{"id":691,"date":"2010-09-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2010\/09\/27\/i-bike-izabelle-anderson\/"},"modified":"2013-09-30T12:57:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T19:57:21","slug":"i-bike-izabelle-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/27\/i-bike-izabelle-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"I Bike: Izabelle Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"298\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519566210194865538\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_E_bkPrUAR0c\/TJlwOWjp_YI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/PPMdpFo5stw\/s400\/IMG_20100907_085748.jpg\" style=\"height: 159px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0pt; width: 213px;\" width=\"400\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Izabelle proudly poses with her bike.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_E_bkPrUAR0c\/TJlwOWjp_YI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/PPMdpFo5stw\/s1600\/IMG_20100907_085748.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><\/a>Although Izabelle Anderson of Bellingham is only 8 years old,\u00a0 she has been riding her bike for &#8220;a hundred years.&#8221;\u00a0 She proudly bikes to school on her pink bicycle decorated with flowers and equipped with a basket.<\/p>\n<p>Biking is Izabelle&#8217;s favorite way to get to school.\u00a0 She likes to bike because she gets exercise, has a lot of fun, and she likes to play on her bike.\u00a0 Sometimes she even rides in the rain.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what her first memories of biking are, Izabelle responded, &#8220;I remember that I got to look around when I was on the back of my Mom&#8217;s  bike.  I also remember crashing my bike when I had training wheels and I  went too fast down a hill.&#8221;\u00a0 The coolest thing she has seen from a bike seat is a raccoon.<\/p>\n<p>Does she have any advice for folks thinking about taking up biking?\u00a0 You bet. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Always wear your helmet and be safe all the time.  Wear hand gloves.   Ride in a straight line, don&#8217;t go back and forth, back and forth because you  might crash,&#8221; stated Izabelle.\u00a0 &#8221;  I love to bike!&#8221; she adds.<\/p>\n<p>Tell us your story!\u00a0 <b>I Bike<\/b> is a project of the Bicycle Alliance  of Washington to put a personal face on bicycling when we talk to  elected officials and the public.\u00a0 Contact <a href=\"mailto:louisemc@wabikes.org\"><b>Louise McGrody<\/b><\/a> if you&#8217;d like to share your I Bike story with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Izabelle proudly poses with her bike. 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