{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a889ff0f755024d3b6c1908/5bea0aaeb2a772da0f99a25d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Bike Ninja","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5a889ff0f755024d3b6c1908/1542075466678-b850899ef60d52a7d9db53369719414c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>As ever I love it when a listener reaches out to me to be on the ben and bikes podcast&nbsp;If you’d like to be on the show please email me on <a href=\"mailto:ben@benandbikes.com\" target=\"_blank\">ben@benandbikes.com</a> or go to benandbikes.com and click on the contact button on the nav bar.</p><p><br></p><p>Today’s guest, who sent me an email, is joining me via Skype all the way from Spain.&nbsp;His real name is Axel Blumenberg, but he also goes by the Bike Ninja. From what I understand Axel was one of those people suffering a soul destroying, life wasting and exhausting commute, in his case about 4 hours every day.</p><p><br></p><p>Coming to his rescue was a bicycle and, from what I understand this has not only completely changed his life, but also allows him to view things from the perspective of a martial arts expert.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Ben Lockett"}