{"id":3789,"date":"2023-02-21T08:35:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T08:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/balf\/?p=3789"},"modified":"2023-02-21T08:35:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T08:35:37","slug":"the-bikes-of-balfes-eds-bmc-timemachine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/balf\/the-bikes-of-balfes-eds-bmc-timemachine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bikes of Balfe&#8217;s: Ed&#8217;s BMC Timemachine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week we&#8217;re taking a look at Ed&#8217;s BMC Timemachine. Ed works on our Buying Team at Head Office, but when he&#8217;s not making sure our stores are full of the best products on the market Ed has also been known to do a spot of Triathlon racing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/balf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/DSC06122-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/balf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/DSC06122-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/balf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/DSC06122-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/balf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/DSC06122-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/balf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/DSC06122-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, 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