{"id":243116254,"date":"2012-09-14T20:17:34","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T20:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=243116254"},"modified":"2012-09-14T20:17:34","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T20:17:34","slug":"wear-tear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=243116254","title":{"rendered":"WEAR &amp; TEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[B&#8217; Spokes: If you do decide to toss your bike please consider giving it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocipedebikeproject.org\/\">Velocipede Bike Project<\/a> ]<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bikeyface.com\/2012\/09\/13\/wear-tear\/\">Bikeyface<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I bike pretty much everyday. And biking is great. Until it\u2019s not. Then I have to come to terms with reality.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wear &amp; Tear by bikeyface, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bikeyface\/7984235377\/\" class=\"hasimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7984235377_4e63865cb0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Wear &amp; Tear\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I biked so much I basically wore out my bike.<\/p>\n<p>While I\u2019m flattered to be stronger than metal (apparently,) repairs are always easy to put off. Biking is free, right? Nope. Because if it\u2019s free, you\u2019re doing it wrong.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wear &amp; Tear by bikeyface, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bikeyface\/7984235319\/\" class=\"hasimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7984235319_912c86347a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Wear &amp; Tear\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And risking your safety! So plan to put some money into your bike if you rely on it. For under $100 you could get the basics covered: lube, chain,wheels, lights, brakes. Still cheaper than a car or subway.<\/p>\n<p>But if that\u2019s too much cash you could always fix things this way:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wear &amp; Tear by bikeyface, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bikeyface\/7984235261\/\" class=\"hasimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7984235261_4cf5b4ff79_c.jpg\" alt=\"Wear &amp; Tear\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No, seriously, go to your <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a title=\"Hub Bicycle Co\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hubbicycle.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">local bike shop<\/span><\/a><\/span> and get things squared away! It\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bikeyface.com\/2012\/09\/13\/wear-tear\/\">https:\/\/bikeyface.com\/2012\/09\/13\/wear-tear\/<\/a>oldId.20120914201734437<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[B&#8217; Spokes: If you do decide to toss your bike please consider giving it to Velocipede Bike Project ] Bikeyface I bike pretty much everyday. And biking is great. Until it\u2019s not. Then I have to come to terms with reality. Yes, I biked so much I basically wore out my bike. While I\u2019m flattered &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=243116254\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WEAR &amp; TEAR&#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-243116254","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\/243116254","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=243116254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243116254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=243116254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=243116254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=243116254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}