{"id":34712,"date":"2016-12-06T15:45:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T21:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=34712"},"modified":"2016-12-06T15:45:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T21:45:22","slug":"rain-stopped-sun-out-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/12\/06\/rain-stopped-sun-out-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain Stopped Sun Out Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weekend of rain ended and I got back on the bike today to ride the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route for a total of 30.71 miles<\/strong>. The weather was friendly with mostly clear sky and 68 degrees. I bundled up with leg warmers, long sleeve jersey and windbreaker jacket. The jersey was a new thermal one from voler.com. I almost added a short sleeve jersey but decided it was not needed. That was a good decision and at the end of the ride my jacket was wet from sweat. The ride started at 12:29 after the early morning clouds lifted and finished at 2:42.<\/p>\n

The wind wasn’t too strong today from the NW at 8 mph. It wasn’t much of a problem until I rode north west of Lake Houston through Atascocita and Kingwood. Riding across Lake Houston the wind was much cooler from the cool water.<\/p>\n

I saw another biker while I was riding east over Lake Houston. I glanced to my left and briefly saw him through the traffic and didn’t wave.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend I added a goal plugin to the desktop version of SportTracks program. This is the screenshot of the data.<\/p>\n

\"12-6-2016-sporttracks-goals\"<\/a><\/p>\n

With this plugin I can stop using Garmin Connect, the only online program I use that allows goals. This should simplify recording rides.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s weather should repeat today but Thursday another cold front arrives. I plan on biking tomorrow. James Webster asked me if I was interested in gravel biking Friday or Saturday. I said yes but if the temperature is 50 or below I may change my mind.<\/p>\n

Link to RideWithGPS.com ride data and map<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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