{"id":900,"date":"2006-06-21T19:03:58","date_gmt":"2006-06-21T23:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=900"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:10:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:10:32","slug":"chainless-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/21\/chainless-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Chainless bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dekrabike.com\/img\/mens-product_r1.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had a bad two weeks with my bike &#8212; three flat tires. I have surmised that something is caught inside my tire which is causing the repeated flats. So I was half-jokingly searching around, trying to see if plastic tires (or something that was solid) was available for bikes so that people like me, who live in a part of town where broken glass is as common as grass, can avoid repeated blown tires. Then I came across this cool bike&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dekrabike.com\/product-m.htm\"><strong>Dekra D-Drive<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The makers have <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dekrabike.com\/img\/product-ddrive-m-x.jpg\">replaced the bike chain<\/a> with a chainless internal operating system<\/strong>. There are no more greasy chains to deal with &#8212; no more annual tune-ups. Not only does it provide for greater safety and clean right pant legs, it&#8217;s also a smarter solution than a conventional chain-driven bike because it replaces the parts of the bike that cause the most problems and require the most maintenance &#8212; the chain and derailleur.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000CCF35S\/ref=nosim\/104-5640468-3465567?n=3375251\">details<\/a> about the bike and here are some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.ca\/search?hl=en&#038;safe=off&#038;q=Dekra-D+Drive+review&#038;btnG=Search&#038;meta=\">reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had a bad two weeks with my bike &#8212; three flat tires. I have surmised that something is caught inside my tire which is causing the repeated flats. 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