{"id":146704,"date":"2017-02-13T02:16:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T02:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=146704"},"modified":"2017-02-13T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T15:20:16","slug":"coolest-news-world-cycling-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/02\/13\/coolest-news-world-cycling-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Coolest News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! So, what did you miss?<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Just an ordinary day of training<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Right?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQS3UIDBJ6T\/<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Afghan Freeride Club<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThen I went to a Special Forces Commando training base in the mountains near Kabul. I was leading a thirteen-man team and when at the base, I saw there were peaks all around me. I asked: Does anybody mountain bike around here? No? I guess I could.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-146384 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ride2unite tag-afghanistan tag-army\" data-postid=\"146384\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"146384\" data-word-count=\"489\" data-headline-length=\"71\" data-category=\"#Ride2Unite\" data-author=\"Vratislav Slapak\" data-published=\"2017-02-02T13:27:40+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Thursday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/24224_424242-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/02\/02\/afghan-freeride-club-meet-downhill-enthusiasts-camp-cobra\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/24224_424242.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/24224_424242.webp 900w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/24224_424242-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/24224_424242-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/24224_424242-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"afghan-freeride-club-meet-downhill-enthusiasts-camp-cobra\"\/><\/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\/02\/02\/afghan-freeride-club-meet-downhill-enthusiasts-camp-cobra\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>The Afghan Freeride Club: Meet the Downhill Enthusiasts from Camp Cobra<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>The story of the downhill enthusiasts from Camp Cobra, Afghanistan, became our most read story last week. Be sure to check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/02\/02\/afghan-freeride-club-meet-downhill-enthusiasts-camp-cobra\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cutting onions with Dumoulin<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Cycling equipment has more than just one use!<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blingmatthews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@blingmatthews<\/a> cutting onions&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/azoQsxZ1bl\">pic.twitter.com\/azoQsxZ1bl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Dumoulin (@tom_dumoulin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tom_dumoulin\/status\/829377673357041664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Insane downhill MTB speed record<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>167.6 km\/h on a Mondraker production bike? No problem for Markus St\u00f6ckl! Read more about this story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/02\/09\/video-new-insane-downhill-mountain-bike-speed-record-markus-stockl\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=bMKQup6PRhE params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/bMKQup6PRhE\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<h2><strong>Welcome to the team, Wiggo!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>How do you like the new ad by \u0160koda UK?<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=ezO_YKuWbnQ params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/ezO_YKuWbnQ\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! 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