{"id":154133,"date":"2024-08-18T17:25:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T08:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=154133"},"modified":"2024-08-18T17:25:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T08:25:10","slug":"my-all-packa","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/my-all-packa\/","title":{"rendered":"My All-Packa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My goodness it is hot. The Japanese summer is killing me.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop for Cook Paint Works is like a sauna in the summer and like a fridge in the winter.<\/p>\n<p>Painting booths are often a difficult place for air conditioning, so I just have to bear with it by drinking a lot of water. Being sweaty all the time would often give people a negative feeling, but I recently try to think I&#8217;m having a warm sauna session.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, here&#8217;s a video of us talking about our Bike Fridays<\/p>\n<p>(So sorry for not having subtitles lately we seriously need some help keeping up)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u6298\u308a\u7573\u307f\u5c0f\u5f84\u8eca\u3011\u521d\u3081\u3066\u306eBIKE FRIDAY\u3067\u304a\u3057\u3083\u3079\u308a\u3002\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dGLOdsWH7AU?start=18&#038;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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I talk about my All-Packa in the video, but I figured I post some more details here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153773\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/allpacka.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/allpacka.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/allpacka-1280x853.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/allpacka-1720x1147.jpeg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/allpacka-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/allpacka-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So this is the the prototype All-Packa we saw from pics of last year&#8217;s MADE bike show.<\/p>\n<p>A folding bike with diamond tubings, QR 135mm rear spacing, max tire clearance of 2.8&#8243;, eyelets for bikepacking and dropper post compatible.<\/p>\n<p>You see, this is a perfect bike for people that have many bikes. A perfect bike to make an excuse to buy, since it&#8217;s a bike that most of us don&#8217;t have due to the very unique features.<\/p>\n<p>I had been fantasizing about this bike ever since I saw it the first time and I&#8217;m very happy that I own one now.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*BIKE FRIDAY* All-Packa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53834091361\/in\/photolist-2q28MNZ-2q2b3B6-2q28MJF-2q24aoZ-2q2a4fR-2q2a4c4-2q2a4g2-2q2axzn-2q24aiU-2q2axve-2q24anG-2q2axvz-2q2a4dB-2q2b3AQ-2q2axya-2q28MLQ-2q2a4bx-2q2a4cV-2q2b3xU-2q2b3Aj-2q24apq-2q2a4eo-2q24apf-2q2axAj\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53834091361_354fb06d53_k.jpg\" alt=\"*BIKE FRIDAY* All-Packa\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BIKE FRIDAY ALL PACKA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The All-Packa is the latest bike that Bike Friday has released. A bike that fits fat tires and is able to pack tons of gear for off-road touring.<\/p>\n<p>I chose the powder stone finish, which was a limited color they offered at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The reason I chose this finish is because we are not able to do this kind of paint at Cook Paint Works.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*BIKE FRIDAY* All-Packa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53834338183\/in\/photolist-2q28MNZ-2q2b3B6-2q28MJF-2q24aoZ-2q2a4fR-2q2a4c4-2q2a4g2-2q2axzn-2q24aiU-2q2axve-2q24anG-2q2axvz-2q2a4dB-2q2b3AQ-2q2axya-2q28MLQ-2q2a4bx-2q2a4cV-2q2b3xU-2q2b3Aj-2q24apq-2q2a4eo-2q24apf-2q2axAj\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53834338183_131ae09eeb_k.jpg\" alt=\"*BIKE FRIDAY* All-Packa\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rohloff drive train!<br \/>\nC&#8217;mon, it&#8217;s a touring bike!<\/p>\n<p>Fun fact, the founder of Rohloff used to be a engineer for Mercedes Benz. I&#8217;m pretty sure that there are some Benz technology in their hubs.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*BIKE FRIDAY* All-Packa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53834338433\/in\/photolist-2q28MNZ-2q2b3B6-2q28MJF-2q24aoZ-2q2a4fR-2q2a4g2-2q2axzn-2q24aiU-2q2axve-2q24anG-2q2a4dB-2q2axvz-2q2b3AQ-2q2axya-2q28MLQ-2q2a4bx-2q2a4cV-2q2b3xU-2q2b3Aj-2q24apq-2q2a4eo-2q24apf-2q2axAj-2q2a4dX\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53834338433_6ef0885392_k.jpg\" alt=\"*BIKE FRIDAY* All-Packa\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"*BIKE FRIDAY* All-Packa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53834531310\/in\/photolist-2q28MNZ-2q2b3B6-2q28MJF-2q24aoZ-2q2a4fR-2q2a4g2-2q2axzn-2q24aiU-2q2axve-2q24anG-2q2a4dB-2q2axvz-2q2b3AQ-2q2axya-2q28MLQ-2q2a4bx-2q2a4cV-2q2b3xU-2q2b3Aj-2q24apq-2q2a4eo-2q24apf-2q2axAj-2q2a4dX\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53834531310_2f617b875c_k.jpg\" alt=\"*BIKE FRIDAY* All-Packa\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love this grip shift.<\/p>\n<p>For the longest time, I have been riding 700c or 650b bikes, so it was quite difficult for me to figure out the gearing for this 20 incher. The first set up I went with was 40T x 16T, but this was too easy of a gearing and I couldn&#8217;t even ride it. I swapped the chain ring to 48T, making the gear ratio to be 3.0. This was perfect.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*BIKE FRIDAY* All-Packa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53834433479\/in\/photolist-2q28MNZ-2q2b3B6-2q28MJF-2q24aoZ-2q2a4fR-2q2a4g2-2q2axzn-2q24aiU-2q2axve-2q24anG-2q2a4dB-2q2axvz-2q2b3AQ-2q2axya-2q28MLQ-2q2a4bx-2q2a4cV-2q2b3xU-2q2b3Aj-2q24apq-2q2a4eo-2q24apf-2q2axAj-2q2a4dX\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53834433479_98bd8f8afe_k.jpg\" alt=\"*BIKE FRIDAY* All-Packa\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I chose Jones Bars, cause you know, bikepacking reasons!