{"id":849,"date":"2015-12-11T18:38:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T23:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/?page_id=849"},"modified":"2015-12-13T00:38:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T05:38:53","slug":"weight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/contents\/weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re really not interested in saving space or weight, you should just skip this section, as you&#8217;ll likely think I&#8217;m crazy. Some random thoughts:<br \/>\n<UL><LI>Pre-measure the spare brake and derailleur cables, and pre-cut them. The bicycle has both a long and a short cable &#8211; cut the spare to the length of the long one! Dab a bit of solder on the ends to keep them from unraveling.<br \/>\n<LI>Trim the cables on the bicycle itself<br \/>\n<LI>If using toe clips, make sure to trim the straps for the pedals<br \/>\n<LI>If using a regular toothbrush:<br \/>\n<UL><LI>cut a few inches off the handle<br \/>\n<LI>drill holes in the handle<\/UL><br \/>\n<LI>Powdered toothpaste<br \/>\n<LI>Shorter (or shorten) shoelaces<br \/>\n<LI>Only take the sections of the guidebook you think you&#8217;ll need<br \/>\n<LI>Baby fingernail clippers instead of adult ones<br \/>\n<LI>Cutting the tags from your shirts<br \/>\n<LI>Remember to clean out wallet of cards you won&#8217;t need (library, supermarket, etc)<br \/>\n<LI>Don&#8217;t take your house, car, and work keys<br \/>\n<LI>Lithium batteries instead of alkalines (lighter, and last longer) <\/LI><\/UL><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re really not interested in saving space or weight, you should just skip this section, as you&#8217;ll likely think I&#8217;m crazy. Some random thoughts: Pre-measure the spare brake and derailleur cables, and pre-cut them. The bicycle has both a long and a short cable &#8211; cut the spare to the length of the long &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/contents\/weight\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saving Weight&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":824,"menu_order":130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-849","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/849\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}