{"id":1273,"date":"2016-03-02T00:44:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T00:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2016-03-02T00:44:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T00:44:09","slug":"bamboo-bike-hanging-the-parts-and-a-test-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/2016\/03\/02\/bamboo-bike-hanging-the-parts-and-a-test-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Bamboo Bike &#8211; Hanging the parts and a test ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160217_100606.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1265\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1265\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160217_100606-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160217_100606\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160217_100606-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160217_100606-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160217_100606-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160217_100606-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160217_100606-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160217_100606-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160223_150221.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1267\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1267\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160223_150221-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160223_150221\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160223_150221-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160223_150221-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160223_150221-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160223_150221-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160223_150221-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/IMG_20160223_150221-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a month of cutting and gluing, it was time to put some parts on and see if it would hold my weight. Note for next time : the BB is directional. You have a 50-50 chance to guess it right. I lost. I have to tighten the BB forward. Nothing a little locktite won&#8217;t cure but I&#8217;ll have to remember in the future if it ever needs replacing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 560px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1273-1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/VID_20160217_111911.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/VID_20160217_111911.mp4\">http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/files\/2016\/03\/VID_20160217_111911.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Success!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So what is left to do?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I rode it for 2 days. Home, to school, to the pub. I flatted, I rimmed it home.<\/p>\n<p>Now it sits stripped of all its parts and awaits the finishing touch. I&#8217;m going to wrap a bit more :: for cosmetic reasons. Then grins and sand so it looks really smooth. Lastly, I have an epoxy 2-part finishing sealer to keep my frame looking beautiful for a long time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a month of cutting and gluing, it was time to put some parts on and see if it would hold my weight. Note for next time : the BB is directional. You have a 50-50 chance to guess it&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/2016\/03\/02\/bamboo-bike-hanging-the-parts-and-a-test-ride\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":1267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,35,11],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-1273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ids11","category-stem","category-technology-and-learning","tag-bamboo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1274,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions\/1274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/jspence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}