{"id":296,"date":"2008-02-15T10:43:40","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T00:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/?p=296"},"modified":"2008-02-15T11:21:57","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T01:21:57","slug":"back-in-the-saddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"Back in the saddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/seatpost.jpg\" title=\"Campy seatpost\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/seatpost.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Campy seatpost\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bars.jpg\" title=\"Bars\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bars.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Bars\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headset.jpg\" title=\"Headset\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headset.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Headset\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After not riding a bike for around a month having been on tour in rain-sodden Queensland and New South Wales, the last few days have been a rediscovery of just how much fun riding is, especially when it&#8217;s summer in Hobart. The air is crisp, the sun is hot, and the hills don&#8217;t get any easier, but after jumping back on the bike this week, I&#8217;ve gotten stoked on riding all over again. I&#8217;ve been riding to work with a stupid grin on my dial, waking up sore, remembering that yes, I <em>did<\/em> have muscles there, and yes, I&#8217;d forgotten about them until trying to creak out of bed the day after my first ride for four weeks. Ouch.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here are a few photos of my bike, for posterity&#8217;s sake. For those of you in Hobart, get out to Newtown Oval tonight at about 6pm for some casual track racing &#8211; everyone&#8217;s welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you check out the details for the SS Nationals as well &#8211; it&#8217;s going to be a silly weekend!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pedal.jpg\" title=\"Pedal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pedal.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Pedal\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/whole-bike.jpg\" title=\"Bike\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/whole-bike.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Bike\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chainline.jpg\" title=\"Chainline\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chainline.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Chainline\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and Shifter Dan posted <a href=\"http:\/\/shifterbikes.homestead.com\/IMGP2536.jpg\">this beauty<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/shifterbikes.com\/\">his site<\/a>. Spreading the B&#8217;n&#8217;C gospel! Happy Fridays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After not riding a bike for around a month having been on tour in rain-sodden Queensland and New South Wales, the last few days have been a rediscovery of just how much fun riding is, especially when it&#8217;s summer in Hobart. The air is crisp, the sun is hot, and the hills don&#8217;t get any &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/?p=296\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Back in the saddle&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}