{"id":34928,"date":"2017-01-01T15:13:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T21:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=34928"},"modified":"2017-01-01T23:30:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T05:30:38","slug":"whole-bunch-new-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/01\/whole-bunch-new-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole Bunch of New Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/strong>. 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Weather continues to be mild for winter. The conditions at the beginning and end of the bike ride.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The link to Strava is to the right or at this link<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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