{"id":2398,"date":"2012-03-29T07:58:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T06:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2018-12-17T17:43:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T17:43:41","slug":"barcelona-bikers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/barcelona-bikers\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Bikers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since my great friend Jason Stevenson persuaded me to hire a moped in Ibiza, I&#8217;ve been into bikes. Once we&#8217;d returned home, I bought a 100cc Yamaha to learn on and next thing I know I&#8217;m scratching around race tracks on a 400cc Honda race bike.<\/p>\n<p>My biking days drew to a close with an untimely crash riding home from work, 2 weeks before my wedding. No harm done to me, but I was clearly incapable of safe riding on the roads!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here we are in, Barcelona. Our ever-so-British open top bus voice tells us there are more bikes registered per capita than anywhere else in Europe. Easy to believe, they are everywhere. If you&#8217;re into bikes, you could spend days wandering the streets eyeing them up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG2130.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-IMAG2130.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG2159.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-IMAG2159.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG2158.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-IMAG2158.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG2162.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-IMAG2162.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG2163.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-IMAG2163.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IMAG2160.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-IMAG2160.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know much about mopeds, but maybe I&#8217;ll have a look into getting one back in Blighty&#8230; (don&#8217;t tell Ju)?<\/p>\n<p>Cheers, Jay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since my great friend Jason Stevenson persuaded me to hire a moped in Ibiza, I&#8217;ve been into bikes. 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