{"id":135210,"date":"2022-07-31T13:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T04:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=135210"},"modified":"2022-07-31T13:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T04:47:20","slug":"lets-look-at-some-hilli-bikes","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/lets-look-at-some-hilli-bikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s look at some Hilli BIkes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been riding a lot of my new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CfeTfK5rVnc\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">Crust Bikes Evasion<\/a> that I built recently. It&#8217;s truly a fun bike.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I somehow woke up early. I was in a mellow mood that morning, so I decided to take my Clem-chan out to work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135211\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_6154-900x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_6154-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_6154-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_6154-1048x786.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_6154-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_6154.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(terrible shot, sorry.)<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a Bosco Bar with 110mm Nitto FW30 Power stem, incase you are wondering.<\/p>\n<p>I missed this upright position. It was really nice to take my time to commute, taking in the morning sunshine, pedaling slowly while sitting on the comfy broken-in Brooks B17 flyer saddle.<\/p>\n<p>The Clem always surprises me by how comfortable it rides. It&#8217;s nimble but very stable at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;re in the Rivendell mood, let&#8217;s take a look at two hillibike builds from BL Yoyogi Park.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52159723436\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52159723436_8075964767_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Susie is a nimbler hillibike than the Gus, which is another model of Rivendell&#8217;s hillibikes.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52159963069\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52159963069_6a6dab54e6_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The customer who ordered this bike, actually brought in a sketch of how he wanted the bike to built. Wish I had the picture of the picture. So, this is basically a dream build for him. Congrats!<\/p>\n<p>Thats&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=albatross\">Nitto B352 Albatross bar<\/a> with the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nhGAfWhaf4M&amp;t=8s\"> Grant Wrap<\/a>. Never gets old. The stem is the FW30 Power Stem, which is unfortunately out of stock at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52159723606\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52159723606_3530a27fdc_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Long and sexy headtube.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52158701012\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52158701012_2dbc745c7b_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=cycle+beacon\">Sine Wave Cycle Beacon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52160215445\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52160215445_83d4922a2f_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/brands\/son-nabendynamo.html\">Son Dynamo Hubs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52158700717\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52158700717_c955cc93e4_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No baskets for this build. The owner wanted a solid build at first. I feel him.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52160215535\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52160215535_f05a5e4d23_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52160215115\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52160215115_36d5e90a4f_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those beautiful tires are the<a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=mars+tire\"> Ultradynamico Mars Tires<\/a>. 27.5&#215;2.35, I believe.<\/p>\n<p>Great tires for rolling in the dirt and still comfy to ride on pavement.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52160215355\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52160215355_bcf790fbf2_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52159727698\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52159727698_cd66a9591c_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52159723636\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52159723636_9bd754ce9c_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shimano RD, Sugino cranks and the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=lambda\">grip king pedals<\/a>. Nice classic set up down there.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52159963524\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52159963524_9444d76e74_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* susie w. longbolts\/wolbis slugstone (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get a nice view of the entire bike before we move on to the next build&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Alright, next!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52160201495\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52160201495_77d6b8619b_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gus is a unique one for a Rivendell bike. It&#8217;s got threadless steerers, unlike most of the Rivendell bikes.<\/p>\n<p>If you compare it to the Susie, it&#8217;s more stiff and has tougher tubings. The Gus is capable of packing a lot and riding hard.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52160201180\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52160201180_4fa41c2336_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll get into the bars later.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52159949394\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52159949394_beea50f9ea_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=NITTO+UI-75+stem\">Nitto UI-75 Stem<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52158687327\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52158687327_58b2808034_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anotha sexy headtube.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52160202130\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52160202130_871025f81f_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White Industries Hubs<\/p>\n<p>The owner of this bike, already had a few bikes and he was experienced with custom builds. He had the list of parts he wanted to use from the get go, but he told us that he wanted a little spice for the build.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52159950084\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52159950084_e012c1448d_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matsu, the builder of the bike had an idea. He&#8217;s a big fan of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/calling_in_sick_mag\/?hl=en\"> Calling In Sick Magazine<\/a> and their movement, (shout out to Adam!) so chose the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=osprey\">Osprey Bars from Soma<\/a> for the customer to create an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adom_l\/?hl=en\">Adam<\/a> like build.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52159710571\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52159710571_b183f59bb1_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52160201965\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52160201965_b78a39eab7_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52159950529\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52159950529_612f530064_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52160203075\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52160203075_8cc4e73a11_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52160203190\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52160203190_7292c9448c_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* gus boots willsen (51)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And there you have it. I personally love this build.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s got massive Teravail tires for hitting off-road and a big ol&#8217; 139 basket on top of Pass And Stow Five Rail Rack.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-134797\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCF3424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCF3424.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCF3424-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCF3424-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCF3424-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Those were two recent builds that I personally loved! I hope y&#8217;all enjoyed seeing them.<\/p>\n<p>You could always follow our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\">Flickr<\/a> to see all most all of the bikes our mechanics build daily.<\/p>\n<p>Peace,<\/p>\n<p>Shin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":134797,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":134797,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1280,"height":853,"file":"2022\/07\/DSCF3424.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"DSCF3424-640x427.jpg","width":640,"height":427,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":58768,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCF3424-640x427.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"DSCF3424-900x600.jpg","width":900,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":97282,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCF3424-900x600.jpg"},"large":{"file":"DSCF3424-1179x786.jpg","width":1179,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":144618,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCF3424-1179x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"DSCF3424-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":89717,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCF3424-800x600.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":325906},"post":134788,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCF3424.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"rivendell","search-result-sort-order":"created_at","search-result-sort-by":"desc","stockSortFlg":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/135210"}],"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\/134797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}