{"id":167393,"date":"2025-09-07T19:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T10:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&p=167393"},"modified":"2025-09-07T19:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T10:18:13","slug":"working-with-crust","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/working-with-crust\/","title":{"rendered":"Working With Crust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Working on a project with Crust made my ride my Bombora a lot.<\/p>\n

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I started riding it just to get to know the feeling of a Crust bike, but I really got hooked on the Bombora.<\/p>\n

Since then, I’ve been spending a lot of money for bike parts and getting heat strokes on my days off. I’m riding crazily like I got possessed by something. My body aches and my wallet keeps getting emptied.<\/p>\n

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Let’s talk about my love and greed towards this bike in a timeline.<\/p>\n

\"*CRUST<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, I started off from as a fail. lol<\/p>\n

The failure was that I built the bike thinking about convenience too much.<\/p>\n

\"*CRUST<\/a><\/p>\n

To be more specific, I did not need the front rack and basket, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

\"*CRUST<\/a><\/p>\n

I believe there are no other bikes that are more comfortable and convenient than that of Rivendell. I wasn’t so sure how to ride the Bombora when I built it up.<\/p>\n

The bike ended up being up on the bike rack for many days, so my colleges probably thought I messed up. I felt bad every time I see the bike and I was disappointed in myself for not having the flexibility to be able to ride a bike that is not all about comfort.<\/p>\n

I blamed myself for not riding the bike instead of blaming the product, so I decided to rebuild the Bombora focusing on purely riding and it absolutely worked. I was punched in the face by the mermaid.<\/p>\n

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After receiving that powerful punch, I started riding crazy distances. I was a different person.<\/p>\n

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I didn’t expect the bike to feel this different by just removing the front rack.<\/p>\n

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Now for the love story.<\/p>\n

I always thought the Bombora was like a jump and playful bike from Crust’s brand image and I was wrong to build it as relaxed as possible. After riding many kilos, I found out that is not the case<\/p>\n

Of course it is the most playful bike within all the bikes I have, but I found the bike to be very easy to understand.<\/p>\n

On the Bombora, you can enjoy the rigidity and stability of that of a touring bike, while riding pretty quick like a road bike. When you step on the pedal, it rolls as if you stepped on the gas.<\/p>\n

The bike can be built up racy like Duncan, or can be built up for just riding for fun like me.<\/p>\n