A cool front passed through during the night lowering the temperature into the 50’s. While I waited for it to warm up I watched the Tour of Turkey and Giro di Sicilia. By then I finished eating breakfast and it warmed up to the mid 70’s. I got dressed and readied the Cervelo Caledonia bike for the ride on the “Huffman – Liberty County Line” route. The ride began at 11:35 AM.
After yesterday’s short for a weekday bike ride I needed some extra miles to stay on a pace for a 200+ mile week. Today’s route fit the bill. This was the 3rd time riding this route in 2022 and on 3 different bikes. I biked 40.17 miles upping the week’s total to 135.17 miles. I have 3 potential biking days to ride 65 miles. I’m at 481.16 miles for the month, 74% of my 650 mile goal.
I thought the wind would be lighter for today’s bike ride when I started. It was from the east, where I was heading, at 13 mph. But it increase to 14 mph with 20 mph gusts when I finished at 2:57 PM. I could feel the gusts as I rode east on FM 1960 from Huffman to the county line. Once got there and made the turn around the wind became my friend as a tailwind for most the way back to Kingwood. Overall weather conditions: start 75 (humidity 36%, dew point 46), partly cloudy, wind E 13 mph; finish 80 (humidity 22%, dew point 38), partly cloudy, wind E 14 mph gusts 20 mph. I wore shorts, a long sleeve jersey, and a short sleeve jersey over it. I was comfortable, enjoying the sun after two days of clouds.
Riding the Cervelo I got data about gearing and shifting at the AXS.SRAM.com activity report. I spent 1:24:11 riding time in the 35×13 gearing and 1:14:58 in the 35×15. 45 RD shifts during the 3:01:25 overall biking time. Riding into the wind on FM 1960 I used the 35×13 but when I had a side or tailwind my legs pedaled the 35×13.
During the ride through Walden I saw a church member outside so I pulled over we chatted for about 10 minutes. He just got home from playing golf.
I used a new GoPro mount during the ride as you can see in the video. The GoPro has a Garmin connector/adapter which put in a Garmin computer mount behind the handle bar. Tomorrow I will try putting the mount in front of the handle bar to see if the bike computer doesn’t get in the way.
I regained the Strava Local Legend on Huffman Eastgate Rd with my 3 rides in 2022. I wonder how long I can keep it. I have a number of other local legends too.
