{"id":131215,"date":"2022-02-12T13:44:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T04:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=131215"},"modified":"2023-04-20T18:55:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:55:30","slug":"n-1-grand-prix-2022-results-and-a-surprise","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/n-1-grand-prix-2022-results-and-a-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"N-1 Grand Prix 2022 RESULTS and a surprise."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you guys enjoy the<a href=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/contents\/nittoday2022\/\"><strong> N-1 Grand Prix<\/strong><\/a> video we posted on Nitto Day (Feb 10th)?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010N-1\u30b0\u30e9\u30f3\u30d7\u30ea2022\u3011\u65e9\u62bc\u3057\u30af\u30a4\u30ba\u3067\u521d\u4ee3NITTO\u738b\u307e\u3063\u3061\u3083\u3093\u306e\u30d9\u30eb\u30c8\u3092\u596a\u3046\u306e\u306f\u8ab0\u3060\uff01\uff1f\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5LqmJXEKVsc?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><\/p>\n<p>What a plot twist right? It was a very fun video to edit in the subtitles. I want ya&#8217;ll to go watch the video so, I&#8217;m not gonna spoil anything. I will say that none of the global participants were able to guess the winner of the game&#8230;But hey, don&#8217;t be so shamed! We&#8217;ll do something more fun next year again! Let&#8217;s keep our heads up global team!<\/p>\n<p>Seriously though, I would like to thank every single one of you, who commented on the video!<br \/>\nAs a Blue Lug Global staff, I want you guys out there to join in these kinds of events, since we&#8217;ve been leaving you guys out of these fun things we do every year for the longest time. Now that we can&#8217;t even travel around the world easily, I feel like you are someone who is very very far away. I hardly even got to meet visitors from other countries, since I joined the BL crew mid COVID.<\/p>\n<p>Working in the BL Global Team for a year and a half, I feel like it is my responsibility to get you guys more involved in our silly and fun little events we do on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll just have to wait for ya&#8217;ll to join the physical events, but when everything settles down, We&#8217;ll be traveling all over the world and we will welcome you with a big ol&#8217; smile.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, that&#8217;s enough for sharing my thoughts for now. Why did I post this blog&#8230;?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131213\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c488e3e2a857ac0e31d142541d005f0e-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c488e3e2a857ac0e31d142541d005f0e-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c488e3e2a857ac0e31d142541d005f0e-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c488e3e2a857ac0e31d142541d005f0e-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c488e3e2a857ac0e31d142541d005f0e.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nI am posting this blog to let you know that you still have a chance to get the<br \/>\nNitto Sweat Pants, which we made to give out to the winners of the N-1 Grand Prix Guessing Game. (I need to come up with a cooler name for this)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131214\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/su8-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/su8-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/su8-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/su8-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/su8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nWe made more than five of these, just in case if anything happens.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131217\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/701e419244d73060aade812af635745c-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/701e419244d73060aade812af635745c-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/701e419244d73060aade812af635745c-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/701e419244d73060aade812af635745c-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/701e419244d73060aade812af635745c.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nNothing really happened, so we just thought, &#8220;Why not upload these sweat pants on the webstore?&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131216\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c7e40fd259cbafd5abbf291488e7a91d-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c7e40fd259cbafd5abbf291488e7a91d-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c7e40fd259cbafd5abbf291488e7a91d-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c7e40fd259cbafd5abbf291488e7a91d-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c7e40fd259cbafd5abbf291488e7a91d.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s exactly what we are going to do.<br \/>\nWe are only going to sell these online. There are not a lot of stocks, but we wanted to give as many chances to our customers far away, so we decided not to sell these pants in stores.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131219\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/eaf3ff878e19b720c7540baa8dd45aaf-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/eaf3ff878e19b720c7540baa8dd45aaf-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/eaf3ff878e19b720c7540baa8dd45aaf-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/eaf3ff878e19b720c7540baa8dd45aaf-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/eaf3ff878e19b720c7540baa8dd45aaf.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Release date :\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>February 13th (Sunday)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>7:00 p.m. (Japan Standard Time)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We also have a few extra stocks for the Nitto Hoodies back, so we will be selling them along with the pants.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131218\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6dabe693dc811147c7ad797dac057530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6dabe693dc811147c7ad797dac057530.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6dabe693dc811147c7ad797dac057530-640x426.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nI&#8217;m hoping that people who missed out on the last release of the Nitto Hoodies can finally grab one!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/mynitto\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-130834\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/220aa48738f76021c2af1fdddee30dfc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/220aa48738f76021c2af1fdddee30dfc.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/220aa48738f76021c2af1fdddee30dfc-640x190.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new big event is over, but the Nitto Day Event is still not over! The annual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/s02.company.talknote.com\/bluelug.com\/search?keyword=%23mynitto\">#mynitto<\/a>\u00a0photo contest is still going until the 20th of February.<\/p>\n<p>Post your favorite Nitto product on Instagram and tag\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/s02.company.talknote.com\/bluelug.com\/search?keyword=%23mynitto\">#mynitto<\/a>\u00a0.<br \/>\n<strong>We will pick out a few winners and give away some gifts,<\/strong> to show appreciation for supporting the best bike company in the world based in Japan!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131227\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AEC33D41-2193-4444-98A9-8FA3FC1F0A2D_1_105_c-540x720.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AEC33D41-2193-4444-98A9-8FA3FC1F0A2D_1_105_c-540x720.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AEC33D41-2193-4444-98A9-8FA3FC1F0A2D_1_105_c-360x480.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AEC33D41-2193-4444-98A9-8FA3FC1F0A2D_1_105_c-590x786.jpeg 590w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AEC33D41-2193-4444-98A9-8FA3FC1F0A2D_1_105_c.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s #mynitto for 2022.<br \/>\nI currently have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivbike.com\/products\/hhhssjiotrt6464etya1dr\">Riv x Nitto Wavie bars<\/a> with the classic<a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-technomic-225-stem-silver.html\"> Nitto Technomic 225 stem<\/a>.<br \/>\nI also have to point out my front rack set up. The front racks are <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-rivendell-52f-basket-rack.html\">Nitto x Rivendell 52F Basket Rack,<\/a> a.k.a. the best front rack, suitable for both 137 and 139 Wald baskets. I currently have the Rack Bag from ILE attached to the rack. Great bag by the way, I&#8217;m loving every single bit of this set up.<\/p>\n<p>I see that you guy out in the world are already posting #mynitto posts already! Keep it up! Go team global!!<\/p>\n<p>The photo contest will last until the 20th of February.<\/p>\n<p>Go out and ride! Show love to Nitto!<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d love to see some beautiful scenery with awesome Nitto parts on your gorgeous bikes!<\/p>\n<p>Have fun ya&#8217;ll<\/p>\n<p>-Colonel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":131218,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":131218,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":800,"height":533,"file":"2022\/02\/6dabe693dc811147c7ad797dac057530.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"6dabe693dc811147c7ad797dac057530-640x426.jpg","width":640,"height":426,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":51495,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6dabe693dc811147c7ad797dac057530-640x426.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"6dabe693dc811147c7ad797dac057530-800x533.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":87042,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6dabe693dc811147c7ad797dac057530-800x533.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":105757},"post":131210,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6dabe693dc811147c7ad797dac057530.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"nitto sweat","search-result-sort-order":"price","search-result-sort-by":"desc","stockSortFlg":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/131215"}],"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\/48"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}