{"id":162807,"date":"2017-12-22T11:26:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T11:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=162807"},"modified":"2017-12-22T11:26:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T11:26:31","slug":"santa-decided-swap-reindeer-sleigh-bike-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/12\/22\/santa-decided-swap-reindeer-sleigh-bike-year\/","title":{"rendered":"What If Santa Decided to Swap His Reindeer Sleigh for a Bike This Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When looking for a new bike, the confused Santa will ask the shop assistant for brands such as Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen or at least Rudolph.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Then he\u2019ll consider buying a fat bike.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll save himself the trouble of explaining to the police why he travels with a herd of deer in heavy traffic.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll get some mudguards to protect his bag from the dirt.<\/p>\n<p>During the season, he\u2019ll bike at least ten thousand kilometres in order not to get chafed from the saddle later, when he\u2019ll have to do a billion kilometres to stop by all the houses on Earth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-162595 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family category-socialising-and-culture tag-bamboo-bicycle-club tag-cycling-pizza-cutter tag-cyclist-wind-spinner tag-shimano-ultegra-bicycle-chain-cufflinks tag-velosock\" data-postid=\"162595\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"162595\" data-word-count=\"158\" data-headline-length=\"57\" data-category=\"Family\" data-author=\"Monica Buck\" data-published=\"2017-12-07T15:19:59+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Thursday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/pizzacover-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/12\/07\/bizarre-christmas-gifts-fellow-cyclists\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/pizzacover.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/pizzacover.webp 900w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/pizzacover-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/pizzacover-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/pizzacover-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"bizarre-christmas-gifts-fellow-cyclists\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/family\/\" title=\"Family\">Family<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/12\/07\/bizarre-christmas-gifts-fellow-cyclists\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>The Most Bizarre Christmas Gifts for Your Fellow Cyclists<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>He\u2019ll become the toughest rider in the history of Strava.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll consider leaving his bag at home and using the services of a bike-packing company instead.<\/p>\n<p>He won\u2019t have to listen to the reindeer moaning about dragging presents all over the planet again.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll speculate on the necessity of locking his bike when parking it behind a chimney.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll avoid lawsuits from vegan animal rights activists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/profimedia-0295110982.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162811\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/profimedia-0295110982.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll beat all the members of the Icy Bike Winter Commuting Challenge group on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>To remain undetected, Santa will try to blend in with messengers and pizza delivery boys.<\/p>\n<p>Because of his beard, he won\u2019t be faced with the dilemma whether he\u2019ll become a hipster when commuting on a bike.<\/p>\n<p>The bike won\u2019t get uncontrollable once a herd of female reindeer goes by.<\/p>\n<p>The bike won\u2019t make a fuss about the heat in Africa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-162737 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-health-and-training tag-christmas-2017 tag-christmas-eating tag-getting-in-shape tag-overeating-on-holiday\" data-postid=\"162737\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"162737\" data-word-count=\"348\" data-headline-length=\"35\" data-category=\"Health &amp; Training\" data-author=\"Jiri Kaloc\" data-published=\"2019-12-09T13:16:19+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Monday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/profimedia-0357651442-1-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/12\/09\/avoid-overeating-holidays\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/profimedia-0357651442-1.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/profimedia-0357651442-1.webp 900w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/profimedia-0357651442-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/profimedia-0357651442-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/12\/profimedia-0357651442-1-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"avoid-overeating-holidays\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/health-and-training\/\" title=\"Health &amp; Training\">Health &amp; Training<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/12\/09\/avoid-overeating-holidays\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>How to Avoid Overeating on Holidays<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the centres of big cities, Santa will reminisce about past years when his work wasn\u2019t complicated by prohibitive signs.<\/p>\n<p>There will be no more troubles during the rutting season.<\/p>\n<p>Santa\u2019s view won\u2019t be blocked by all the antlers.<\/p>\n<p>If Santa doesn\u2019t want to get disqualified from next year\u2019s Christmas, he should avoid peeing in a test tube after the ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When looking for a new bike, the confused Santa will ask the shop assistant for brands such as Dasher, Dancer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":162808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[333,328],"tags":[1450,1614],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-162807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-outdoor-mountain","tag-christmas-2017","tag-santa-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What If Santa Decided to Swap His Reindeer Sleigh for a Bike This Year? - \u0160koda We Love 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