{"id":38,"date":"2014-04-04T16:38:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T23:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/singlespeed.org\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2014-04-04T16:38:46","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T23:38:46","slug":"singlespeed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/singlespeed.org\/?page_id=38","title":{"rendered":"Singlespeed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why singlespeed.org? What is a single speed? Is this a single&#8217;s club or something? Good questions. <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"my bike\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3035\/2596427328_49ca9132e0.jpg\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Single speed refers to a type of mountain bike which has recently gained in popularity because of its simplicity and retro style. Only one gear &#8211; so no shifting. Often they are simplified even more by using a rigid (non-suspension) fork. As bikes become more complex, more and more riders are desiring a less complex system, which a singlespeed accomplishes. And there is almost a laid back counter culture which goes with singlespeeds, which is very different that the high dollar, commercial scene that has taken over mountain biking.<\/p>\n<p>So, no, this isn&#8217;t a single&#8217;s club.<\/p>\n<p>But, for the first time in some 15 years, I actually do not have a single speed bicycle right now.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtbr.com\/faq\/ssfaq.shtml\">MTBR&#8217;s FAQ file on singlespeeds<\/a> for information on why people ride singlespeeds, how to make one, where to buy one, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why singlespeed.org? What is a single speed? Is this a single&#8217;s club or something? Good questions. Single speed refers to a type of mountain bike which has recently gained in popularity because of its simplicity and retro style. Only one gear &#8211; so no shifting. Often they are simplified even more by using a rigid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/singlespeed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/singlespeed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/singlespeed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/singlespeed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/singlespeed.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/singlespeed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39,"href":"http:\/\/singlespeed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions\/39"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/singlespeed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/singlespeed.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}