{"id":146639,"date":"2017-02-09T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T13:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=146639"},"modified":"2017-02-09T14:48:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T14:48:16","slug":"whats-like-ride-truly-freezing-conditions-check-bicycle-parade-moscow-28%cb%9ac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/02\/09\/whats-like-ride-truly-freezing-conditions-check-bicycle-parade-moscow-28%cb%9ac\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s It Like to Ride in Truly Freezing Conditions? Check Out This Bicycle Parade in Moscow at -28\u02daC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Surprisingly, the first parade of the year in the Russian capital wasn\u2019t a military one. It was organised by the Transport Department of Moscow on January 8 and despite harsh weather conditions, over 500 cyclists showed up. Temperatures dropped to petrifying -28\u02daC, so the riders were, quite naturally, under the supervision of emergency services. Nobody asked for medical assistance, though. Russians are one hell of a tough nation.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=qMHPV0pGsWk params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/qMHPV0pGsWk\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-146099 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ride2unite tag-hera-van-willick tag-travel\" data-postid=\"146099\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"146099\" data-word-count=\"1052\" data-headline-length=\"73\" data-category=\"#Ride2Unite\" data-author=\"Hera van Willick\" data-published=\"2017-01-17T10:23:04+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Tuesday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/484854_78845-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/01\/17\/travelling-world-hera-van-willick-code-red-sierra-nevada\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/484854_78845.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/484854_78845.webp 900w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/484854_78845-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/484854_78845-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/484854_78845-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"travelling-world-hera-van-willick-code-red-sierra-nevada\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/ride2unite\/\" title=\"#Ride2Unite\">#Ride2Unite<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/01\/17\/travelling-world-hera-van-willick-code-red-sierra-nevada\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>Travelling the World with Hera van Willick: Code Red in the Sierra Nevada<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146645\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310247282.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-146645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310247282.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A participant of Winter bicycle parade named &#8220;Let&#8217;s bike it!&#8221; cycles along an embankment in Moscow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-146099 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535703.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535703-300x200.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535703-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535703-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535703-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535703-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535703-272x182.webp 272w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535703.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535682.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535682-300x200.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535682-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535682-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535682-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535682-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535682-272x182.webp 272w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535682.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_146646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146646\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535670.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146646\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/profimedia-0310535670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russians are one hell of a tough nation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surprisingly, the first parade of the year in the Russian capital wasn\u2019t a military one. 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