{"id":5904,"date":"2014-01-08T15:52:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T23:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=5904"},"modified":"2014-01-08T15:07:02","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T23:07:02","slug":"basics-of-bicycle-touring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2014\/01\/08\/basics-of-bicycle-touring\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics of Bicycle Touring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/John-Pope_Anacortes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5676 alignright\" alt=\"John Pope, board member of Washington Bikes, on his bicycle in Anacortes, WA.\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/John-Pope_Anacortes-300x213.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Has our work on <a title=\"Cycling Sojourner: A Guide to the Best Multi-Day Bike Tours in Washington\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/support-us\/shop\/cycling-sojourner-best-bike-tours-wa\/\"><b>Cycling Sojourner Washington<\/b><\/a> or the <a title=\"US Bicycle Route System in Washington\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/growing-bicycling\/us-bicycle-route-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>US Bicycle Route System<\/b><\/a> piqued your interest in bicycle touring? If you live in Seattle, you might want to sign up for an upcoming one-night class called Basics of Bicycle Touring.<\/p>\n<p>This intro class is offered by UW Experimental College and taught by seasoned cycle tourist Sarah Burch. Students will learn about the various styles of bicycle touring and how to plan your bike tour, including trip preparation, gear selection, transporting your bike, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Basics of Bicycle Touring will be offered twice during the winter session. You can learn more about the class, including registration info,<a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/asuwxpcl\/courses\/view\/14WI.28.22301\" target=\"_blank\"> <b>here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has our work on Cycling Sojourner Washington or the US Bicycle Route System piqued your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","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":[27,20,11,76,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-encouragement","category-seattle-king-county-wa","category-tourism","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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