{"id":147779,"date":"2017-04-26T08:45:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T08:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=147779"},"modified":"2017-04-26T08:47:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T08:47:13","slug":"video-kangaroo-cannonballs-aussie-cyclist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/26\/video-kangaroo-cannonballs-aussie-cyclist\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Kangaroo Cannonballs Aussie Cyclist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We guess you can expect pretty much anything in a country which teaches kindergarten kids to always check their shoes before putting them on as a rule of thumb. Because of the world\u2019s deadliest snakes and spiders. That can be hiding there, yeah.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=LgITXML-dmU params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/LgITXML-dmU\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>An Australian cyclist named Tony was expecting just another sun-drenched ride in the land down under when his plans were slightly altered. He was riding west of Canberra on Brindabella Road when a rather large and muscular joey jumped in to say \u201cg\u2019day, mate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast Sunday, I was riding down a steep hill at 70 kph when a large kangaroo jumped out of the surrounding bush, I just had enough time to swerve a bit and the kangaroo hit my left arm and the rear of my bike, somehow I managed to stay upright even though I had damage to the rear wheel and tire. \u201c<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-146207 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-road-cycling tag-michael-tomolaris tag-peter-sagan\" data-postid=\"146207\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"146207\" data-word-count=\"200\" data-headline-length=\"96\" data-category=\"Road cycling\" data-author=\"Frantiska Blazkova\" data-published=\"2017-01-24T16:04:41+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Tuesday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/448487-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/01\/24\/video-journalist-doesnt-realize-hes-talking-peter-sagan-peter-sagans-wife\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/448487.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/448487.webp 900w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/448487-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/448487-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/448487-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"video-journalist-doesnt-realize-hes-talking-peter-sagan-peter-sagans-wife\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/road-cycling\/\" title=\"Road cycling\">Road cycling<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/01\/24\/video-journalist-doesnt-realize-hes-talking-peter-sagan-peter-sagans-wife\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>VIDEO: Journalist Doesn\u2019t Realize He\u2019s Talking about Peter Sagan to Peter Sagan&#8217;s Wife<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>The altercation was captured on Tony\u2019s rear-facing Cycliq camera and if we are not mistaken the kangaroo produced something that can be taken for a smug grin. The cyclist was a lucky one, though, because roos can grow up to 1.8 meters and weigh up to 90 kilograms and their boxing skills are on point. Our guess is this one was just a little bored after all day in the scrubland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We guess you can expect pretty much anything in a country which teaches kindergarten kids to always check their shoes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":147781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4142],"tags":[1025,1024,389],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-147779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ride2unite","tag-australia","tag-kangaroo","tag-video","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO: Kangaroo Cannonballs Aussie Cyclist - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We guess you can expect pretty much anything in a country which teaches kindergarten kids to always check their shoes before putting them on as a rule of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/26\/video-kangaroo-cannonballs-aussie-cyclist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO: Kangaroo Cannonballs Aussie Cyclist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We guess you can expect pretty much anything in a country which teaches kindergarten kids to always check their shoes before putting them on as a rule of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/26\/video-kangaroo-cannonballs-aussie-cyclist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-26T08:45:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-04-26T08:47:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/485478.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Frantiska Blazkova\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/26\/video-kangaroo-cannonballs-aussie-cyclist\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/26\/video-kangaroo-cannonballs-aussie-cyclist\/\",\"name\":\"VIDEO: Kangaroo Cannonballs Aussie Cyclist - 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