{"id":201,"date":"2010-02-02T13:16:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T13:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=201"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:40:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:40:45","slug":"here-he-is-focus-fat-boy-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/here-he-is-focus-fat-boy-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Here He Is! Focus Fat Boy 2010<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My new bike was delivered this morning.\u00a0 I was in a meeting, talking about Terms &amp; Conditions at the time.\u00a0 I came downstairs to be greeted by the curious smiles of my colleagues and a <strong><em>huge<\/em><\/strong> cardboard box with &#8220;<strong><em>wiggle<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; written on it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to have to refer to this bike as a &#8220;he&#8221;, because he&#8217;s called <strong>Fat Boy<\/strong>.\u00a0 So, here he is:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_202\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG0036-e1265116256114.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202\" data-attachment-id=\"202\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/here-he-is-focus-fat-boy-2010\/imag0036\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG0036-e1265116256114.jpg?fit=500%2C362&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,362\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HTC HD2 T8585&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1265115497&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0830078125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Focus Fat Boy 2010\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;My Shiny New Fat Boy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG0036-e1265116256114.jpg?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG0036-e1265116256114.jpg?fit=276%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-202\" title=\"Focus Fat Boy 2010\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG0036.jpg?resize=300%2C217\" alt=\"My shiny new Fat Boy\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Shiny New Fat Boy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The wow factor for me was noticing that I have a remote lock-out on the forks, which I can activate from the handlebars.\u00a0 That little extra has made me a very happy man!\u00a0 I&#8217;m so easily excited \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I&#8217;m taking a load of seminar gear to a Golf Club this afternoon, for a seminar we&#8217;re delivering tomorrow morning.\u00a0 This means that I have to rush my new friend home in the car, get back and start packing our stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s job will be to stick the handlebars &amp; 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