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My shiny new Trek bike!<\/figcaption><\/figure>I’ve just treated myself to a new bike just in time for spring! It’ a Trek 3900 V-brakes (so I can swap wheels when I want to go off-road). <\/p>\n

This weekend we’re off to Shieldaig and I’m planning to cycle the Bealach na Ba road to Applecross, so I’m delighted to have a bike with smooth gear changes for the epic climb and sharp brakes for the speedy descent!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve just treated myself to a new bike just in time for spring! It’ a Trek 3900 V-brakes (so I can swap wheels when I want to go off-road). This weekend we’re off to Shieldaig and I’m planning to cycle the Bealach na Ba road to Applecross, so I’m delighted to have a bike with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-bike"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5M0xs-1F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":192,"url":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/27\/across-ross\/","url_meta":{"origin":103,"position":0},"title":"Across Ross","author":"John Davidson","date":"June 27, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm still aching today after doing this 50-mile ride from the west coast of Ross-shire to the east. 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