{"id":2445264,"date":"2019-06-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=307790"},"modified":"2019-06-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T06:00:00","slug":"gear-review-a-rubber-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/gear-review-a-rubber-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear Review: A Rubber Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/gear-atw-061319-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/gear-atw-061319-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/gear-atw-061319-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Harvesting rubber is no easy task. Much of the world\u2019s natural rubber still derives from the Hevea brasiliensis, a tree that grows exclusively in the eponymous \u201crubber belt\u201d at the Earth\u2019s equator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">This drives up rubber\u2019s cost and environmental impact. That\u2019s why German manufacturer Continental Tires has been researching sustainable and cheaper alternatives to natural rubber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">This summer at the Tour de France, the brand will formally unveil its first bicycle tire with rubber derived from dandelions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Dubbed \u201cUrban Taraxagum,\u201d the rubber tire will see a limited run this year. But it marks a big step toward Continental\u2019s goal of launching dandelion rubber tires for consumer bicycles and vehicles within a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The first run will be 700-by-35-centimeter tires serving as an \u201call-rounder for sporty bikes and racing bikes,\u201d as the brand puts it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/continental-tire-dandelion-rubber-bicycle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Read the full story from The Gear Junkie. (opens in a new tab)\">Read the full story from The Gear Junkie.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/a-rubber-alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvesting rubber is no easy task. Much of the world\u2019s natural rubber still derives from the Hevea brasiliensis, a tree that grows exclusively in the eponymous \u201crubber belt\u201d at the Earth\u2019s equator. This drives up rubber\u2019s cost and environmental impact. That\u2019s why German manufacturer Continental Tires has been researching sustainable and cheaper alternatives to natural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2445264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 16:20:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}