{"id":30873,"date":"2023-06-04T18:06:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=30873"},"modified":"2023-06-04T18:06:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T17:06:09","slug":"abingdon-cycling-festival-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=30873","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Cycling Festival Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023060401.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe Abingdon Cycling Festival took place today, Sunday, the 4th of June, with over 20 rides starting from a sunny Market Place.<\/p>\n<p>From 9:00 to 11:30 in the morning, participants signed up and embarked on an array of rides.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023060402.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nOrganized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/abingdonfreewheeling.co.uk\/\">Abingdon Freewheeling cycling club<\/a>, the festival returned this year after a three-year gap. The club&#8217;s mission is to encourage the local community to participate in cycling, regardless of ability.<\/p>\n<p>Most rides ended at the Loose Cannon Brewery, where riders were treated to refreshments and musical entertainment.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023060408.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe festival rides ranged from sporty runs<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023060409.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nto off-road challenges;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023060414.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nand from social group rides and family-friendly jaunts to the latest developments in cycling with an E-bike ride.<\/p>\n<p>It looked a great day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Abingdon Cycling Festival took place today, Sunday, the 4th of June, with over 20 rides starting from a sunny Market Place. From 9:00 to 11:30 in the morning, participants signed up and embarked on an array of rides. Organized by the Abingdon Freewheeling cycling club, the festival returned this year after a three-year gap. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}