{"id":900,"date":"2011-06-13T13:06:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T13:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalbicyclegreenway.wordpress.com\/?p=900"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:47","slug":"more-speed-why-lightning-bikes-supports-our-ride-and-nbg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2011\/06\/13\/more-speed-why-lightning-bikes-supports-our-ride-and-nbg\/","title":{"rendered":"MORE SPEED &#8211; WHY LIGHTNING BIKES SUPPORTS OUR RIDE AND NBG!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3>We visited with\u00a0<strong>Tim Brummer<\/strong>, the former aerospace engineer who builds bikes so fast that even a middle of the pack roadie can blow the doors off Lance Armstrong on one. In his quest to go even faster,\u00a0 you will hear why his company,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/LightningBikes.com\/\">Lightning Bikes<\/a>,\u00a0 supports the National Bicycle Greenway\u00a0 and our upcoming the ride across the US .<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalbicyclegreenway.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/21505152-picture-2.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-902\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalbicyclegreenway.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/21505152-picture-2.png?w=1100\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Podcast<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/LightningTim\" width=\"500\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We visited with\u00a0Tim Brummer, the former aerospace engineer who builds bikes so fast that even a middle of the pack&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2011\/06\/13\/more-speed-why-lightning-bikes-supports-our-ride-and-nbg\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,36,7,6],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","hentry","category-mayors-ride","category-nbg-mountain-movers","category-podcast","category-recumbent","tag-tim-brummer","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-ew","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8869,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/12\/26\/tall-wheel-speed-fallacy-podcast-transcription\/","url_meta":{"origin":900,"position":0},"title":"Tall Wheel Speed Fallacy &#8211; Podcast Transcription","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"December 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Tall Wheel Speed Fallacy This is a transcription of this\u00a0Podcast\u00a0where\u00a0Tim Brummer, a much accomplished engineer and owner of Lightning Cycle Dynamics, the fasted production bikes on the planet, discusses the misperception that taller \u00a0wheeled recumbent bicycles make a for a faster machine. 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