Whole Bunch of New Bike Ride
With the start of a new year I moved to a bunch of new stuff. The bike ride followed the “Atascocita – Walden – E. Lake Houston Parkway” route for a total of 26.65 miles. The new equipment on the bike ride: Sidi Genius Mega shoes, Catlike Whisper helmet, Gildan socks, Voler thermal jersey (silver with white dots) and Shimano cleats. Speaking of cleats I had to stop at the 5.7 mile point to tighten the cleats. I noticed the first time I unclipped the right cleat was hard to come loose. The second time I felt it move. This dangerous situation was because I didn’t tighten them enough when I mounted them on the Sidi shoes. Stopping at Town Center Park I sat on a bench and fixed the problem. After that the unclipping was much easier and the cleats didn’t move.
Another “new” is no longer uploading my ride data to Garmin Connect. I don’t use a Garmin and I already upload the data to RideWithGPS and Strava plus a desktop program, SportTracks. This means the mileage I report will be from SportTracks which calculates the data differently from Garmin, usually a few hundredths of a mile less. I think this will make for quicker posts.
Weather continues to be mild for winter. The conditions at the beginning and end of the bike ride.
The graphic shows sun peaking from behind the clouds but that was a rare event. The long sleeve thermal jersey was the right choice for the bike ride. At first I thought maybe another jersey over top was necessary but as I warmed up my body heat offset the wind chill.
My goal for January is 300 miles and for 2017 it is 6,800 miles. I am off to a good start for the month. Tomorrow’s weather calls for rain until around noon and then drying off. I don’t know if there will be enough daylight for riding after the rain. Tuesday and Wednesday look better though maybe not warm.
The link to Strava is to the right or at this link.
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