{"id":171542,"date":"2025-12-22T11:41:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=review-global&#038;p=171542"},"modified":"2025-12-22T11:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:41:53","slug":"fd-is-not-dead","status":"publish","type":"review-global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/review-global\/fd-is-not-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"FD is not DEAD!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is my current favorite crank.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-169115\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05759-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05759-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05759-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05759-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, 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