<br \/>\nThese sweepy bars are pretty nice riding on and off road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153776\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9690E2F6-42FA-44A8-9735-2DCC40AE9696_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1086\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9690E2F6-42FA-44A8-9735-2DCC40AE9696_1_105_c.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9690E2F6-42FA-44A8-9735-2DCC40AE9696_1_105_c-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153777\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0F0BA76D-CD49-4EC8-A5F9-39D8A5B44582_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1086\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0F0BA76D-CD49-4EC8-A5F9-39D8A5B44582_1_105_c.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0F0BA76D-CD49-4EC8-A5F9-39D8A5B44582_1_105_c-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are some pics I went with this bike.<\/p>\n<p>Tani riding his La Cabra (29er x 2.25&#8243;), Isshu riding his MonsterCross (700 x 48C) and I rode my All-Packa (20&#8243; x 2.35&#8243;)<\/p>\n<p>This was my first time riding off-road with 20&#8243; wheels, so I wasn&#8217;t so sure if I could keep up, so I wore my SPD shoes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153778\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ADDEE013-6B03-4506-898A-F8A7937E2278_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1086\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ADDEE013-6B03-4506-898A-F8A7937E2278_1_105_c.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ADDEE013-6B03-4506-898A-F8A7937E2278_1_105_c-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153781\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/F1F0C9DD-F3BE-4FCB-9BB7-B2003073D093_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1086\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/F1F0C9DD-F3BE-4FCB-9BB7-B2003073D093_1_105_c.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/F1F0C9DD-F3BE-4FCB-9BB7-B2003073D093_1_105_c-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It turned out that I could easily keep up with the rest of the crew! What an interesting bike it is.<\/p>\n<p>Trail riding in 20 inch wheels was very new and felt super fun.<\/p>\n<p>There are some down sides of not being able to ride over big rocks, but it&#8217;s not that big of a deal tbh.<\/p>\n<p>Going down hills felt a bit sketchy, but the disc brakes definitely helps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153782\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9C388FB6-D4C5-4D2F-BAEA-1009C9806226_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9C388FB6-D4C5-4D2F-BAEA-1009C9806226_1_105_c.jpeg 724w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9C388FB6-D4C5-4D2F-BAEA-1009C9806226_1_105_c-512x768.jpeg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Splish splash!<\/p>\n<p>2.35&#8243; tires with low PSI felt good, but if I&#8217;m going to ride through trail with this bike, I would definitely go up to 2.8.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153779\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CC50CA68-B00A-4DFE-82D4-D3F614415DCD_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1086\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CC50CA68-B00A-4DFE-82D4-D3F614415DCD_1_105_c.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CC50CA68-B00A-4DFE-82D4-D3F614415DCD_1_105_c-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I loaded my bike to a car to the trail for this ride. As it&#8217;s a folding bike, it&#8217;s super easy to load it to the trunk.<\/p>\n<p>My current goal is to fly out to somewhere with this bike for an adventure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153832\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/64077104-10AB-4227-A9F7-4142475EA5E2_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1086\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/64077104-10AB-4227-A9F7-4142475EA5E2_1_105_c.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/64077104-10AB-4227-A9F7-4142475EA5E2_1_105_c-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I still don&#8217;t know a whole lot about this bike, but I could say that it&#8217;s got potential for sure. I am very happy that I got this bike so far and I am very excited of all the places I will be traveling with this bike.<\/p>\n<p>See ya!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":154037,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":154037,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1980,"height":1320,"file":"2024\/08\/53833188417_82c576782b_o.jpg","filesize":512969,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"53833188417_82c576782b_o-1280x853.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":231429,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53833188417_82c576782b_o-1280x853.jpg"},"large":{"file":"53833188417_82c576782b_o-1720x1147.jpg","width":1720,"height":1147,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":373739,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53833188417_82c576782b_o-1720x1147.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"53833188417_82c576782b_o-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":96578,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53833188417_82c576782b_o-768x512.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"file":"53833188417_82c576782b_o-1536x1024.jpg","width":1536,"height":1024,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":310546,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53833188417_82c576782b_o-1536x1024.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"53833188417_82c576782b_o-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":115269,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53833188417_82c576782b_o-800x600.jpg"},"yarpp-thumbnail":{"file":"53833188417_82c576782b_o-120x120.jpg","width":120,"height":120,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":5746,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53833188417_82c576782b_o-120x120.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":153769,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53833188417_82c576782b_o.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"","search-result-sort-order":"price","search-result-sort-by":"desc","stockSortFlg":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/154133"}],"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\/25"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}