
{"id":3141,"date":"2008-08-07T06:23:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T14:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=3141"},"modified":"2008-08-07T06:25:24","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T14:25:24","slug":"tuesday-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/08\/07\/tuesday-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/bikeg080708.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/bikeg080708.jpg\" alt=\"Cruisers take the time for introductions and chatter outside Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s before the ride.\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>On the first Tuesday of every month, area bicyclists gather in the evening to cruise together for Cruiser Tuesday. In the words of organizer and handlebar DJ Matt Lee, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We bike-splice advocacy, arts and a lost flair for the street party.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The mass of mellow, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153funky-formal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d costumed riders takes off from Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on West Main at about 7:30 and cruises the streets and campus as a reminder that riding bicycles is simply fun. Tuesday was the third anniversary of the event. To learn more, see the website at <a href=\"http:\/\/cruisertuesday.blogspot.com\">cruisertuesday.blogspot.com<\/a> or show up next month!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Photos by Jack Carley.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/bike080708.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/bike080708.jpg\" alt=\"ReCYCLEry director Chris Richmond (left) hangs loose with fellow rider Adrian Hands.\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a> <a href='http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/bikef080708.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/bikef080708.jpg\" alt=\"Mounted speakers crank tunes for the ride and help keep cruisers going in the right direction.\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/bikeb080708.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/bikeb080708.jpg\" alt=\"Riders (from left) Merrill Wolf, Scott Smith, Wendy Darby and Charlotte Smith dressed in black in solidarity with friends Tamara Fetters and Noreen Fagan who are moving from Carrboro to Canada to be wed.\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/biked080708.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/biked080708.jpg\" alt=\"Organizer and DJ Matthew Lee turns off his handlebar-mounted music player as the ride concludes at Reservoir.\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" align=\"left\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the first Tuesday of every month, area bicyclists gather in the evening to cruise together for Cruiser Tuesday. In the words of organizer and handlebar DJ Matt Lee, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We bike-splice advocacy, arts and a lost flair for the street party.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The mass of mellow, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153funky-formal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d costumed riders takes off from Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on West Main&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}