Even More Wind To Fight Biking to Ramsey Road and Back to Kingwood

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The wind didn’t go away overnight. Today’s bike ride involved even stronger wind than yesterday but the route went in a different direction. The bike ride started at 11:20 AM as I rode my Canyon Endurace bike onto the street. I chose a longer route than yesterday to take advantage of the warmer temperature. Tomorrow’s forecast calls for temperatures below my biking threshold so I need to take advantage of each opportunity. Today’s route is a variation of another route, “Kingwood to Ramsey Road – Huffman”. Due to the road construction on FM 2100 I altered the route to “Kingwood to Ramsey Road – Kingwood”. The distance is about the same coming in at 37.04 miles compared to an average of 36 miles on the other route. This is the first time biking to Ramsey Road since October 10th, 2020. Not sure why I didn’t go there during that time.

Because the weather warmed up I wore a new Voler long sleeve jersey under a windbreaker jacket. No need for a thermal one today. I like this jersey because the sleeve length is just right. The color is good too.

  • 2-4-2021 New Voler Long Sleeve Jersey Front
  • 2-4-2021 New Voler Long Sleeve Jersey Back

That wind I mentioned and other conditions for the bike ride: start 73 (66% humidity, 61.3 dew point), overcast, wind SW 13 mph gusts 26 mph; finish 77 (60% humidity, 61.8 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SW 15 mph gusts 21 mph. Getting to Ramsey Road generally was with a tailwind but the ride back to Kingwood was into a stiff headwind on Old Atascocita Road and FM 1960 going west. Exposed to the strong wind biking over Lake Houston at times I barely went faster then 9 or 10 mph. Thankfully turning right onto Atascocita Shores Drive got me out of the headwind. I thought about stopping for a short rest to let my legs regroup but waited until I was on Kings River Drive at a stop sign. Earlier when I was at the bridge on Ramsey Road I stopped for several minutes to prepare for the headwind. While stopped I took these photos.

  • 2-4-2021 Bike Ride Ramsey Road Bridge-1
  • 2-4-2021 Bike Ride Ramsey Road Bridge-2

You can see the mostly cloudy sky but not the wind moving the tree limbs.

Relive.cc shows the route in action.

Golden Cheetah bike ride summary data.

  • 2-4-2021 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary-1
  • 2-4-2021 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary-2

Strava categorized the bike ride as harder than my usual efforts. I agree because of the wind. The route profile is pretty flat.

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The Wind Wore Me Down Returning To Kingwood From Tavola

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The wind wore me down on today’s bike ride. One thing Zwift doesn’t simulate is wind. I rode great on the way to Tavola but the return to Kingwood featured a 14 mph SE headwind. My legs handled it for awhile but slowly my overall average speed fell from 13.9 mph to 13.2 mph by the time I finished at 2:50 PM.

The bike ride began at 11:54 AM as I rode out the driveway on my Lynskey R300 bike. This is the first outdoor bike ride in February and I wanted to make up the miles I fell behind toward my 400 mile goal for the month. I need to average 14.3 miles per day to hit my goal. Headed north on my “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route this usually is a 34+ mile bike ride. Today I rode 35.14 miles.

I waited for the temperature to go up a degree or two before getting ready. It still felt chilly at the start even though I wore shorts, leg warmers, a long sleeve thermal jersey, windbreaker jacket, and half finger gloves. Whenever I was in the shade I felt the coolness and the wind seemed to emphasize it. Weather conditions: start 65 (59% humidity, 50.6 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SE 12 mph; finish 67 (58% humidity, 51.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE14 mph. The forecast dangled a high of 71 but I don’t think it ever made it. Tomorrow the forecast says 80 is possible. I will be riding much warmer then.

Strava said today’s bike ride was harder than my usual efforts. I think fighting the headwind contributed to that.

The ride summary data in Golden Cheetah looks like this.

  • 2-3-2021 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary-1
  • 2-3-2021 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary-2

49% of the riding time was in power zones 1 and 2 leaving 51% for zones 3 through 7. Average power came in at 107 watts with a max of 439 watts.

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