{"id":840,"date":"2008-05-20T18:11:08","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T04:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/20\/monkey-lite\/"},"modified":"2008-05-20T18:11:08","modified_gmt":"2008-05-21T04:11:08","slug":"monkey-lite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/05\/20\/monkey-lite\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkey Lite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whoo-hoo!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Monkey Light\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/mdh_3442a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px;\" title=\"Monkey Light\" src=\"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/mdh_3442a.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Monkey Light\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Installed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/mdh_3443a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" title=\"Installed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/mdh_3443a.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Installed\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Scored an Easton Monkey Lite\u00c2\u00a0 DH freeride\/downhill carbon fiber riser handlebar for dirt cheap.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s one of the last\u00c2\u00a0non-PRC-made Easton handlebars (<em>hecho en Mexico<\/em>), and is, of course, in the discontinued-for-2008 25.4mm (1&#8243; standard) stem clamp size.\u00c2\u00a0 At around 225 grams, it is only about 25 grams lighter than the EA70 Monkeybar it replaces, but it should offer a better ride and more turning stiffness.\u00c2\u00a0 The orange center section almost exactly matches the color of my Chase frame!\u00c2\u00a0 Score!<\/p>\n<p>It was cheaper than the $75 USD quarter window\u00c2\u00a0vent trim for my FJ80.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whoo-hoo! Scored an Easton Monkey Lite\u00c2\u00a0 DH freeride\/downhill carbon fiber riser handlebar for dirt cheap.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s one of the last\u00c2\u00a0non-PRC-made Easton handlebars (hecho en Mexico), and is, of course, in the discontinued-for-2008 25.4mm (1&#8243; standard) stem clamp size.\u00c2\u00a0 At around 225 grams, it is only about 25 grams lighter than the EA70 Monkeybar it replaces, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paJYlx-dy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}