{"id":12451,"date":"2020-09-12T16:34:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T21:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/?p=12451"},"modified":"2020-12-18T17:54:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T22:54:56","slug":"first-the-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/first-the-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"First, The Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is no bicycle without the idea of a bicycle,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

without the inspiration to go somewhere. This part of the process, the beginning, is crucial. Fix the idea in your head. Keep your eyes on the destination.<\/p>\n

The best bikes are made of these things.<\/p>\n

Before a frame drawing gets made.<\/p>\n

Before a tube gets cut.<\/p>\n

Before the welding torch burns brightly.<\/p>\n

The kernel of the idea is in what the bike needs to do, where it wants to take you next.<\/p>\n

The whole bike is contained in the path it will travel, all the details falling out of the necessities of the ride.<\/p>\n

Will it be fast? Will it be comfortable? Will it have wheels like this and handlebars like that?<\/p>\n

What is your idea? And when can we build it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no bicycle without the idea of a bicycle, without the inspiration to go somewhere. This part of the process, the beginning, is crucial. Fix the idea in your head. Keep your eyes on the destination. The best bikes are made of these things. Before a frame drawing gets made. Before a tube gets … Continue reading “First, The Idea”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1196],"tags":[582,1181,788],"class_list":["post-12451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-framebuilding","tag-bike-design","tag-bike-philosophy","tag-deep-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12453,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12451\/revisions\/12453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}