{"id":173764,"date":"2026-02-22T11:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&p=173764"},"modified":"2026-02-22T11:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:08:15","slug":"runwell-made-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/runwell-made-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Runwell Made In Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Runwell is a track bike tool company located in Niigata Japan. All of their products are made in Tsubamesanjo area, which is well known for the long history of metal industry.<\/p>\n

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From forging and machining to polishing, each products are made by the hands of well skilled craftsmen. Their products are just truly beautiful. Everything is 100% made in Japan.<\/p>\n

Their tools, hub nuts<\/a> and top caps<\/a> have arrived on the first delivery.
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The shiny finish feels good on the hands and makes it easy to wipe off grease.<\/p>\n

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What caught my attention was the track cog wrench.
\nThe hooks on either side are designed for different cog sizes (compatible with 12t-18t), and of course, you can remove the lockring too. You know how the tool side can get worn down from repeatedly removing and installing lockrings? No worries.<\/p>\n

The lockring removal part is replaceable. Thank goodness.<\/p>\n

Even from a mechanic’s perspective, you can tell they really know their stuff.
\nGiven its high level of completion, it’s no surprise it’s even provided at training centers for professional track cyclists and is certified as an official tool.<\/p>\n

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The tools are so well polished that you could see my face perfectly in this photo.<\/p>\n

Another great thing about their products is that they are reasonable. How is this possible!<\/p>\n

You can see all of their products over HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":173630,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":173630,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1980,"height":1320,"file":"2026\/02\/20260216-DSC04177.jpg","filesize":165427,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"20260216-DSC04177-1280x853.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":83933,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260216-DSC04177-1280x853.jpg"},"large":{"file":"20260216-DSC04177-1720x1147.jpg","width":1720,"height":1147,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":130096,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260216-DSC04177-1720x1147.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"20260216-DSC04177-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":38952,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260216-DSC04177-768x512.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":173629,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260216-DSC04177.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"runwell","search-result-sort-order":"price","search-result-sort-by":"desc","stockSortFlg":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/173764"}],"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\/47"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}