{"id":148713,"date":"2024-01-27T12:37:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T03:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=148713"},"modified":"2024-01-27T12:37:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T03:37:07","slug":"hola-its-wentz","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/hola-its-wentz\/","title":{"rendered":"Hola! It&#8217;s Wentz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nice to see you, or it&#8217;s been a while? It&#8217;s Wentz.<\/p>\n<p>I used to work at Kamiuma shop until the end of 2022 and I came back here after the long trip in Argentina last year.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148704\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04026-900x1338.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04026-900x1338.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04026-323x480.jpeg 323w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04026-529x786.jpeg 529w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSC04026.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>Currently I&#8217;m working at our online store, FAIRWEATHER production and helping Kamiuma shop on Sundays. I&#8217;m looking forward to see you sometime!<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, it was really hard for me to decide to come back to Blue Lug after the great farewell a lot of people gave to me. I thought it could be too arrogant. That said, my love for bikes and Blue Lug is too strong to ignore so that I talked to my boss about my feeling and decided to come back. Since coming back from the trip, I have a lot to write about so please have a look my posts sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you might think that &#8220;Who are you?&#8221; so this time let me write about myself and my days in Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>I started to ride road bikes in my school days and used to race on them or mountain bikes. After those days I really got attracted to track bikes because I was tired of competitive mind. It was in 2015 when there was the MASH Premiere, they are still my hero, and I got to know Blue Lug around then as well. The turning point is around when I started to work at Blue Lug. One day, Tani built his Fat Chance with &#8220;Everyday bike&#8221; style and I got into that kind of bikes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/T3ptpQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3810\/33501407946_2d29bec5df.jpg\" alt=\"Tani&#039;s *FAT CHANCE* wicked complete bike\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I started to ride a lot bikes like Surly, Rivendell, Crust and handmade bikes. Seeing Tani&#8217;s Fat Chance was like an explosion and that was definitely the turning point for me. Now I seriously love bicycles as a concept no matter what type they are. I like customizing and maintaining bikes but most importantly I like riding bikes, as the passion has escalated I went to South America with my bike.<\/p>\n<p>I was planning to stay there for a year but it ended up 8 months. Honestly it was too hard. The ultimate goal of the trip was visiting the mountain called Fitzroy in Patagonia near the border of Argentina and Chile. Apart from that, I just made up a bike trip without any plan in the Latin country loves beef, mate tea and siesta.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148705\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5978-e1705997130512-900x675.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5978-e1705997130512-900x675.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5978-e1705997130512-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5978-e1705997130512-1048x786.jpeg 1048w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5978-e1705997130512-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5978-e1705997130512.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>This is the bike I went with and all the belongings I brought to live are packed on the bike because I decided so. (I wanted to bring my Nintendo though)<\/p>\n<p>The bike is a LOW BICYCLES, handmade in San Francisco I ordered before. I chose this one because I hadn&#8217;t been able to ride it much before the trip. Bike packing style like this is quite popular nowadays and after the trip I&#8217;m confident that I can give you some advices. Please contact me if you would like to know something about it. (Although since I had enough with this style, I want a pannier bag and a bike suits the bag)<\/p>\n<p>Let me write about the trip more next time but I&#8217;m happy that I came back in Japan anyway.<\/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\/C2KI_OpSJ4O\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\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; 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