{"id":4204,"date":"2016-04-29T18:59:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T17:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=4204"},"modified":"2016-04-29T19:20:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T18:20:09","slug":"pimping-the-brompton-for-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=4204","title":{"rendered":"Pimping the Brompton for racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve now sorted the Brompton into racing spec \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2016\/04\/wp-1461952631099.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"wp-1461952631099\" class=\"alignleft size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2016\/04\/wp-1461952631099.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Longer seatpost<br \/>\nLightweight saddle<br \/>\nSPD pedals<br \/>\nHard compound suspension rubber.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve left on the rack and mudguards until a little closer to the race.<br \/>\nHaving ridden it I think the nice Brooks leather grips will also have to go for something more grippy and I am still wondering about putting on some kojak slicks&#8230;<br \/>\nI was worried about the fact it&#8217;s only a two speed and that essentialy on the flat means it&#8217;s a singlespeed but on my little training course (more about that later) the one gear is fine, makes you work hard&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve now sorted the Brompton into racing spec \ud83d\ude42 Longer seatpost Lightweight saddle SPD pedals Hard compound suspension rubber. I&#8217;ve left on the rack and mudguards until a little closer to the race. Having ridden it I think the nice Brooks leather grips will also have to go for something more grippy and I am &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=4204\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pimping the Brompton for racing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4204"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4210,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4204\/revisions\/4210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}