{"id":394,"date":"2008-04-02T15:25:30","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T18:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/?p=394"},"modified":"2008-04-02T15:25:30","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T18:25:30","slug":"almost-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/2008\/almost-there","title":{"rendered":"Almost There!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(cont. from <a title=\"Black bike, phase 1.\" href=\"http:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/index.php\/2008\/03\/28\/sleek-and-frightful\/\" target=\"_blank\">phase 1<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-392\" href=\"http:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/?attachment_id=392\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-392\" title=\"Black bike, almost there!\" src=\"http:\/\/joshuanewmandesign.com\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5765.jpg\" alt=\"Black bike, almost there!\" width=\"408\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5765.jpg 408w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5765-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 85vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The black bike, as it is now. (Note hottie.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m waiting as patiently as I can for my <a title=\"barcons\" href=\"http:\/\/sunnypowers.perso.cegetel.net\/pat\/ilpompino\/shifter_sm.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">barcons<\/a> to arrive. Once they do (I&#8217;m told, tomorrow!) I&#8217;ll be able to finish this bike and take it for a ride! Weather predition is 54\u00b0 and sunny. I&#8217;ll take it! In the meantime, here are some more in-process photos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-391\" title=\"Reflectors\" src=\"http:\/\/joshuanewmandesign.com\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5758.jpg\" alt=\"Reflectors\" width=\"408\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5758.jpg 408w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5758-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 85vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here&#8217;s the bike as it will appear in headlights. That&#8217;s Scotchlite tape. Amazing stuff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-390\" title=\"Applying stickers\" src=\"http:\/\/joshuanewmandesign.com\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5756.jpg\" alt=\"Applying stickers\" width=\"408\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5756.jpg 408w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5756-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 85vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230; and here I am applying it. (It&#8217;s too bad you&#8217;ll have no memory of looking at this picture.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That scar on my chin, by the way, is from a serious bike accident when I was 19. Always check your quick releases!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-389\" title=\"Transmission\" src=\"http:\/\/joshuanewmandesign.com\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5745.jpg\" alt=\"Transmission\" width=\"408\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5745.jpg 408w, https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dscn5745-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 85vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The drive train. If I could brush the derailleur, I would, but it&#8217;s just too complex a shape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is my sincere hope that tomorrow I&#8217;ll have completed pics to show!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(cont. from phase 1) The black bike, as it is now. (Note hottie.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[32,46,50],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-making-stuff","tag-bikes","tag-making-stuff","tag-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}