{"id":177022,"date":"2020-05-22T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T06:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=review-global&#038;p=177022"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:44:15","slug":"even-on-rivendells","status":"publish","type":"review-global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/review-global\/even-on-rivendells\/","title":{"rendered":"Even on Rivendells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* joe appaloosa (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/48071303877\/in\/photolist-2geTZS6-2geTsPJ-2geTGXA-2geTsw4-2geTZBS-2geTsrj-2geTGug-2geTsjL-2geTZFe-2geU11n-2geTsNX-2geTZwB-2geTsnS-2geTGzM-2geTsHw-2geTZPR-2geTsBj-2geTsLN-2geTsAn-2geTsNb\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48071303877_e112b30a1e_k.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* joe appaloosa (51)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"*RIVENDELL* joe appaloosa (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/48071198736\/in\/photolist-2geTZBS-2geTsBj-2geTsw4-2geTsAn-2geTZPR-2geTZFe-2geTsrj-2geTZwB-2geTsjL-2geTGug-2geTGzM-2geTsnS-2geTsHw-2geTsLN-2geTsPJ-2geTGXA-2geTsNb-2geTsNX-2geTZS6-2geU11n\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48071198736_e6ab31e932_k.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* joe appaloosa (51)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThis Appaloosa has a seatpost diameter of 26.8 mm. Surprisingly few manufacturers offer this size.<\/p>\n<p>Thomson seatposts are commonly used on MTBs and track bikes, but I personally think they also look surprisingly well with Riv frames.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d be happy if you kept this in mind as one of an option. By the way, since Rivendell frames come with a stock seatpost, customizing this part often ends up being just a personal indulgence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":119157,"template":"","better_featured_image":{"id":119157,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1280,"height":853,"file":"2020\/05\/48071198736_0ba4209e04_o.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"48071198736_0ba4209e04_o-640x427.jpg","width":640,"height":427,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":47883,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/48071198736_0ba4209e04_o-640x427.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"48071198736_0ba4209e04_o-900x600.jpg","width":900,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":79879,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/48071198736_0ba4209e04_o-900x600.jpg"},"large":{"file":"48071198736_0ba4209e04_o-1179x786.jpg","width":1179,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":119531,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/48071198736_0ba4209e04_o-1179x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"48071198736_0ba4209e04_o-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":72401,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/48071198736_0ba4209e04_o-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":280756},"post":119156,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/48071198736_0ba4209e04_o.jpg"},"acf":{"not_to_displayed_on_top":true,"ctm-post-priority":"0"},"post-meta-fields":{"_edit_lock":["1779432665:48"],"_edit_last":["48"],"not_to_displayed_on_top":["1"],"_not_to_displayed_on_top":["field_6944f0f6461a3"],"ctm-post-priority":["0"],"_ctm-post-priority":["field_6522836fa8f5e"],"pp_checklist_custom_item_jlhhonippgapjyw":["yes"],"_my_meta_value_key":["[{\"pid\":25750,\"name\":\"*THOMSON* elite seatpost (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/thomson-elite-seatpost-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/1\/g\/1ghdgdf_12913_2.jpg\"},{\"pid\":12338,\"name\":\"*THOMSON* elite setback seatpost (silver)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/thomson-elite-setback-seatpost-silver.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/2\/1\/21ghdgdf_12906.jpg\"},{\"pid\":12337,\"name\":\"*THOMSON* elite setback seatpost (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/thomson-elite-setback-seatpost-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/1\/g\/1ghdgdf_12908.jpg\"},{\"pid\":25751,\"name\":\"*THOMSON* elite seatpost (silver)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/thomson-elite-seatpost-silver.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/2\/1\/21ghdgdf_12912_1.jpg\"},{\"pid\":9451,\"name\":\"*THOMSON* elite seatpost top&bottom clamps (silver)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/thomson-elite-seatpost-top-bottom-clamps-silver.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/1\/s\/1seatpost-clamp-set-3.jpg\"},{\"pid\":9450,\"name\":\"*THOMSON* elite seatpost top&bottom clamps (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/thomson-elite-seatpost-top-bottom-clamps-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/1\/s\/1seatpost-clamp-set-4.jpg\"}]"],"_thumbnail_id":["119157"],"_wp_old_date":["2026-05-22"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review-global\/177022"}],"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\/35"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}