{"id":14278,"date":"2015-08-26T07:12:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T14:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=14278"},"modified":"2015-08-26T07:32:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T14:32:05","slug":"bicycle-built-two-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/08\/26\/bicycle-built-two-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bicycle Built for Two Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bicycle-two-billion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14279\" alt=\"bicycle-two-billion\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bicycle-two-billion.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a>When life handed Jamie Bianchini several bowls of lemons, he sought comfort where he always found it\u2014on his bicycle. In April, 2002 Jamie set off on a bicycle ride around the world on a tandem. Riding solo. As he made this incredible journey, Jamie invited strangers to join him on the rear seat of the tandem.<\/p>\n<p>After eight years, 81 countries and over 1000 riding companions, Jamie returned home and put his <a title=\"Peace Pedalers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peacepedalers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peace Pedalers<\/a> expedition to paper in <em>A Bicycle Built for Two Billion<\/em>. Now he shares his intercultural adventure through a captivating multimedia slideshow featuring stunning photos, videos, music and stories.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle area cyclists will have an opportunity to meet Jamie and view his presentation at a special event on <strong>September 1<\/strong> at 6:00 pm at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cascade.org\/about\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\">Cascade Bicycling Center<\/a>. His talk is receiving rave reviews around the country, so you don\u2019t want to miss it!<\/p>\n<p>This is a free, family-friendly public event and is presented by Washington Bikes, Cascade Bicycle Club and Ortlieb USA.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Event Schedule:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>6:00pm to 7:00pm:<\/b>\u00a0Meet-and-greet with a\u00a0door prize raffle with prizes from\u00a0<i>Ortlieb a<\/i>nd more for all those who arrive before 7:00<\/p>\n<p><b>7:00pm to 8:00pm<\/b>: Jamie &amp; Cristina\u2019s multimedia presentation of\u00a0<em>A Bicycle Built for Two Billion<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>8:00pm to 8:30pm<\/b>: Mix, mingle and book signing.\u00a0 Signed copies of Jamie Bianchini\u2019s newly released book\u00a0<em>A Bicycle Built for Two Billion<\/em>\u00a0will be available<\/p>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Join @cascadebicycle @WAbikes @OrtliebUSA for tandem travel talk 9\/1 w\/@peacepedalers&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When life handed Jamie Bianchini several bowls of lemons, he sought comfort where he always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[94,170],"class_list":["post-14278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-events-wa","category-seattle-king-county-wa","tag-bike-tours","tag-bike-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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