{"id":10136,"date":"2011-10-15T22:50:40","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T03:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=10136"},"modified":"2011-10-15T22:52:03","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T03:52:03","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-15th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/15\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-15th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for October 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.fwbaclub.org\/ride\/ride_pop.cfm?page=pop&amp;ride=1979\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fwbaclub.org\/ride\/ride_pop.cfm?page=pop&amp;ride=1979\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Burleson and Beyond<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nFort Worth Bicycling Association<br \/>\nDate \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:00 am<br \/>\nType of Ride \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Club Event<br \/>\nLocation \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Burleson TX<br \/>\nSponsor \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Neil Sawyer<br \/>\nEmail Contact \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0neilsawyer@att.net<br \/>\nPhone Contact \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0817-426-0922<br \/>\nEnjoy the quiet, beautiful rural roads of Johnson County with lots of shade in the hot summer months. Routes of 40-54 miles are available and no one gets left behind. Take I-35 South to Exit 36, Renfro St., in Burleson (10 minutes from loop 820\/20). Turn right (West) onto Renfro and left on Commerce just before the railroad tracks. Please park across the street from Babes. We usually eat&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikebrookshire.com\/2011\/10\/15\/the-2011-novemberfest-metric-century\/\" href=\"http:\/\/bikebrookshire.com\/2011\/10\/15\/the-2011-novemberfest-metric-century\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>The 2011 NovemberFest Metric Century<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Bike Brookshire<br \/>\nBenefiting The Center, this metric century\u00c2\u00a0 features 4 routes and distances for all riders.\u00c2\u00a0 This years ride takes place Nov 5 , 2011\u00c2\u00a0 at Willow River Farms near Sealy Texas and includes a festival with BEER, BBQ, live music and food trucks.\u00c2\u00a0 Come out and ride the NovemberFest event on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/event?eid=NWF1OTAxM3U2MjBhaTIzaDVjYXE3YWE5MWtfMjAxMTEwMjJUMTMwMDAwWiBzY290dGZyYW5rbGluQG0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/event?eid=NWF1OTAxM3U2MjBhaTIzaDVjYXE3YWE5MWtfMjAxMTEwMjJUMTMwMDAwWiBzY290dGZyYW5rbGluQG0\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>8:00am &#8211; Cup o Joe<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nCorinth Cycling Club<br \/>\nby scottfranklin@gmail.com<br \/>\nWhen: Sat Oct 22, 2011 8am to 9:30am\u00c2\u00a0 CDT<br \/>\nWhere: Ronny Crownover Middle School<br \/>\nEvent Description: The Cup o&#8217; Joe is a beginner level ride of around 15 miles. The ride heads south to Hickory Creek and stops for drinks at Starbucks on the way home. The ride leader for this ride is Bob Troyer. bob.troyer@verizon.net The route can be found by clicking on the link below: <a title=\"http:\/\/classic.mapmyride.com\/view_route?r=818129813031270566\" href=\"http:\/\/classic.mapmyride.com\/view_route?r=818129813031270566\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/classic.mapmyride.com\/view_route?r=818129813031270566<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/routes\/769985\" href=\"http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/routes\/769985\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Bear Creek: A bike ride in Houston<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n15.9 miles A bike ride in Houston, Texas 77070, US, +56\/-93 feet elevation gain\/loss. Created by: Troy Ottmer<\/p>\n<p>[iframe http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/routes\/769985 95% 600]<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/seenonthetrain.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/forte-single-speed-conversion-kit.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SeenOnTheTrain+%28Seen+on+the+train%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" href=\"http:\/\/seenonthetrain.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/forte-single-speed-conversion-kit.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SeenOnTheTrain+%28Seen+on+the+train%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Forte Single Speed Conversion Kit Review<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom The Plano Cyclist<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-WP-hl9GXTqc\/TpdlN_KHDXI\/AAAAAAAAAQY\/Xew5Fdd995c\/s400\/fujiraliegh%2B003.jpg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nA couple of years ago, my brother asked me if I had a &#8220;spare&#8221; bicycle for him to ride to the gym. Asking if I have a spare bike is like asking a smoker if they have an &#8220;extra&#8221; cigarette &#8211; of course not. However, I had some extra parts, and after sending him out to purchase a Forte single speed conversion kit, I built a modern Fuju Ace road frame into a simple bike he could ride to the gym. When I built the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burleson and Beyond Fort Worth Bicycling Association Date \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:00 am Type of Ride \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Club Event Location \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Burleson TX Sponsor \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Neil Sawyer Email Contact \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0neilsawyer@att.net Phone Contact \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0817-426-0922 Enjoy the quiet, <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/15\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-15th-2\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[3115,2503,619,660,43,3114,1230],"class_list":["post-10136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bear-creek","tag-bike-brookshire","tag-corinth-cycling-club","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-fort-worth-bicycling-association","tag-novemberfest","tag-single-speed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2Du","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}