{"id":401,"date":"2013-08-21T15:53:37","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T22:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/?p=401"},"modified":"2013-08-21T15:53:37","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T22:53:37","slug":"iceland-is-for-brave-bicyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/iceland-is-for-brave-bicyclists.html","title":{"rendered":"Iceland is for Brave Bicyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a super-highway in Iceland: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-221221.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-221221.jpg\" alt=\"20130821-221221.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no shoulder. Sometimes, ther is no pavement.  Here is a bicyclist, bravely peddling and wearing a helmet even:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-221529.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-221529.jpg\" alt=\"20130821-221529.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I suspect that these bikes are part of a tour.  Note the kickstands on mountain bikes. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-222308.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-222308.jpg\" alt=\"20130821-222308.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Truth be told, I&#8217;ve been driving a Suzuki mini 4&#215;4. Iceland is full of mountains and glaciers and, in the summer, rain. Not ideal bicycling, but people still do it. I&#8217;ve been giving them lots of space.  Here&#8217;s a bicyclist who is likely freezing. She&#8217;s not so cold that she wants to wear her helmet, however. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-223947.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-223947.jpg\" alt=\"20130821-223947.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More road.  Lots of road before sunny Seattle.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-224238.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-224238.jpg\" alt=\"20130821-224238.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an amazing place, Iceland. Complete with icebergs.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-225149.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821-225149.jpg\" alt=\"20130821-225149.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a super-highway in Iceland: There is no shoulder. Sometimes, ther is no pavement. Here is a bicyclist, bravely peddling and wearing a helmet even: I suspect that these bikes are part of a tour. Note the kickstands on mountain bikes. Truth be told, I&#8217;ve been driving a Suzuki mini 4&#215;4. Iceland is full [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycle-advocates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}