{"id":9889,"date":"2011-10-02T22:45:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T03:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=9889"},"modified":"2011-10-02T22:45:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T03:45:09","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-2nd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/02\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-2nd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for October 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.hotcatrally.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hotcatrally.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Easy Street Recumbents and Texas Big Cats for the Heart of Texas (HOT) Recumbent Rally<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThe Warriors Ride route planning has been put on hold due to the awful Texas drought. Our Scout reports that the routes he has been looking at are cracking really bad &#8212; would cause major damage to ties and wheels. So we are going to have to wait until closer to the HOT to map out a safe route &#8212; see what&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/blog\/videos-all-level-ride-walnut-creek-october-2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/blog\/videos-all-level-ride-walnut-creek-october-2\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Videos from All Level Ride at Walnut Creek October 2<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Laura Scagno \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Austin Ridge Riders<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"October 2 2011 WC\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KTu1_Ij6fsc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\/schwinn-madison-review\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\/schwinn-madison-review\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Schwinn Madison Review<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Christopher Curnutt\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Biking In Dallas<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikingindallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2011\/10\/schwinn-madison-2009.jpg?resize=640%2C429\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/><br \/>\nIn 1985 Schwinn introduced a sport bike that they named after \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Madison\u00e2\u20ac\u009d racing which is a team track racing event that originated at Madison Square Garden in New York.\u00c2\u00a0 Schwinn Madisons of that era were well made and competitive yet\u00c2\u00a0 they only produced them for a few years.\u00c2\u00a0 Today they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re highly sought out by collectors and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/austintriathlonstore.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/2011-texas-state-road-race-championship.html\" href=\"http:\/\/austintriathlonstore.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/2011-texas-state-road-race-championship.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>2011 Texas State Road Race Championship<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThe Fort Hood Challenge<br \/>\nby Jack Mott<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-JkBhGipFbTE\/ToJ-jZz5XEI\/AAAAAAAAAZk\/SmQI00hTApc\/s400\/kat-front.jpg?resize=400%2C267\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><br \/>\nFor the past few years the Texas State Championship has been held at Ford Hood, a military base that provides a course completely closed to traffic. Negotiating this race location is not always easy, as security measures are very strict, but the payoff is huge. A closed course means no center-line rule&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/captjustice.com\/2011\/10\/02\/oatmeal-is-good-for-you-especially-on-a-cool-fall-bike-ride\/\" href=\"http:\/\/captjustice.com\/2011\/10\/02\/oatmeal-is-good-for-you-especially-on-a-cool-fall-bike-ride\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Oatmeal is good for you, especially on a cool fall bike ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Gil Jones\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Musings of Captain Justice<br \/>\nSometimes we just get lucky and have time for a cycling adventure on a crisp pre-fall morning.\u00c2\u00a0 60 degrees at the start and 77 degrees three hours later \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get better!<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/captjustice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/5582974811_7ddb9ede72_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><br \/>\nThere are so many good routes to take in Burnet and Llano counties that it is sometimes hard to decide. My&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easy Street Recumbents and Texas Big Cats for the Heart of Texas (HOT) Recumbent Rally The Warriors Ride route planning has been put on hold due to the awful Texas drought. Our Scout reports that the routes he has been <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/02\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-2nd-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":[2293,2028,660,2568,2533,3043,3042,1947,1948,3041],"class_list":["post-9889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-ridge-riders","tag-biking-in-dallas","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-heart-of-texas-catrike-rally","tag-musings-of-captain-justice","tag-oatmeal-texas","tag-schwinn-madison","tag-texas-state-road-championship","tag-the-fort-hood-challenge","tag-walnut-creek"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2zv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9889","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=9889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}