{"id":760,"date":"2020-10-01T07:16:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T11:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/?p=760"},"modified":"2020-10-01T20:03:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T00:03:22","slug":"endtroducing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/?p=760","title":{"rendered":"Endtroducing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Finally, the &#8220;randonneur&#8221; I had in mind when I first started building bikes: A mid-80s Univega Gran Turismo. Like everything I&#8217;ve worked on thus far, this was procured in not-really-ridable condition. It&#8217;s done time out in the elements and house paint was even allowed to drip all over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1357-160x140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1357-160x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"761\" data-link=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/?attachment_id=761\" class=\"wp-image-761\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1402-160x140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1402-160x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"766\" data-link=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/?attachment_id=766\" class=\"wp-image-766\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1383-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1383-160x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"767\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1383-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/?attachment_id=767\" class=\"wp-image-767\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The wheels and saddle (reupholstered) were redirected to Sen. Buff. HB-04&#8217;s handlebars, stem, and front mech are all non-original, and the non-vintage-looking (but original) cranks mean its look can lean a little more modern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there was a &#8220;feature problem&#8221; for this build, it was paint. There were bare patches that required it, but inevitably things escalated until every little knick was filled in. The color match isn&#8217;t perfect, but the worst part was having the masked and scraped decal patching run when the clear coat was applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3944-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3944-160x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-762\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The tears smudged your mascara<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And, of course, the previously mentioned chainstay guard, rebuilt with a D-ring and JBWeld:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3552-160x140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3552-160x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"763\" data-link=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/?attachment_id=763\" class=\"wp-image-763\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3958-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3958-160x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"765\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3958-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/?attachment_id=765\" class=\"wp-image-765\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3992-160x140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_3992-160x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"764\" data-link=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/?attachment_id=764\" class=\"wp-image-764\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If something can break the original welded metal, it follows that something can break the JBWeld version. But after taking it out for rides, I don&#8217;t think that &#8220;something&#8221; is chain slap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, the &#8220;randonneur&#8221; I had in mind when I first started building bikes: A mid-80s Univega Gran Turismo. Like everything I&#8217;ve worked on thus far, this was procured in not-really-ridable condition. It&#8217;s done time out in the elements and house paint was even allowed to drip all over it. The wheels and saddle (reupholstered) were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/?p=760\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Endtroducing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=760"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":804,"href":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/htfdcycle.telharmonia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}