{"id":66,"date":"2013-06-13T01:51:42","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T06:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.petitefreespirit.com\/2013\/06\/pedaling-the-stress-away\/"},"modified":"2020-06-10T19:47:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T00:47:05","slug":"pedaling-the-stress-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petitefreespirit.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/13\/pedaling-the-stress-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedaling The Stress Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P align=justify><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px\" face=arial><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT>I recently got my bike after a several month separation with it in Alabama and me in Louisiana.&nbsp; Last night I wanted to go a short distance up the street and decided to test it out.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the tires were low on air and I already knew the rear brakes were not functioning.&nbsp; After checking two gas stations with non-functioning air pumps, I was able to find a mechanic shop that was still open and the mechanic put air in the tires.&nbsp; After that, off down the (busy) street I went, mindful of relying on one set of brakes.<br \/>\n<P align=justify><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px\" face=arial><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT>Tonight I REALLY wanted to get a ride in and decided to take a meandering path through the neighborhood and to wherever the streets led me.&nbsp; It felt good to be back on the bike in 12th gear cruising around, feeling the slight wind I created as I pedaled.&nbsp; It was even scentsational as I smelled something nice that I could not identify &#8211; bonus.&nbsp; One hour later, I&#8217;m at home, showered and ready to go to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Below, a supermodel shot of the bike in Saint Louis at the park&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"382\" src=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/7\/4\/3\/1\/2\/327050-321347\/TowerGrovePark027.jpg?a=81\" style=\"border: 0px solid;\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently got my bike after a several month separation with it in Alabama and me in Louisiana.&nbsp; Last night I wanted to go a short distance up the street and decided to test it out.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the tires were low on air and I already knew the rear brakes were not functioning.&nbsp; After checking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petitefreespirit.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/13\/pedaling-the-stress-away\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pedaling The Stress Away<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotidien"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"pfspirit","author_link":"https:\/\/www.petitefreespirit.com\/index.php\/author\/pfspirit\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"I recently got my bike after a several month separation with it in Alabama and me in Louisiana.&nbsp; 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