{"id":120749199,"date":"2008-10-29T13:26:39","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T13:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=120749199"},"modified":"2008-10-29T13:26:39","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T13:26:39","slug":"sport-utility-bikes-a-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=120749199","title":{"rendered":"Sport utility bikes: a comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When gas prices gushed over $4 a gallon earlier this year, bike shops were (and still are) swamped with people who suddenly wanted to use pedal power for commuting, socializing and shopping. Attracting particular attention are so-called &quot;longtails&quot; &#8212; extra-long SUBs (sport utility bikes) with welded-on racks designed to haul big, bulky cargo, whether it&#8217;s a 200-pound load of bricks, surfboards or three or four bags of groceries. Here&#8217;s a look at four of the most popular SUBs I tested at the recent Interbike trade show in Las Vegas.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/features\/lifestyle\/green\/la-he-gear6-2008oct06,0,2004149.story\">https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/features\/lifestyle\/green\/la-he-gear6-2008oct06,0,2004149.story<\/a>oldId.20081029132639139<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When gas prices gushed over $4 a gallon earlier this year, bike shops were (and still are) swamped with people who suddenly wanted to use pedal power for commuting, socializing and shopping. Attracting particular attention are so-called &quot;longtails&quot; &#8212; extra-long SUBs (sport utility bikes) with welded-on racks designed to haul big, bulky cargo, whether it&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=120749199\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sport utility bikes: a comparison&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120749199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120749199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120749199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120749199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120749199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120749199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120749199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}