d have organised and now, they want your vote. Australia\u2019s first political party dedicated to cyclists and their interests has launched a membership &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=278739556\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A loud bell-ding of approval for Australia\u2019s first cyclists party&#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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278739556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278739556","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=278739556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278739556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=278739556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=278739556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=278739556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}