{"id":177362,"date":"2026-05-28T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/?post_type=review-global&#038;p=177362"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:49:18","slug":"my-non-racer-road-bike","status":"publish","type":"review-global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/review-global\/my-non-racer-road-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"My non-racer road bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is my road bike<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN* road (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54654006730\/in\/photolist-2rgu8uG-2rgu8xH-2rgyr26-2rgyr2w-2rgyr3Z-2rgzC5J-2rgzCqQ-2rgzCr6-2rgzCt5-2rgA54u-2rgA54z-2rgA556-2rgA55G-2rgA55S-2rgA58c-2rgA599-2rgA59u\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54654006730_a0e9afa883_h.jpg\" alt=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN* road (50)\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I wonder what the teenage me, that would do hill climbing with an aluminum and carbon road racer frames would say when looking at this bike.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN* road (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54653686931\/in\/photolist-2rgu8uG-2rgu8xH-2rgyr26-2rgyr2w-2rgyr3Z-2rgzC5J-2rgzCqQ-2rgzCr6-2rgzCt5-2rgA54u-2rgA54z-2rgA556-2rgA55G-2rgA55S-2rgA58c-2rgA599-2rgA59u\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54653686931_f0be25a6fb_h.jpg\" alt=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN* road (50)\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN* road (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54653920439\/in\/photolist-2rgu8uG-2rgu8xH-2rgyr26-2rgyr2w-2rgyr3Z-2rgzC5J-2rgzCqQ-2rgzCr6-2rgzCt5-2rgA54u-2rgA54z-2rgA556-2rgA55G-2rgA55S-2rgA58c-2rgA599-2rgA59u\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54653920439_b44570b674_h.jpg\" alt=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN* road (50)\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN* road (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54652847532\/in\/photolist-2rgu8uG-2rgu8xH-2rgyr26-2rgyr2w-2rgyr3Z-2rgzC5J-2rgzCqQ-2rgzCr6-2rgzCt5-2rgA54u-2rgA54z-2rgA556-2rgA55G-2rgA55S-2rgA58c-2rgA599-2rgA59u\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54652847532_07029b680e_h.jpg\" alt=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN* road (50)\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This bike is fully kitted with a dynamo light, front bag and a pair of full fenders. Some may consider this as a touring bike.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN* road (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54654006865\/in\/photolist-2rgu8uG-2rgu8xH-2rgyr26-2rgyr2w-2rgyr3Z-2rgzC5J-2rgzCqQ-2rgzCr6-2rgzCt5-2rgA54u-2rgA54z-2rgA556-2rgA55G-2rgA55S-2rgA58c-2rgA599-2rgA59u\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54654006865_2bfd1ea610_h.jpg\" alt=\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN* road (50)\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But, that&#8217;s okay. This is the road bike I want to ride right now. I want to ride for commuting, brevets, in the rain or on a sunny day.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the kind of bike this is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":177221,"template":"","better_featured_image":{"id":177221,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1980,"height":1320,"file":"2026\/05\/54653919258_fb79af0824_o.jpg","filesize":304130,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"54653919258_fb79af0824_o-1280x853.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":145677,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54653919258_fb79af0824_o-1280x853.jpg"},"large":{"file":"54653919258_fb79af0824_o-1720x1147.jpg","width":1720,"height":1147,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":230626,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54653919258_fb79af0824_o-1720x1147.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"54653919258_fb79af0824_o-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":63343,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54653919258_fb79af0824_o-768x512.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":177220,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54653919258_fb79af0824_o.jpg"},"acf":{"not_to_displayed_on_top":true,"ctm-post-priority":"0"},"post-meta-fields":{"_edit_lock":["1779958080:48"],"_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\":46208,\"name\":\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN CYCLES* road frame set (orange)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.live\/black-mountain-cycles-road-frame-set-orange.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.live\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/1\/2\/1250529-_dsc3640.jpg\"},{\"pid\":46213,\"name\":\"*BLACK MOUNTAIN CYCLES* road frame set (dark blue)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.live\/black-mountain-cycles-road-frame-set-dark-blue.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.live\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/1\/2\/1250529-_dsc3691_1.jpg\"}]"],"_thumbnail_id":["177221"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review-global\/177362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review-global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review-global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}