{"id":28810,"date":"2022-09-27T21:44:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T20:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muckmedden.co.uk\/?p=28810"},"modified":"2022-09-27T21:51:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T20:51:40","slug":"ribbon-o-dirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muckmedden.co.uk\/2022\/09\/27\/ribbon-o-dirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon o&#8217; Dirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1227.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our in-house poet <em>Rabbie Muckmedden<\/em> waxes lyrical about how riding bikes makes life better<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:360px;align-self:center; width:100%\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D5PJINODvFY?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>It&#8217;s a common problem&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>You haven&#8217;t ridden for a while due to life commitments and the desire to ride starts to fade.\u00a0 Before you know what&#8217;s happening, you&#8217;re making excuses about why you can&#8217;t go for a ride; &#8220;Too busy at work, too tired, too wet\/cold\/dark.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve not ridden for ages and my fitness is gone &#8221; blah, blah, muckin&#8217; blah.<\/p>\n<p>After a few more weeks you&#8217;ve substituted adrenaline-filled bike rides with sitting on your butt eating and drinking like you&#8217;re at a Roman banquet, whilst scrolling for another bike video.\u00a0 It&#8217;s at this point where you have to get your lazy butt off the couch, slap yourself across the face with your Five Tens and go for a blast.<\/p>\n<p>Because riding bikes is THE. 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