{"id":4249,"date":"2015-04-28T11:44:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T16:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevencycles.com\/blog\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2020-09-14T14:05:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T19:05:10","slug":"summers-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/summers-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer&#8217;s Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It isn&#8217;t summer yet, just April&#8217;s end, but there are buds on the trees, the sun rises higher in the sky every day, and we can begin to see all the riding options summer will give us. Our New England trails are drying out. The sunrise is early enough to get out on the road on a Saturday before the cars have woken up. The options are nice to have, though they sometimes necessitate more than one bike.<\/p>\n<p>Flat bars or drop? Skinny tires or fat? One seat or two? In summer, it almost doesn&#8217;t matter what you choose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FreedomWigs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4250\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FreedomWigs.jpg\" alt=\"Joe rides up a dirt path in a sunny meadow\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FreedomWigs.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FreedomWigs-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FreedomWigs-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FreedomWigs-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FreedomWigs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FreedomWigs-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ForestTrail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4251\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ForestTrail.jpg\" alt=\"Bike laying on a long straight dirt road in the forest\" width=\"612\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ForestTrail.jpg 612w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ForestTrail-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ForestTrail-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ForestTrail-400x401.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ForestTrail-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ForestTrail-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4252\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nick.jpg\" alt=\"Canary yellow Seven Axiom SL titanium road bike\" width=\"614\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nick.jpg 614w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nick-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nick-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nick-400x398.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nick-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nick-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KarlShred.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4253\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KarlShred.jpg\" alt=\"Karl moutain biking New England singletrack\" width=\"612\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KarlShred.jpg 612w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KarlShred-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KarlShred-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KarlShred-400x399.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KarlShred-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KarlShred-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Tandem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4254\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Tandem.jpg\" alt=\"Seven Axiom 007 SL titanium tandem with S and S couplers\" width=\"612\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Tandem.jpg 612w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Tandem-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Tandem-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Tandem-400x401.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Tandem-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Tandem-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It isn&#8217;t summer yet, just April&#8217;s end, but there are buds on the trees, the sun rises higher in the sky every day, and we can begin to see all the riding options summer will give us. Our New England trails are drying out. The sunrise is early enough to get out on the road &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/summers-options\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Summer&#8217;s Options&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46,42,24,37,758,364,45,51,36,751,218,83,440,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-4249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"tag-650b","7":"tag-axiom-s","8":"tag-axiom-sl","9":"tag-cross-bikes","10":"tag-evergreening","12":"tag-mountain-bikes","13":"tag-paint","14":"tag-shop-rides","15":"tag-sola-sl","16":"tag-summer","17":"tag-tandem","18":"tag-tandems","19":"tag-team-seven-cycles"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4249"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11765,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249\/revisions\/11765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}