{"id":129890,"date":"2022-01-08T18:05:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=review-global&#038;p=129890"},"modified":"2022-01-15T18:31:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T09:31:43","slug":"im-also-a-flite-fanatic","status":"publish","type":"review-global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/review-global\/im-also-a-flite-fanatic\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m also a Flite fanatic!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We often shoot a lot of videos for our YouTube channel. So many contents are going live so I often loose track of who is shooting which video.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qao4w01ObQo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nDid ya watch the &#8220;We Love Flite 1990&#8221; video?<\/p>\n<p>Why the hell was I not invited!?<\/p>\n<p>I am also a Flite fanatic like these three.<br \/>\n<a title=\"*INDEPENDENT FABRICATION* gravel royal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/49707150852\/in\/photolist-2iJnLdP-2iJnLit-2iJs9bh-2iJs9VP-2iJnMwL-2iJnLNb-2iJnLCG-2iJnLuR-2iJqvH8-2iJnLVa-2iJnMbR-2iJqvnJ-2iJqwkk-2iJnLrQ-2iJnLzF-2iJsa3H-2iJsawP-2iJnMNT\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49707150852_2fe8820447_b.jpg\" alt=\"*INDEPENDENT FABRICATION* gravel royal\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nTwo of the bikes I own currently have the Flite saddles.<br \/>\n<a title=\"*FALCONER CYCLES* ROAD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/49595157646\/in\/photolist-2iyy9uW-2iyy9x6-2iyy9vs-2iyy9DZ-2iyzqmK-2iyzqdd-2iyvAfg-2iyzqm9-2iyzq9k-2iyvAg8-2iyzq88-2iyy9EW-2iyzqfx-2iyvAe9-2iyzqnB\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49595157646_06b883267d_b.jpg\" alt=\"*FALCONER CYCLES* ROAD\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nIn the year 2021, we have access to the reissued 1990 flite saddle. However, back in my day, people would sell the vintage Flites in a ridiculous price.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yo, this one is still boxed!!&#8221; It was just like collecting sneakers. We were probably hyped about these saddles, just because of how rare they were.<\/p>\n<p>The Flite saddles have so much history. They have certain models that they only produced in a certain time period, which makes these saddles even more interesting.<\/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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWcdDVeP5Hj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">\u3053\u306e\u6295\u7a3f\u3092Instagram\u3067\u898b\u308b<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWcdDVeP5Hj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BLUE LUG bike shop(@bluelug)\u304c\u30b7\u30a7\u30a2\u3057\u305f\u6295\u7a3f<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nI&#8217;m just hoping that the punching leather Flites, which Selle Italia made exclusively for us, will become a piece of the Flite history. I want people to react like &#8220;What year is that Flite from!?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even though I don&#8217;t have any plans on installing these to any of the bikes, I still bought one for the hell of it. I just loved the red logo so I chose the white ones.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129452\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc.png 1000w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc-640x464.png 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc-900x653.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129450\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/9e5d2d896367d62cbdc1080dcd83a6c2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1019\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/9e5d2d896367d62cbdc1080dcd83a6c2.png 1019w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/9e5d2d896367d62cbdc1080dcd83a6c2-640x458.png 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/9e5d2d896367d62cbdc1080dcd83a6c2-900x645.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s try it on Konno&#8217;s Indy FAB. (I&#8217;ve seen too many black saddles so the white felt really fresh.)<\/p>\n<p>FYI, I often choose the Flite saddles for bikes with drop bars or bikes that I can ride leaning forward.<br \/>\n<a title=\"*INDEPENDENT FABRICATION* gravel royal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/49706298883\/in\/photolist-2iJs9bh-2iJsawP-2iJnMNT-2iJnLVa-2iJqvH8-2iJsa3H-2iJnMwL-2iJnLrQ-2iJqvnJ-2iJnLuR-2iJnLCG-2iJnLzF-2iJnLNb-2iJnLdP-2iJqwkk-2iJs9VP-2iJnMbR-2iJnLit\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49706298883_933bea3ef6_b.jpg\" alt=\"*INDEPENDENT FABRICATION* gravel royal\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThis is the leather Flites from the Milano Series(?) that they released a while ago. I believe they are discontinued. Glad I got them.<br \/>\n<a title=\"*FALCONER CYCLES* ROAD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/49595406072\/in\/photolist-2iyy9uW-2iyy9x6-2iyy9vs-2iyy9DZ-2iyzqmK-2iyzqdd-2iyvAfg-2iyzq9k-2iyzqm9-2iyvAg8-2iyzq88-2iyy9EW-2iyzqfx-2iyvAe9-2iyzqnB\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49595406072_0601dd2a5f_b.jpg\" alt=\"*FALCONER CYCLES* ROAD\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is my road bike with the Flite saddle with the CORIMA embroidery on it.<\/p>\n<p>There used to be more saddles with embroidery back in the they. I still remember the all over pepper embroidered WTB\u00a0 saddles that came with the Salsa complete bikes.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not trying to say &#8220;Buy it when we still have it&#8221;, but I just want to say that the Flite saddles will always be a classic and it wouldn&#8217;t hurt to have them in your collection!<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":129452,"template":"","better_featured_image":{"id":129452,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1000,"height":725,"file":"2021\/11\/ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc.png","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc-640x464.png","width":640,"height":464,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":529293,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc-640x464.png"},"medium":{"file":"ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc-900x653.png","width":900,"height":653,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":980441,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc-900x653.png"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc-800x600.png","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":816950,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc-800x600.png"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"filesize":1310001},"post":129441,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ad0bacc43d5f9213cf825c979b583ebc.png"},"acf":{"not_to_displayed_on_top":null,"ctm-post-priority":null},"post-meta-fields":{"_edit_lock":["1642291581:48"],"_edit_last":["48"],"_my_meta_value_key":["[{\"pid\":28068,\"name\":\"*SELLE ITALIA* flite 1990 saddle (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/selle-italia-flite-1990-saddle-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/2\/12img_2273_2.jpg\"},{\"pid\":33461,\"name\":\"*SELLE ITALIA* milano flite bullitt saddle (brown)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/selle-italia-milano-flite-bullitt-saddle-brown.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/i\/1img_5857_3.jpg\"},{\"pid\":34294,\"name\":\"*SELLE ITALIA* flite 1990 saddle (punching white)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/selle-italia-flite-1990-saddle-punching-white.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/d\/1dsc04364.jpg\"},{\"pid\":23948,\"name\":\"*SELLE ITALIA* flite 1990 nubuk (brown)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/selle-italia-flite-1990-saddle-black-23948.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/i\/1img_7933.jpg\"},{\"pid\":34295,\"name\":\"*SELLE ITALIA* flite 1990 saddle (punching black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/selle-italia-flite-1990-saddle-punching-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/d\/1dsc04363.jpg\"},{\"pid\":25646,\"name\":\"*SELLE ITALIA* milano flite racer saddle (brown)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/selle-italia-milano-flite-racer-saddle-brown.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/i\/1img_6354.jpg\"},{\"pid\":25645,\"name\":\"*SELLE ITALIA* milano flite bonnie saddle (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/selle-italia-milano-flite-bonnie-saddle-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/i\/1img_6350.jpg\"}]"],"_thumbnail_id":["129452"],"_wp_old_date":["2021-12-20"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review-global\/129890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review-global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review-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\/129452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}