{"id":167273,"date":"2025-09-05T15:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=167273"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:02:50","slug":"10th-anniversary-frame-by-rivendell","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/10th-anniversary-frame-by-rivendell\/","title":{"rendered":"10th anniversary frame by Rivendell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 8th will Blue Lug Kamiuma&#8217;s 13th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>I thought about saving my words of appreciation until the actual anniversary, but thank you so much to all of the customers who come visit us.<\/p>\n<p>I thank you deeply for making the effort to come to the least accessible location of all three Blue Lug stores in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"RIVENDELL SHOP TOUR 2023\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53158642953\/in\/album-72177720310915764\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53158642953_229417fb7f_b.jpg\" alt=\"RIVENDELL SHOP TOUR 2023\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nBack in 2020, I asked Grant Petersen, the founder\/owner of Rivendell that, if they would be possible to make a special frame for Blue Lug Kaimuma&#8217;s 10th anniversary. They willing accepted our favor.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"RIVENDELL SHOP TOUR 2023\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53158644898\/in\/album-72177720310915764\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53158644898_04bd31dd7b_b.jpg\" alt=\"RIVENDELL SHOP TOUR 2023\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The frames unfortunately could not make it in time for the 10th anniversary. Since then, I started to wonder if the frame would make it in time for each anniversaries to come, or I would joke that maybe it was just all a dream.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that it wasn&#8217;t a dream after all. The frames are now here in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The 10th anniversary frame has arrived in the 13th anniversary of Blue Lug Kamiuma and I&#8217;m not disappointed at all. I was just happy that Grant-san even said yes to making them. It is a true dream come true moment for me, so I did not even worry about them taking time. It didn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, the frames took time to arrive, but there many cool things I got to experience while we waited.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"RIVENDELL SHOP TOUR 2023\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53158359094\/in\/album-72177720310915764\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53158359094_2a6c0b1fbb_b.jpg\" alt=\"RIVENDELL SHOP TOUR 2023\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had the opportunity to ride Shell Ridge with Grant-san himself.<\/p>\n<p>It was great to ride the path that basically is the reason why Rivendell exists and where all their ideas come from.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"RIVENDELL SHOP TOUR 2023\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53158646033\/in\/album-72177720310915764\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53158646033_a387fe25d4_b.jpg\" alt=\"RIVENDELL SHOP TOUR 2023\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It all made sense at that moment.<\/p>\n<p>Two of my biggest dreams had come true at this point, so I wasn&#8217;t worried if the frames didn&#8217;t arrive. I&#8217;m more than happy to ride the current Rivendell bikes I own.<\/p>\n<p>However, they arrived,<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rivendell Coffee Outside\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54593659967\/in\/album-72177720326902470\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54593659967_fa0027d02a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Rivendell Coffee Outside\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>with the founder himself.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rivendell Coffee Outside\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54594850345\/in\/album-72177720326902470\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54594850345_95c9d534a0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Rivendell Coffee Outside\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to Grant-san to tell everybody about the special frames with his own words, while he was in Japan and we were really lucky that actually happened.<\/p>\n<p>This wouldn&#8217;t have had happened if the 10th anniv. frames came in time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bJQlK3MCk4k?si=LN1yLLuKxmT3HVxA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Everything you want to know about this frame is talked here. Please go ahead and give this a watch.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to promote this frame as &#8220;rare&#8221; or &#8220;hard to get thing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted these frames to be something to show our regular customers appreciation and rewards for ourselves for overcoming multiple walls over the years. It is like a bookmark in the History of Blue Lag Kamiuma Store, who learned so much about bicycles from Rivendell.<\/p>\n<p>I want a lot of Rivendell riders to come see the actual frame, touch them, talk about them and smile together.<\/p>\n<p>These are now displayed at Blue Lug Kamiuma.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-167063\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6a7b4c1a67b8f4eb6d43351af4a4f127-1280x833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6a7b4c1a67b8f4eb6d43351af4a4f127-1280x833.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6a7b4c1a67b8f4eb6d43351af4a4f127-1720x1119.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6a7b4c1a67b8f4eb6d43351af4a4f127-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6a7b4c1a67b8f4eb6d43351af4a4f127.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll make another post about how we&#8217;re selling the frames on the 8th, our 13th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-167051\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/XH2F3438-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/XH2F3438-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/XH2F3438-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/XH2F3438-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/XH2F3438.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I absolutely love Rivendell. I know we carry a lot of brands here, but Rivendell is very special to me. I just want to chat with people who love Rivs like myself.<\/p>\n<p>See you at Blue Lug Kamiuma.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading.<\/p>\n<p>(Thank you to big boss Toshi and Wakako for letting me do this and thank you Mat for the idea)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":167049,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":167049,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1980,"height":1288,"file":"2025\/08\/a55adc7af2de249b22bf4a87fe4b7555.jpg","filesize":182993,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"a55adc7af2de249b22bf4a87fe4b7555-1280x833.jpg","width":1280,"height":833,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":97087,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a55adc7af2de249b22bf4a87fe4b7555-1280x833.jpg"},"large":{"file":"a55adc7af2de249b22bf4a87fe4b7555-1720x1119.jpg","width":1720,"height":1119,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":146394,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a55adc7af2de249b22bf4a87fe4b7555-1720x1119.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"a55adc7af2de249b22bf4a87fe4b7555-768x500.jpg","width":768,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":45626,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a55adc7af2de249b22bf4a87fe4b7555-768x500.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":166817,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a55adc7af2de249b22bf4a87fe4b7555.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\/167273"}],"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\/21"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}