{"id":519,"date":"2020-03-12T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/?p=519"},"modified":"2020-03-11T15:36:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T19:36:59","slug":"episode-062-phil-thomas-talks-grx-frostbike-and-virginia-gravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/12\/episode-062-phil-thomas-talks-grx-frostbike-and-virginia-gravel\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 062: Phil Thomas Talks GRX, Frostbike and Virginia Gravel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"x-embed x-is-rich x-is-soundcloud\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 062: Phil Thomas Talks GRX, Frostbike and Virginia Gravel by Mid-Atlantic Gravel, Travel &amp; Dirt\" width=\"1080\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F774529651&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1080&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1&#038;secret_token=s-TCZKP\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joining us this episode is Phil Thomas from Haymarket Bicycles and the Shimano Gravel Alliance. We discover a little bit about the shop, talk specifically about GRX, cover the Frostbike Race Series and local gravel riding in and around Haymarket, VA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haymarket Bicycle Shop <a href=\"http:\/\/haymarketbicycles.com\">http:\/\/haymarketbicycles.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shimano Gravel Alliance &#8211; Phil Thomas BIO <a href=\"https:\/\/bike.shimano.com\/en-US\/information\/-shimanogravel-\/phil-thomas.html\">https:\/\/bike.shimano.com\/en-US\/information\/-shimanogravel-\/phil-thomas.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shimano RX 8 Shoes <a href=\"https:\/\/bike.shimano.com\/en-US\/information\/news\/shimano-rx8-gravel-shoe.html\">https:\/\/bike.shimano.com\/en-US\/information\/news\/shimano-rx8-gravel-shoe.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haymarket\/Plains Group Rides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/211251316120701\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/211251316120701\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Win an entry to Rothrock GRIT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikereg.com\/44254\">https:\/\/www.bikereg.com\/44254<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rothrock entry giveaway rules &#8211; post a pic of your bike (any bike) on Instagram using the hashtag #gtdrothrock and tag 3 friends and @midatlanticgtd and @rothrockgrit telling us why gravel is the best &#8211; most creative response wins an entry &#8211; open to both Men and Women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jersey&#8217;s are coming! Not in time for the Coronatan this weekend but they are coming.  Obviously the Corona Virus has slowed delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cutaway <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cutawayusa.com\/\">https:\/\/www.cutawayusa.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calvert Brewing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertbrewingcompany.com\/\">http:\/\/www.calvertbrewingcompany.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instagram Follow Recommendation of the Week: <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/best_gravel.bikes\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/best_gravel.bikes<\/a>    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And don&#8217;t forget &#8211; help us destroy a frame bag! #baconchallenge <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is still one week left in the Bacon Challenge where we will destroy a Nittany Mountain Works \u00bd frame bag OR make it better with bacon smell.  Let&#8217;s find out together how much cooked bacon a bag will hold!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joining us this episode is Phil Thomas from Haymarket Bicycles and the Shimano Gravel Alliance. We discover a little bit about the shop, talk specifically about GRX, cover the Frostbike Race Series and local gravel riding in and around Haymarket, VA. Haymarket Bicycle Shop http:\/\/haymarketbicycles.com Shimano Gravel Alliance &#8211; Phil Thomas BIO https:\/\/bike.shimano.com\/en-US\/information\/-shimanogravel-\/phil-thomas.html Shimano RX 8 Shoes https:\/\/bike.shimano.com\/en-US\/information\/news\/shimano-rx8-gravel-shoe.html Haymarket\/Plains Group &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/12\/episode-062-phil-thomas-talks-grx-frostbike-and-virginia-gravel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episodes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graveltraveldirt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}