{"id":161798,"date":"2025-04-06T11:24:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T02:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=161798"},"modified":"2025-04-06T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T03:00:19","slug":"a-promise-with-ming","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/a-promise-with-ming\/","title":{"rendered":"A Promise With Ming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ming and I had promised to go bike camping regularly. We just wanted to go out and ride our bikes monthly. I&#8217;m hoping we can make this a thing.<\/p>\n<p>Max and Sub had also joined us for this trip.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161366\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XH2F8844-1-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XH2F8844-1-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XH2F8844-1-1720x1290.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XH2F8844-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XH2F8844-1.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I would often ride my Crust Bikes Evasion, but thought I&#8217;d mix things up for this ride, so I took my Rivendell Clem Smith Jr.<br \/>\nThis was my first time taking my Clem to a camp ride, so I was excited.<\/p>\n<p>The Clem Smith Jr. is a unique bike from Rivendell that can fit MTB tires on a step-through style frame. It can be a comfy commuter and can even be a touring bike.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* clem smith jr. (45)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54398692728\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54398692728_4e018962ae_k.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* clem smith jr. (45)\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"*RIVENDELL* clem smith jr. (45)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54397570447\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54397570447_233cb5cb6f_k.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* clem smith jr. (45)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I went with a pannier bag set up for this trip. A set of big pannier that is. I put the 3 rail rack from Pass And Stow. This rack is clutch when carrying beers for the night. It&#8217;s always great to bring extra Voile Straps for this type of occasions. There&#8217;s no such thing as too many Voile Straps.<\/p>\n<p>The saddle bag is the Swift Industries Zeitgeist. Man, I love this bag so much.<a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=*SWIFT+INDUSTRIES*+zeitgeist+pack+%28ecopak\"> Check their restocked bags now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161365\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0548-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0548-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0548-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0548-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0548.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s all my gear for this trip.<\/p>\n<p>I knew it was going to snow the next day we arrive, but I didn&#8217;t think it would be this much snow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161378\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XH2F9290-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XH2F9290-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XH2F9290-1720x1290.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XH2F9290-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XH2F9290.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, I was prepared for the snow. I brought a pair of puffer pants and hard shell rain pants to keep my self warm and dry. I bring these two regardless of the weather just in case,<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* clem smith jr. (45)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54398824005\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54398824005_cf004c39b8_k.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* clem smith jr. (45)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what my bike looks like.<\/p>\n<p>I was mostly riding this rackless\/basketless, but a Rivendell with full load looks nice.<\/p>\n<p>I ride a size 45. I like riding Rivendells with lower saddle height. I have mine set up to 650mm saddle height, and the Zeitgeist was very close to rubbing on the rear tire.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*CRUST BIKES* the dreamer (S)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53024176663\/in\/photolist-2oMyhsa-2oMwgjU-2oMyLp5-2oMx9MB-2oMtjog-2oMyht2-2oMtjpd-2oMyLoy-2oMyhsR-2oMtjpi-2oMwggY-2oMwgjD-2oMx9LE-2oMyhr3-2oMwghE-2oMx9Ny-2oMyLnG-2oMx9Lp-2oMx9LV-2oMyLmQ-2oMyLot-2oMyhsL\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53024176663_dcbb516f48_k.jpg\" alt=\"*CRUST BIKES* the dreamer (S)\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"product-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/ocean-air-cycles-nitto-erlen-saddle-bag-support.html\">*OCEAN AIR CYCLES \u00d7 NITTO* erlen saddle bag support <\/a>are essensial for a short rider like me. This makes it possible to attach larger saddle bags onto smaller frames. The Erlen Saddle Bag Support had restocked as well.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* clem smith jr. (45)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54398823705\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54398823705_7a1699e2d9_k.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* clem smith jr. (45)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nCan&#8217;t forget about the the double Nalgene bottle too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161370\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0395-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0395-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0395-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0395-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0395.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161373\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0484-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0484-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0484-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0484-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0484.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161374\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0491-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0491-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0491-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0491-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0491.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love riding with friends and I love camping with friends. We chatted about bikes, the recent dates we went to and more random stuff. It&#8217;s good to spend time like this with colleges, since this is how we come up with new ideas of products.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161371\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0455-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0455-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0455-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0455-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0455.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ming&#8217;s Evasion Trail 140 was crisp.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161377\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0537-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0537-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0537-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0537-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0537.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sub brings new camping gear every trip we go on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161379\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0487-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0487-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0487-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0487-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0487.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161380\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0463-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0463-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0463-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0463-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0463.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161381\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0478-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0478-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0478-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0478-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0478.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All the guys except myself had the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=*FAIRWEATHER*+handlebar+bag+ADV\">*FAIRWEATHER* handlebar bag ADV<\/a>. The huge bag seemed perfect for this trip. I recommend having a drop bar wider than 460mm if you want to run drops.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161375\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0499-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0499-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0499-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0499-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0499.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Where should we go this month&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":161372,"template":"","tags":[114],"better_featured_image":{"id":161372,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1980,"height":1320,"file":"2025\/03\/DSC0474.jpg","filesize":409026,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"DSC0474-1280x853.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":190787,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0474-1280x853.jpg"},"large":{"file":"DSC0474-1720x1147.jpg","width":1720,"height":1147,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":305616,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0474-1720x1147.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"DSC0474-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":81032,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0474-768x512.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":161152,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC0474.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"fairweather","search-result-sort-order":"price","search-result-sort-by":"desc","stockSortFlg":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/161798"}],"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\/35"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}