{"id":799,"date":"2026-07-08T17:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillcitybikes.com\/?page_id=799"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:16:40","slug":"bike-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hillcitybikes.com\/index.php\/bike-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"799\" class=\"elementor elementor-799\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-405ce36d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"405ce36d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7535fe55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7535fe55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7374702 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7374702\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><br \/>Hill City Bikes sits right alongside the Mickelson Trail. We hear the stories!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-939602c elementor-widget elementor-widget-hfe-basic-posts\" data-id=\"939602c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hfe-basic-posts.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"hfe-posts-grid\">\n\t\t\t<article class=\"hfe-post-card\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hfe-post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"hfe-post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hillcitybikes.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/how-to-ride-the-mickelson-trail-from-hill-city\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow to ride the Mickelson Trail from Hill City\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hfe-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hfe-post-date\">July 21, 2026<\/span><span class=\"hfe-meta-separator\"> | <\/span><span class=\"hfe-post-author\">by Hill City Ebikes<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hfe-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow to ride the Mickelson Trail from Hill City Wondering how to ride the Mickelson Trail from Hill City? Happy to help! We get this question a lot. Honestly, it&#8217;s easier than most folks expect, especially on an e-bike. Here&#8217;s how we usually walk people through it. Starting right here...\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hillcitybikes.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/how-to-ride-the-mickelson-trail-from-hill-city\/\" class=\"hfe-read-more\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More \u2192\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"hfe-post-card\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hfe-post-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"hfe-post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hillcitybikes.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/are-e-bikes-hard-to-ride-if-ive-never-used-one\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAre e-bikes hard to ride if I&#8217;ve never used one?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hfe-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hfe-post-date\">July 8, 2026<\/span><span class=\"hfe-meta-separator\"> | <\/span><span class=\"hfe-post-author\">by Hill City Ebikes<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hfe-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAre e-bikes hard to ride if you&#8217;ve never used one? Hi,\u00a0 This is one of the questions I hear most, usually from folks who are standing right next to a bike, a little unsure. So take a deep breath: no, e-bikes really aren&#8217;t hard to ride at all. If you...\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hillcitybikes.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/are-e-bikes-hard-to-ride-if-ive-never-used-one\/\" class=\"hfe-read-more\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More \u2192\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b05b8c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b05b8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hill City Bikes sits right alongside the Mickelson Trail. 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