{"id":6061,"date":"2010-10-13T20:36:22","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T01:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=6061"},"modified":"2010-10-13T20:36:22","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T01:36:22","slug":"my-first-ride-october-13th-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/13\/my-first-ride-october-13th-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Ride &#8211; October 13th Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight was my first opportunity to ride my new Motobecane Le Champion CF bike. UPS delivered it last evening and I put it together when I got home from work. The ride around the block was as far as I could go before dark. It looks like everything is working as it should. The real test will be Saturday when I go for a longer ride. I am looking forward to it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2011-Motobecane-Le-Champion-Ltd.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6063\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/13\/my-first-ride-october-13th-bike-ride\/2011-motobecane-le-champion-ltd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2011-Motobecane-Le-Champion-Ltd.jpg?fit=900%2C535&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,535\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&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=\"2011 Motobecane Le Champion CF Ltd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2011-Motobecane-Le-Champion-Ltd.jpg?fit=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2011-Motobecane-Le-Champion-Ltd.jpg?fit=800%2C476&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6063\" title=\"2011 Motobecane Le Champion CF Ltd\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2011-Motobecane-Le-Champion-Ltd.jpg?resize=300%2C178\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2011-Motobecane-Le-Champion-Ltd.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2011-Motobecane-Le-Champion-Ltd.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2011-Motobecane-Le-Champion-Ltd.jpg?resize=400%2C237&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2011-Motobecane-Le-Champion-Ltd.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the test ride I took the Raleigh M800 for a ride on the streets and trails around Kingwood. The weather has returned to last week&#8217;s pattern with 78 degrees, scattered clouds and a light 7 mph NNW breeze. A front is supposed to be coming through this weekend but in the meantime we will have nice weather. Nothing unusual with the ride except I did not encounter any joggers without lights.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s ride statistics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October miles 247.50<\/li>\n<li>YTD miles 4249.09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_6062\" style=\"width: 971px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-13-2010-Garmin-Connect.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6062\" data-attachment-id=\"6062\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/13\/my-first-ride-october-13th-bike-ride\/10-13-2010-garmin-connect\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-13-2010-Garmin-Connect.jpg?fit=961%2C928&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"961,928\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&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=\"10-13-2010 Garmin Connect\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;10-13-2010 Ride Data&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-13-2010-Garmin-Connect.jpg?fit=300%2C289&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-13-2010-Garmin-Connect.jpg?fit=621%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6062\" title=\"10-13-2010 Garmin Connect\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-13-2010-Garmin-Connect.jpg?resize=961%2C928\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-13-2010-Garmin-Connect.jpg?w=961&amp;ssl=1 961w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-13-2010-Garmin-Connect.jpg?resize=300%2C289&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-13-2010-Garmin-Connect.jpg?resize=150%2C144&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-13-2010-Garmin-Connect.jpg?resize=400%2C386&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">10-13-2010 Ride Data<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Additional charts.<\/p>\n<p>[nggallery id=123]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight was my first opportunity to ride my new Motobecane Le Champion CF bike. 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