{"id":2596,"date":"2010-06-04T12:08:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T16:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2010-06-04T12:10:26","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T16:10:26","slug":"bobs-new-black-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/04\/bobs-new-black-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob&#8217;s New Black Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=1>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/random_stuff\/bobs_black_sheep\/IMG_5394.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/d\/93768-2\/IMG_5394.jpg\" height=427 width=640 border=0 title=\"Another view of Bob's new Black Sheep 29er.\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Last night my friend Bob picked up his new bike (a 50th birthday present to himself) from the shop and brought it over. I adjusted a few little things to get it working nicely, then took some photos of it for him. Those photos can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/random_stuff\/bobs_black_sheep\/\">here<\/a>, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/random_stuff\/bobs_black_sheep\/\">Bob&#8217;s Black Sheep<\/a> album.<\/p>\n<p>This bike is currently outfitted as follows, although some parts (bars, tires, stem, seat post clamp) will likely change:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Frame: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blacksheepbikes.com\/\">Black Sheep Bikes<\/a> Stellar 29er (semi-Custom Geometry)<br \/>\nSeat Post: Black Sheep Bikes Infinity<br \/>\nFork: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sram.com\/rockshox\/products\">Rock Shox<\/a> Reba Race Team w\/ Remote Lockout<br \/>\nStem: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lhthomson.com\/\">Thomson<\/a> Elite<br \/>\nHandlebar:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.somafab.com\/bar_clarence.html\">Soma Clarence<\/a><br \/>\nCrankset: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sram.com\/en\/truvativ\/crosscountrypremium\/noir\/xc33team.php\">Truvativ Noir<\/a> (Red)<br \/>\nFront Derailleur: <a href=\"http:\/\/bike.shimano.com\">Shimano<\/a> XT<br \/>\nRear Derailleur: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sram.com\/en\/srammountain\/components\/x0\/index.php\">SRAM X.0<\/a> Long Cage (Red)<br \/>\nCassette: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sram.com\/en\/srammountain\/cassettes\/9speed\/pg990.php\">SRAM PG-990<\/a> (Red)<br \/>\nShifters: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sram.com\/en\/srammountain\/components\/x0\/index.php\">SRAM X.0<\/a> (Red)<br \/>\nChain: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sram.com\/en\/srammountain\/chains\/9speed\/pc991.php\">SRAM PC-991<\/a><br \/>\nSaddle: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookssaddles.com\/en\/Shop_ProductPage.aspx?cat=saddles+-+touring+%26+trekking&#038;prod=B17+Aged\">Brooks B17 Aged<\/a><br \/>\nPedals: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crankbrothers.com\/pedals_eggbeater.php\">Crank Brothers Eggbeater SL<\/a> (Red and Black)<br \/>\nBrakes: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sram.com\/en\/avid\/hydraulicdiscbrakes\/elixircr.php\">Avid Elixir CR<\/a><br \/>\nWheels: <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisking.com\/\">Chris King<\/a> Hubs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtswiss.com\/Products\/Components\/Rims\/XR-rims\/X-470.aspx\">DT Swiss X 470<\/a> Rims<br \/>\nSkewers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crankbrothers.com\/accessories_quickrelease.php\">Crank Brothers Split<\/a> (Red and Natural)<br \/>\nTires: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schwalbetires.com\/racing_ralph\">Schwalbe Racing Ralph<\/a>, 2.4&#8243; Front, 2.25&#8243; Rear<br \/>\nBottle Cages: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingcage.com\/\">King Cage<\/a> Stainless Steel<br \/>\nGrips: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ergon-bike.com\/us\/en\/product\/gp1\">Ergon GP1<\/a><br \/>\nStem Cap: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purelycustom.com\/\">Purely Custom<\/a>, etched with &#8220;More Tortoise Than Hare&#8221;<br \/>\nBar End Caps: Soma (Red)<br \/>\nSpacers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontocycles.com\/\">Toronto Cycles<\/a> Carbon Fiber<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night my friend Bob picked up his new bike (a 50th birthday present to himself) from the shop and brought it over. I adjusted&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/04\/bobs-new-black-sheep\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bob&#8217;s New Black Sheep<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions\/2599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}