{"id":402,"date":"2025-01-09T17:09:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/?p=402"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:09:44","slug":"president-carter-bicycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/uncategorized\/president-carter-bicycles\/","title":{"rendered":"President Carter &amp; Bicycles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 9, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The year of the Bikecentennial, 1976, is perhaps best known in American history for the election of President Jimmy Carter. The campaign during the year occurred against the backdrop of the celebration of 200 years since 1776, as illustrated by this photograph of candidate Carter wearing a \u201cBicentennial cap.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carter-Bicentennial-Hat-Long-Beach-Press-Telegram-1976May5p1-597x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403\" style=\"width:243px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carter-Bicentennial-Hat-Long-Beach-Press-Telegram-1976May5p1-597x1024.png 597w, https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carter-Bicentennial-Hat-Long-Beach-Press-Telegram-1976May5p1-175x300.png 175w, https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carter-Bicentennial-Hat-Long-Beach-Press-Telegram-1976May5p1.png 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Roslyn Carter were regular cyclists, both during their time at the White House and after leaving office. This photograph from Camp David illustrates the President&#8217;s commitment to this form of outdoor recreation (modern cyclists will note the absence of helmets, which was common at the time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carter-Bicycle-NYTimes-1978-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carter-Bicycle-NYTimes-1978-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carter-Bicycle-NYTimes-1978-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carter-Bicycle-NYTimes-1978-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carter-Bicycle-NYTimes-1978-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Carter-Bicycle-NYTimes-1978.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A more important relationship between President Carter and the Bikecentennial involves his commitment to alternative and reewable forms of energy. America in the 1970s experienced two energy crises, both associated with embargoes on oil exports from the Middle East. In addition, this decade saw increased attention to the costs of fossil fuels on the environment. President Carter was recognized for his commitment to promoting alternative energy, which included encouraging forms of transportation less dependent on fossile fuels. On this day of President Carter\u2019s memorial service, these connections between cycling and the environment are worth remembering and recognizing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 9, 2025 The year of the Bikecentennial, 1976, is perhaps best known in American history for the election of President Jimmy Carter. The campaign during the year occurred against the backdrop of the celebration of 200 years since 1776, as illustrated by this photograph of candidate Carter wearing a \u201cBicentennial cap.\u201d President Jimmy Carter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}