{"id":95878,"date":"2018-04-21T16:45:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T07:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=95878"},"modified":"2018-04-21T16:45:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T07:45:33","slug":"ritchey-acsent","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/ritchey-acsent\/","title":{"rendered":"Ritchey Acsent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! Let me show you my\u00a0new bike, Ritchey Acsent. I finally finished building this.<\/p>\n<p>In Japan, there is a cluster of national holidays around the end of April and beginning of May. It\u2019s called the Golden week, and Spring is the best time to plan a bike tour. Yes! I am ready for a bike trip. I&#8217;m very excited!<br \/>\n<a title=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/41490822091\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/794\/41490822091_c770d9fb34_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>*RITCHEY* Ascent (M)<\/strong><br \/>\nActually, I\u2019ve built the same bike for my friend before and it made me really want to get one.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/27619466798\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/808\/27619466798_ec5f34c562_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe Ritchey Ascent is designed for adventure, yet it is a great bike for a daily commute and any kind of situations.<br \/>\nThis has the ability to wear 700c and 650B. The Ritchey ascent is my first 650B adventure bike.<br \/>\n<a title=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/27619469438\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/818\/27619469438_8e7bc81d7e_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nI chose one of the best aluminum rims for the bike, HED. belgium plus C2 rim 650B. These are lightweight and semi aerodynamics. You can add tire volume, smoothness, and rolling speed to any bike or hub set. It matches with any bikes.<br \/>\nIt`s a tubeless compatible. I know this isn\u2019t affordable, but this one is my first 650B wheels so I couldn\u2019t resist buying.<br \/>\n<a title=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/27619468868\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/879\/27619468868_65d1e05597_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/41490825601\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/867\/41490825601_0264148985_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe hubs are <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=*PHILWOOD*+11-speed+cx+front+hub+\">the PhilWood 11-speed cx<\/a>.<br \/>\nIf you ride Surly Straggler and Midnight Special, I highly recommend these wheels.<br \/>\n<a title=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/27619469018\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/879\/27619469018_28c39414c9_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe Psychedelic color <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=lizard+skin\">Lizard skin bartape<\/a> gives some accent.<br \/>\n<a title=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/39682075040\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/875\/39682075040_1100ea6942_b.jpg\" alt=\"*RITCHEY* ascent (M)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n2 water bottles are my thing. We stocked many <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=bottle\">bottles<\/a> for summer!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-95674\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-11-133028.893-900x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-11-133028.893-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-11-133028.893-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-11-133028.893-1048x786.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-11-133028.893-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-11-133028.893.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Only 2 Ritchey Acsent frames are left. Please ask us if you are interested in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":95796,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":95796,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1280,"height":853,"file":"2018\/04\/41490822471_30263d20a3_k.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"41490822471_30263d20a3_k-640x427.jpg","width":640,"height":427,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":45527,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41490822471_30263d20a3_k-640x427.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"41490822471_30263d20a3_k-900x600.jpg","width":900,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":75498,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41490822471_30263d20a3_k-900x600.jpg"},"large":{"file":"41490822471_30263d20a3_k-1179x786.jpg","width":1179,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":113807,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41490822471_30263d20a3_k-1179x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"41490822471_30263d20a3_k-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":69747,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41490822471_30263d20a3_k-800x600.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"filesize":267204},"post":95792,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41490822471_30263d20a3_k.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-load-items":"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=lizard+skin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/95878"}],"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\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}