{"id":3001,"date":"2011-08-15T20:38:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T04:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2011-08-15T21:17:17","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T05:17:17","slug":"john-avalos-rides-no-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/3001\/john-avalos-rides-no-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"John Avalos Rides No Hands!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><CENTER><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/27676151?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/27676151\">John Avalos Rides SF<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/avalossf\">John Avalos<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>August 15, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Lights, camera, roll music and action! The campaign to elect Supervisor John Avalos to Room 200 today released a top-notch quality video production of Avalos riding around San Francisco on his bicycle.<\/p>\n<p>A cool as a cucumber Avalos shows he&#8217;s no cycling novice, shown in the video fixing punctures and riding his bicycle without using his hands. Not sure if Board Prez and fellow mayoral candidate, David Chiu, can match Avalos&#8217; cycling skills, but they have at least one thing in common: they&#8217;re both vying to impress for the coveted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfbike.org\/\">San Francisco Bicycle Coalition<\/a> (SFBC) endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>If the SFBC is having difficulty deciding their #1 and #2 endorsement slots, may we suggest the matter be settled by a bicycle race or time trial around Alioto Plaza? 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