{"id":20764,"date":"2014-11-04T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2014\/11\/04\/first-ride-mercer-bikes-hungry-monkey-r1770\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:28:16","slug":"first-ride-mercer-bikes-hungry-monkey-r1770","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/first-ride-mercer-bikes-hungry-monkey-r1770\/","title":{"rendered":"First ride: Mercer Bikes &#8211; Hungry Monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite all the high tech wizardry on display at the 2014 Africa Cycle Fair, it was a hand built steel hardtail that got us most excited. On the relatively flat test track at the 2014 Africa Cycle Fair, the bike was a tease begging to ridden hard. After getting off the Hungry Monkey, I couldn&#8217;t stop dreaming about how good it would be to point down the most tricky of trails. Watch Iwan Kemp&#8217;s first ride review of the Hungry Monkey for more details on the bike.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\"  frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9E4sXz0AIKw?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The production frame will feature routing for a dropper post as well as mounts for a second bottle cage.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-64175000-1414914485.jpg\" data-fileid=\"438506\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"438506\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"Mercer Bikes Hungry MonkeySide profile HMII.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-64175000-1414914485.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"table-layout: fixed; 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