{"id":9,"date":"2008-01-31T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=9"},"modified":"2008-01-31T08:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-31T12:43:00","slug":"riding-in-the-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=9","title":{"rendered":"Riding in the cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/R6HD7hMIDLI\/AAAAAAAAABQ\/Q4ooIAcuwDc\/s1600-h\/JTLeder6.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/R6HD7hMIDLI\/AAAAAAAAABQ\/Q4ooIAcuwDc\/s200\/JTLeder6.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161622075232226482\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">I love to ride my Harley, but when it&#8217;s really cold out, my current windscreen-less bike lets the cold air strike.  But that&#8217;s what leather and tall boots are for!<\/p>\n<p>I picked up my bike from a routine service visit late yesterday afternoon, when temps were above freezing, but barely so.  I have to admit, under all that leather, I have on wool long johns, two t-shirts, and a flannel shirt.  Layers indeed work best.  And while this pic shows me in a Muir Cap, of course I wear a full-face helmet when I am on the road.  That also provides protection from the biting cold.<\/p>\n<p>As long as there isn&#8217;t ice, snow, or water on the roads, I&#8217;ll ride.  Well, as long as it&#8217;s above freezing.  Below that, no matter how much I bundle up, I just get too uncomfortable to enjoy the ride.  Sooooooon&#8230; oh how I dream, Spring will break.  Dream on!  Let&#8217;s boot up and ride!<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love to ride my Harley, but when it&#8217;s really cold out, my current windscreen-less bike lets the cold air strike. But that&#8217;s what leather and tall boots are for! I picked up my bike from a routine service visit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=9\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-harley-davidson-motorcycle","category-motorcycle-boots","category-motorcycle-ride"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}