{"id":3439,"date":"2014-02-12T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/?p=3439"},"modified":"2015-06-11T16:10:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T23:10:43","slug":"spanks-spike-race28-wheels-get-love-from-vitalmtb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/2014\/02\/spanks-spike-race28-wheels-get-love-from-vitalmtb\/","title":{"rendered":"Spank\u2019s Spike Race28 wheels get love from VitalMTB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking for a lightweight and affordable pair of wheels for your DH or freeride rig, make sure to check out Spank\u2019s Spike Race28 wheelset, which were recently highlighted in a best-of 2013 blog on <a href=\"\/\/www.vitalmtb.com\/features\/Best-of-Vital-2013-Ten-Products-That-Are-Hard-To-Beat,646\" target=\"_blank\">VitalMTB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/max_spank_18908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3440\" alt=\"max_spank_18908\" src=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/max_spank_18908.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/max_spank_18908.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/max_spank_18908-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/max_spank_18908-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/max_spank_18908-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><em>From Vital MTB\u2019s \u201cTen Products That Are Hard To Beat\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust a few short years ago, a sub-2,000 gram wheelset would not have been up to the<i> <\/i>rigors of downhill or freeriding. Recently, fancy materials and improved machining have led to the emergence of several such options, but none that combine very high levels of performance with incredible value for money in the way the Spank Spike Race28 wheels do. These hoops have proven themselves at the DH World Cup as well as at Rampage, and they can be yours for less than $500. Strong, light, and cheap &#8211; we no longer have to choose just two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read Vital MTB\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.vitalmtb.com\/product\/guide\/Wheelsets,44\/Spank\/Spike-Race,3448\" target=\"_blank\">full review<\/a> of the Spank Spike Race28, or learn more on <a href=\"\/\/spank-ind.com\/index.php?a=info&amp;do=pro&amp;id=945&amp;tid=1\" target=\"_blank\">spank-ind.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking for a lightweight and affordable pair of wheels for your DH or freeride rig, make sure to check out Spank\u2019s Spike Race28 wheelset, which were recently highlighted in a best-of 2013 blog on VitalMTB. From Vital MTB\u2019s&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[161,573,957,572,570,87],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3439"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5683,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions\/5683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}