{"id":160,"date":"2013-05-16T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgc.co\/2013\/05\/video-the-spokesman\/"},"modified":"2013-05-16T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T21:14:00","slug":"video-the-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2013\/05\/16\/video-the-spokesman\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: The Spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s often quite hard to capture our love of cycling. The line between waxing lyrical and being a wanker is an easy one to cross. Being poetic about something so close to us can often result in crossing over into turgid prose territory. I should know, I&#8217;ve written enough. If fact I find any kind of poetry difficult. Check this:<\/p>\n<p>There was a young man with a rock<br \/>Strangely shaped like a &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And now I can&#8217;t think of anything that rhymes with rock.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately I have discovered someone else&#8217; work from an artist who seems to capable of capturing the magic of cycling and making it look easy. The following video has a comfortable tempo, a great subject, and captures something of the magic that draws us to cycling without looking like it&#8217;s trying too hard:<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/65542790?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/65542790\">The Spokesman<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/deansaffron\">dean saffron<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Well done to <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/deansaffron\" target=\"_blank\">Dean Saffron<\/a> for his lovely video.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s often quite hard to capture our love of cycling. The line between waxing lyrical and being a wanker is an easy one to cross. 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