{"id":339,"date":"2012-03-23T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nbg-irelandtrainingrides.posterous.com\/irish-road-punishment"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:28","slug":"irish-road-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/23\/irish-road-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Road Punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The roads of Ireland have been hard on my bikes. My Eagle and my bent have both visited Blacksmith Pawel in the last few days<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"p_embed p_image_embed\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-circle tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/23\\\/irish-road-punishment\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1100px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1100\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1100px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1100\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/23\/irish-road-punishment\/39335238-img_2429-4\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1096\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"7222\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39335238-IMG_2429.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1332422036&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&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"39335238-IMG_2429\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39335238-IMG_2429.jpg?fit=450%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39335238-IMG_2429.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39335238-IMG_2429.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=1096&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1096\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"1096\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"39335238-IMG_2429\" alt=\"39335238-IMG_2429\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 1096px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here he is welding two more cracks that developed on my Eagle. And I just found another today&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"p_embed p_image_embed\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-circle tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/23\\\/irish-road-punishment\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1100px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1100\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1100px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1100\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/23\/irish-road-punishment\/39335239-img_2420-4\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1096\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"7225\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39335239-IMG_2420.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1332416730&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&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"39335239-IMG_2420\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39335239-IMG_2420.jpg?fit=450%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39335239-IMG_2420.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39335239-IMG_2420.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=1096&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1096\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"1096\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"39335239-IMG_2420\" alt=\"39335239-IMG_2420\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 1096px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And here he is tig welding a strut that broke on my S&amp;B Recumbent&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Long live Pawel!!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The roads of Ireland have been hard on my bikes. My Eagle and my bent have both visited Blacksmith Pawel in the last few days Here he is welding two more cracks that developed on my Eagle. And I just found another today&#8230;&#8230;. And here he is tig w&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,33,9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blacksmith","category-eagle-hiwheel","category-ireland","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-5t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":355,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/05\/29\/eagle-wheel-crack-surgery-in-ireland\/","url_meta":{"origin":339,"position":0},"title":"Eagle Wheel Crack Surgery in Ireland","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"May 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Blacksmith Pawel, an award winning metal sculptor and world class martial artist shapes the ten inch long gusset he will be tig welding to reinforce the cracked area of my rim shown below. Steeped in experience, he was able to reposition the jig y...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blacksmith&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blacksmith","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/blacksmith\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/41581408-img_30381.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/41581408-img_30381.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/41581408-img_30381.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/41581408-img_30381.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/41581408-img_30381.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8424,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/07\/29\/pawel-guba-saves-eagle-once-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":339,"position":1},"title":"Pawel Guba Saves Eagle Once Again!!","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"July 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"These Irish roads, as I keep saying, that are so \u00a0hard on my bikes, turned \u00a0the simple rim true & steer tube straighten job that Pawel thought he was doing into a half a day's worth of work for him. I had asked him if he could pound out a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blacksmith&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blacksmith","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/blacksmith\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2461.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2461.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2461.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2461.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2461.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2461.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":148,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/16\/evolution-of-an-eagle-crack\/","url_meta":{"origin":339,"position":2},"title":"Evolution of an Eagle Crack","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"March 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Pawel did such a fine tig weld, you probably cannot see it in the picture I took after the Eagle and I just rolled 12 miles..","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blacksmith&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blacksmith","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/blacksmith\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"39085994-IMG_2315","src":"https:\/\/nbgireland.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/39085994-img_2315.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9005,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/02\/09\/ireland-blacksmith-pawel-guba-keeps-eagle-on-road-in-case-you-missed-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":339,"position":3},"title":"Ireland Blacksmith Pawel Guba Keeps Eagle on Road &#8211; in case you missed it","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"February 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In case any of you missed it, HERE\u00a0is the link that sums up all the work that world class blacksmith\/metal and martial artist, Pawel Guba has done to keep my Eagle on the road over here in Ireland","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blacksmith&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blacksmith","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/blacksmith\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_0679","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0679-450x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8133,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/05\/15\/pawel-guba-welds-eagle-together-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":339,"position":4},"title":"Pawel Guba Welds Eagle Together Again!","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"May 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I was in to Pawel's metal studio, Global Metal Art, again today for a few welds. As in, I couldn't ride Ireland without all his great new age blacksmithing skills. I mean, as many of your have seen before (here is his history with the Eagle), not only does he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blacksmith&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blacksmith","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/blacksmith\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8773,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/11\/25\/blacksmithworld-class-metal-martial-artist-pawel-guba-heals-broken-eagle-yet-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":339,"position":5},"title":"Blacksmith\/World Class Metal &#038; Martial Artist, Pawel Guba, Heals Broken Eagle (yet again)","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"November 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Blacksmith\/World Class Metal & Martial Artist, Pawel Guba, at his studio, Global Metal Art, in Castlebar, Ireland welded my Eagle HiWheel today. 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