{"id":1119,"date":"2012-03-14T14:09:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:05:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:05:56","slug":"ive-launched-a-new-site-mountain-biking-resources-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/ive-launched-a-new-site-mountain-biking-resources-com\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>I&#8217;ve launched a new site! &#8211; Mountain Biking Resources .com<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mountain Biking Resources .com<\/h2>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, I <a title=\"Mountain Biking Resources.com\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainbikingresources.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">launched a new website<\/a> which isn&#8217;t quite so personal. \u00a0It&#8217;s aimed at giving Mountain Bike riders what they want, when &amp; where they want it.<\/p>\n<p>The site will be filled with things like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MTB Gear Reviews<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rides<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mountain Biking News<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>MTB Products<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>MTB Articles<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; whereas this site will always be my personal indulgence, with a wider remit to waffle on about more random stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Which is where this post comes in.<\/p>\n<h2>You See&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"My Rivington Ramble post on Mountain Biking Resources .com\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainbikingresources.com\/rivington-ramble\/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote a post on MountainBikingResources.com<\/a> which was about a ride we went on yesterday, the Rivington Ramble. \u00a0But, thanks to the riders all being people I know from the internets, perhaps it should have been shared on here.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; Go and <a title=\"Rivington Ramble post on Mountain Biking Resouces.com\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainbikingresources.com\/rivington-ramble\/\" target=\"_blank\">read it on the other site<\/a>. \u00a0If you get a subscription popup, you can fill it in or you can just hit &#8220;refresh&#8221; (<em>best option on phones cos of the popup size<\/em>) or close it and it&#8217;ll go away and not come back for at least a few days. \u00a0If you do fill it, you&#8217;ll receive carefully written updates from me, right into your inbox. \u00a0I promise they won&#8217;t be crap, and I also promise that if you want to stop getting them, there&#8217;ll be a wee &#8220;<em>unsubscribe<\/em>&#8221; option on every one. I&#8217;m nice like that.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1120\" style=\"width: 569px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MountainBikingResources-e1331733651757.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1120\" data-attachment-id=\"1120\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/ive-launched-a-new-site-mountain-biking-resources-com\/mountainbikingresources\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MountainBikingResources-e1331733651757.jpg?fit=799%2C530&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"799,530\" 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=\"MountainBikingResources\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mountain Biking Resources.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MountainBikingResources-e1331733651757.jpg?fit=400%2C265&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MountainBikingResources-e1331733651757.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1120 \" title=\"MountainBikingResources\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MountainBikingResources-e1331733651757.jpg?resize=559%2C371\" alt=\"Mountain Biking Resouces .com\" width=\"559\" height=\"371\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain Biking Resources.com<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>So Now What Happens To This Blog?<\/h2>\n<p>If you were wondering what&#8217;d happen to <strong>Phill&#8217;s Irregular Cycles<\/strong>, then\u00a0the\u00a0answer is&#8230; 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