{"id":1678,"date":"2009-08-07T20:18:03","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T09:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2009-08-07T20:18:03","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T09:18:03","slug":"lovehate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/?p=1678","title":{"rendered":"Love\/Hate"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s well known that we here at BnC HQ have a deep seated (pun!) dislike of the vehicles known as ‘recumbents’. For some reason the two-wheels-and-pedals nature of these abhorrent vehicles sees them associated with bicycles all too frequently. We’re open minded to a fault, but sometimes you just have to draw the line, and recumbents fall far, far beyond that drunken scrawl. And so it is that I find myself somewhat torn about posting this up. Technically it is a recumbent. But then, technically it’s not a bicycle, so maybe that excuses it? Either way, it’s mutated enough that it appeals to my ‘weird shit’ sensibilities and I think it fits in somewhat with Ben’s recent touring efforts. So, thanks to a heads-up from Carl, I present…the Quike.<\/p>\n

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Yep, that’s one messed up machine. But I can’t help but be fascinated and drawn into its bizarre set of components. Look closely…Fox Vanillas (coil, makes sense for touring), two gearing systems featuring a Rohloff and a Schlumpf, corrected steering, and a load hauling ability that’s probably hard to top. Not only that, but it’s Australian made and designed, which is always a winner. I still don’t know if I like it, and I think it’s a morbid fascination as much as anything else. But the fact is, it exists, and that’s probably enough reason to post it here. Make up your own mind.<\/p>\n

Link: Steppe By Steppe – The Quike<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s well known that we here at BnC HQ have a deep seated (pun!) dislike of the vehicles known as ‘recumbents’. For some reason the two-wheels-and-pedals nature of these abhorrent vehicles sees them associated with bicycles all too frequently. We’re open minded to a fault, but sometimes you just have to draw the line, and … Continue reading “Love\/Hate”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1678"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1680,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions\/1680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}