{"id":1794,"date":"2009-02-23T20:02:21","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T04:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=1794"},"modified":"2009-03-17T19:37:23","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T02:37:23","slug":"should-you-buy-a-new-mountain-bike-or-give-your-old-a-facelift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=1794","title":{"rendered":"Cycling &#8211; Should you buy a new mountain bike or give your old a facelift?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1795\" title=\"bike12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/02\/bike12-150x121.jpg\" alt=\"bike12\" width=\"150\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bike12-150x121.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bike12.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The sun is shining, the snow is melting. Could spring be in the air? Mountain biking enthusiasts everywhere, from Alaska to Maine, see this transitional season as a time of deep reflection:\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Should I buy a new bike or refurbish the old?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Our faltering economy would love for you to buy new but that assumes that your bank account is flush with ducats. If it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not, give your bike an upgrade &#8230;\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-1224-Minneapolis-Outdoor-Recreation-Examiner~y2009m2d22-Should-you-buy-a-mountain-bike-or-give-your-old-a-facelift\" target=\"_blank\">More info<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<center><br \/>\n[ad#cor1]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sun is shining, the snow is melting. Could spring be in the air? Mountain biking enthusiasts everywhere, from Alaska to Maine, see this transitional season as a time of deep reflection:\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Should I buy a new bike or refurbish the old?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Our faltering economy would love for you to buy new but that assumes that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","category-mt-bike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1794"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4555,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794\/revisions\/4555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}