{"id":123181,"date":"2020-11-14T14:29:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T05:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=123181"},"modified":"2024-11-13T10:09:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T01:09:27","slug":"romantic-decisions","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/romantic-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Romantic Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crust Bikes dropped another banger couple weeks ago. You already saw it right?<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crust Chapter II \u201cWild Wild Nutmeg\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TjdzcR7M8Xs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8220;Crust Chapter II&#8221;, it&#8217;s a sequel to the &#8220;Chapter One.&#8221; video which came out a couple months ago. I was hoping that there would be a sequel, so I was super hyped when they announced it.<\/p>\n<p>Crust has been killing it recently with releasing new bikes, and I couldn&#8217;t wait to see the video and look at the bikes that the they were riding!<\/p>\n<p>I could see that the Crust crew were building new bikes on IG, so I knew they were cooking up something NICE .<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGx2Z5HFwPh\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">\u3053\u306e\u6295\u7a3f\u3092Instagram\u3067\u898b\u308b<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGx2Z5HFwPh\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@elevator_to_hell\u304c\u30b7\u30a7\u30a2\u3057\u305f\u6295\u7a3f<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe post above is from Cheech, the filmer of the recent Crust videos. This is his Canti Brake Lightning Bolt with the color way and frame size of his own.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGpc5_Oh5X2\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">\u3053\u306e\u6295\u7a3f\u3092Instagram\u3067\u898b\u308b<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGpc5_Oh5X2\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RONSBIKES.COM by laRon(@ronsbikes)\u304c\u30b7\u30a7\u30a2\u3057\u305f\u6295\u7a3f<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is Ronnie a.k.a. Ultraromance&#8217;s new Romanceur. She&#8217;s an absolute beaut&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And guess what? We have the new Romanceur in stock.<\/p>\n<p>I happen to own a Romanceur myself\u2193 So, please allow me to introduce them for ya.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/49360477172\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49360477172_2624d3f646.jpg\" alt=\"*CRUST BIKES* romanceur (52)\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this lot, we got two different colors of the Romenceur. They both have different specs as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-122922\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6144_4-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6144_4-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6144_4-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6144_4-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6144_4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-122930\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6198-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6198-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6198-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6198-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6198.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ok, first of all, look at how awesome the colors look.\u00a0 Crust always does the right job with the frame colors.<\/p>\n<p>The unique feature of the Romanceur is that you could fit fat, I mean FATTIES on this thing, despite having a rando style slim lugged pipes. <strong>Skinny frame and Phat tires.<\/strong> That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m talking about.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/28MMWzX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1771\/43181395905_fb3255f31c.jpg\" alt=\"*CRUST BIKES* romanceur (52)\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above is the picture of my first Romanceur I ever built.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-122925\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6174-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6174-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6174-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6174-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6174.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-122933\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6240_3-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6240_3-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6240_3-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6240_3-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6240_3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The old Romanceur I have, takes a quick release hubs and disc brakes.<\/p>\n<p>But the two new Romanceurs are totally different. One is built classically, and one is built modernistic.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the picture below, the green model takes rim brakes, either canti, or V brakes. The Blue model is for disc brakes and thru-axel.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-122937\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6178-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6178-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6178-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6178-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6178.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><br \/>\nI was thinking if the green Romanceur is the type of bike that Ronnie wanted the most. He&#8217;s not the type of guy that like new things so&#8230;meh, who knows. It&#8217;s just my imagination.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-122931\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6214_2-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6214_2-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6214_2-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6214_2-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6214_2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But yeah, the disc model looks great for a guy that owns the old Romanceur. You can never go wrong with thru-axles right?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-122923\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6148-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6148-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6148-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6148-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1img_6148.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From my experience, riding the Romanceur felt much faster than how it looks. You almost feel kind of a &#8220;gentleness&#8221; in a way.<br \/>\nMy legs were good as new even after a long ride in a tough environment.<\/p>\n<p>Cantis or disc. Decisions decisions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Either way, they&#8217;re both up on the global website!<\/p>\n<p>Later!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":122951,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":122951,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":750,"height":563,"file":"2020\/11\/image-8.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"image-8-640x480.jpg","width":640,"height":480,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":79644,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-8-640x480.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"filesize":210035},"post":122851,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-8.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"*CRUST BIKES* romanceur","search-result-sort-order":"price","search-result-sort-by":"asc","stockSortFlg":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/123181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}