{"id":97480,"date":"2018-06-15T15:18:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T06:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=97480"},"modified":"2018-06-15T15:18:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T06:18:59","slug":"spencers-bike-checks","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/spencers-bike-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer&#8217;s Bike Checks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of tourists visit our shop during summer, and today a cute couple from Boston stopped by.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97390\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9031.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9031-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9031-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9031-1181x786.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nSpencer and Samantha came to Japan for a\u00a02-week bike tour.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BYDlJG5F-aL\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 43.75% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc\/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5\/p8\/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo\/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli\/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif\/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BYDlJG5F-aL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Any late summer plans? Plenty of patches in the shop! (Link in bio) #nomad #adventureawaits #latesummer #hotandhumid #summerplans #endofsummer #explorebybike #getoutside #optoutside #nomadpatches #nomadpatchworks #eclipse2017 #fallscreekoutfitters #embroidery #embroideryart #embroideredpatches #patchgame #adventureisouthere #newengland #newenglandsummer #rideyerbike #twobikes #greenbike #redbike #bikelove #bikecamping #cycling #cycletour #cycletouring #bikepack<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nomadpatches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Spencer Hawkes<\/a>\u3055\u3093(@nomadpatches)\u304c\u30b7\u30a7\u30a2\u3057\u305f\u6295\u7a3f &#8211; <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-08-21T12:31:59+00:00\">2017\u5e74 8\u6708\u670821\u65e5\u5348\u524d5\u664231\u5206PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Actually, I already knew him through instagram\u00a0before. He rides\u00a0a great bike and makes awesome bicycle patches.<br \/>\nSurprisingly enough, he used to live in Japan, so it wasn&#8217;t very hard to communicate with them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97383\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9002-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9002-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9002-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Surly Cross-Check<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is Spencer&#8217;s Surly Cross-Check. Cross-check is a great commuting bike and perfect touring road bike.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97387\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9017.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9017-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9017-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9017-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97386\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9011.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9011-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9011-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9011-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These Swift Industries bags are outstanding, the Ozette randonneur bag and the zeitgeist saddle bag. While panniers are hard to be evenly balanced, handlebar bag and saddlebags are more stable in most case.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97388\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9020.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9020-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9020-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9020-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The light mount is his original. I admire his creativity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97389\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9025.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9025-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9025-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9025-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve seen a lot of bike tourists using <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=vp\">VP-001 pedals<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=mks+grip+king\">MKS grip king pedals<\/a> are also popular among them though.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97377\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8963.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8963.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8963-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8963-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8963-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>*Velo Orange Campeur*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samantha rides Velo Orange Campeur. As the\u00a0name suggests, this is a Velo Orange touring bike.<br \/>\nThe bike looked very clean, so she probably built\u00a0this bike up for this trip.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97379\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8968.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8968.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8968-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8968-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8968-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nThe front rack is the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=potluck\">SimWorks Potluck<\/a>.\u00a0The wine red bar tape is a great match with the metallic gray paint job.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97380\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8975.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8975.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8975-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8975-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8975-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nThe saddlebag is the Swift Industries Zeitgeist. This is their\u00a010th anniversary model.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97381\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8976.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8976.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8976-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8976-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8976-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nThe crankset is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/*VELO ORANGE* grand cru drillium\">Grand Cru Drilliut Fluted Double cranksets<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97382\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8983.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8983.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8983-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8983-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8983-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nThe saddle is the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=brooks+b17\">Brooks B17-S (ladies)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They are going to the Biwa lake and then going to Kyoto after.\u00a0Hope they are having a great time in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please stop by our shops if you come to Tokyo. Any time you need help on your bicycle journey, we will be here to help you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":97390,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":97390,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1280,"height":852,"file":"2018\/06\/IMG_9031.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"IMG_9031-640x426.jpg","width":640,"height":426,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":92034,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9031-640x426.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"IMG_9031-900x599.jpg","width":900,"height":599,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":152523,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9031-900x599.jpg"},"large":{"file":"IMG_9031-1181x786.jpg","width":1181,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":230417,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9031-1181x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"IMG_9031-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":136329,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9031-800x600.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":505782},"post":97375,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_9031.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-load-items":"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=swift+industries"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/97480"}],"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\/19"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}