{"id":6308,"date":"2018-12-27T18:29:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T16:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/?p=6308"},"modified":"2019-01-01T20:58:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T18:58:05","slug":"spark-bike-2018-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/spark-bike-2018-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"SPARK BIKE: 2018 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Woah! We\u2019re\nstunned to see that 2018 has come to an end already. It\u2019s been a rad year here\nat SPARK BIKE. A year of new bikes, new people and of course, tonnes of coffee\nrides. {Cue the flash back}<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2018 Milestones: <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>27 Product Reviews <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Total value of products tested: R 945&nbsp;500<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Articles published: 232 <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Photos taken: 8 461<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Coffees consumed: 642 <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Product testing time: 584h 13min <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place finish at The Rock MTB Race<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Sponsored by Garmin<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Website Stats and Facts:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Unique Visitors: 116&nbsp;752<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Page Views: 1&nbsp;295&nbsp;355<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Pages per Visit: 7.74<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Average Visit Time: 4m 01s<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Top 5 Countries: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><strong>South Africa <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>USA<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Czech Republic<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Great Britain<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Australia<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Top 10 Articles:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><strong>2018 Specialized Diverge Comp E5 Review \u2013 The Do-It All Philosophy<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>2018 Specialized Epic Comp Carbon Review \u2013 Legends Never Die!<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Top 9 Gravel Bikes for 2018<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Trek Procaliber 9.8 SL Review \u2013 A World Cup course-conquering hardtail!<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>2018 SCOTT Speedster Gravel 10 Review \u2013 The Swiss Trailblazer<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>TREK unleash their 2019 Checkpoint &amp; 920 bike models!<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Introducing the New 2019 Specialized S-Works Venge<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>2019 Silverback SESTA Pro Eagle Review \u2013 Concentrated MTB Speed<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>First Ride: 2019 Canyon LUX<\/strong><\/li><li><strong> Scott Speedster Gravel 10 vs Specialize<\/strong>\/<strong>d Diverge Comp E5<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ad\nimpressions: 210&nbsp;955<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Year out:\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If 2018 was just a warmup compared to what\u2019s coming in 2019, then we\ncan\u2019t wait! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge kudos to all the brands we\u2019ve worked with during this year \u2013 it\u2019s\nbeen real!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And thanks to all our readers! Its cycling legends like you, who\u2019ve\nsparked up change in the ever expanding cycling industry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the SPARK BIKE Team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Happy New Year! <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=UA-76830801-1\"><\/script>\n<script>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n  gtag('js', new Date());\n\n  gtag('config', 'UA-76830801-1');\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woah! We\u2019re stunned to see that 2018 has come to an end already. It\u2019s been a rad year here at SPARK BIKE. A year of new bikes, new people and of course, tonnes of coffee rides. {Cue the flash back} 2018 Milestones: 27 Product Reviews Total value of products tested: R 945&nbsp;500 Articles published: 232&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/spark-bike-2018-year-in-review\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SPARK BIKE: 2018 Year in Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[128],"tags":[332],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}